2021 Virtual Annual Water Resources Conference: Student Competitions

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ATTN OFFICIAL JUDGES FOR THE STUDENT PRESENTATION & POSTER COMPETITION: If you were contacted by the Conference Planning Committee Student Activities Chair, Allison Lewis, remember to use the appropriate evaluation form when scoring student participants. The link and QR code to this form was emailed to you along with your student assignments. To make identifying student participants easier, the green graduation cap  next to a session title includes a student who is participating in the PRESENTATION Competition. The blue graduation cap next to the presenter’s name in the poster section means they are a student participating in the POSTER Competition.

ATTN: We need you – our conference attendees – to evaluate student participants in the poster competition where one student will receive the People's Choice Award! How do you know who is competing and how do you score them? A blue graduation cap next to a presenter's name indicates they are a student eligible to compete for the People’s Choice Award. As you watch their poster presentations, please make sure to complete the People's Choice Award Evaluation Form or click on the QR Code below and complete the form on your mobile device.

THREE WAYS TO COMPETE AT #AWRA2021

AWRA is hosting three student competitions at the 2021 Virtual Annual Water Resources Conference. Two categories of competition, poster and presentation, and two levels, graduate and undergraduate, give you the chance to present your research and ideas! Cash prizes will be given to the 1st place winners in both categories and competitions; recognition will be given to those in 2nd and 3rd place in both categories.

And for some fun, those students participating in the poster competition also will be scored by conference attendees with one lucky winner being given the People's Choice Award! No additional information is required for poster competitors to participate in the People's Choice Award competition.

Submissions for the competitions are closed. Read below for more details.

NOTE: All student poster competition participants are required to present their poster in the Zoom Meeting Session. If you cannot present live, you will be removed from the program.

POSTER COMPETITION

Students who are full-time are invited to participate in a poster presentation to be held in association with the AWRA 2021 Virtual Annual Water Resources Conference. This competition is separate from other awards and scholarship programs of AWRA. 

Who Can Present

Students in undergraduate and graduate (masters and Ph.D. levels) programs and qualify for student membership of AWRA are encouraged to present posters describing their research. Posters can describe collaborative research carried out by multiple authors (including non-students) but must be presented by a student. 

Participation Costs

Students must register at the full conference student registration rate. 

Participation Recognition

Six awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony – Best Graduate Poster, Best Undergraduate Poster, and recognition given to 2nd and 3rd places in each level. Recognition will also be made on the AWRA website, various publications, and through special promotions.

WINNERS!

Official Student Poster Competition Undergraduate Awards:
First Place: Kallie Unger, Florida Gulf Coast University
Honorable Mentions (no particular order): Jenna Brooks, University of South Florida and Meagan Siegfried, Florida Gulf Coast University

Official Student Poster Competition Graduate Awards:
First Place: Osama Tarabih, University of South Florida
Honorable Mentions (no particular order): Alyssa Kandow, The University of Alabama and Miranda De La Garza, Texas A&M

Student Posters People’s Choice Awards:
Undergraduate Student Category Winner: Zoe Kline, Jupiter Environmental Research Field Study Academy
Graduate Student Category Winner: Miranda De La Garza, Texas A&M

PRESENTATION COMPETITION

Students who are full-time are invited to participate in an oral presentation to be held in association with the AWRA 2021 Virtual Annual Water Resources Conference. This competition is separate from other awards and scholarship programs of AWRA. 

Who Can Present

Students in undergraduate and graduate (masters and Ph.D. levels) programs and who qualify for student membership of AWRA are encouraged to present oral presentations in a technical session describing their research. Presentations can describe collaborative research carried out by multiple authors (including non-students) but must be presented by a student.

Participation Costs

Students must register at the full conference student registration rate.

Participation Recognition

Six awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony – Best Graduate Presentation, Best Undergraduate Presentation, and recognition given to 2nd and 3rd places in each level. Recognition will also be made on the AWRA website, various publications, and through special promotions.

WINNERS!

Official Student Presentation Competition Undergraduate Awards: IT WAS VERY CLOSE!
First Place: Parker Cameron, Jupiter Environmental Field Study and Research Academy
Honorable Mention: Ava Saunders, Jupiter Environmental Field Study and Research Academy

Official Student Presentation Competition Graduate Awards:
First Place: Rajendra Khanal , University of Utah
Honorable Mention: Kelly Dino, Florida Gulf Coast University

REGISTRATION NOTE & CANCELATION POLICY

Register for Conference

All conference participants (presenters, moderators, panelists, etc.) must register at the appropriate registration rate. AWRA Gateway members are not eligible for discounted conference rates. The registration fees are the major source of funding for the Conference, and the sharing of registrations is prohibited - every person attending the conference must register. For presenters, if two or more individuals will be presenting, each individual must register for the conference. This includes: all technical session presenters; all panel session presenters; and all poster session presenters.

Speaker Registration Forgiveness Application. AWRA staff and the conference planning committee know that certain presenters may need registration forgiveness to participate in an AWRA event. The 2021 Annual Water Resources Conference Planning Committee has a limited number of registrations they can offer and have the right to accept or deny a forgiveness request. Requests must be submitted by June 21, 2021. Click here for application details.

Cancelations must be made in writing. Refunds are not allowed for Super Saver Rates. We can transfer your registration to someone else by October 12, 2021. Those cancelations received by October 12, 2021 will be subject to a processing fee of 25% of total fees. No refunds will be given after October 12, 2021 - no exceptions! Abstract submission fees are nonrefundable. Refunds will be processed after the conclusion of the conference.