Student Poster Competitions

Each year, the NCWRA cosponsors a student poster presentation competition with the NC Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) at their annual conference.  Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to enter the competition when they register.  Cash awards go to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place poster winners as well as to honorable mentions.  The first place winner also receives complementary full registration for the upcoming year's AWRA Annual Conference.

2011 Student Poster Competition Winners

FIRST PLACE:  R.B. Merola, Duke University - Department of Earth and Ocean Science

"Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater and Human Keratin Biomarker Monitoring in Union County, NC"

SECOND PLACE:  Susan Dunn, North Carolina State University

"Effect of Powdered Activated Carbon Base Material and Size on Disinfectant Byproduct Precursor Removal"

THIRD PLACE:  Harminder Singh, North Carolina State University

"Experimental Seasonal Inflow Forecasts for North Carolina"

HONORABLE MENTION:  Jennifer Shields, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Gillings School of Global Public Health

"Alternative Indicators to Predict Water Quality in a North Carolina Drinking Water Reservoir Based on Land-Use Characteristics"

HONORABLE MENTION:  Christopher Sandt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

"Micro Hydropower in the North Carolina Piedmont: A Feasibility Study on Integrating Existing Low-Head Dams into the Regional Grid"

Past Posters and Winners

2011 Poster List and Winners