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In order to help identify outstanding work by SSA student members, the SSA Board initiated the Student Presentation Award. The award will be given for an excellent poster presentation or talk at each Annual Meeting. The award may be given to 0-15% of the presenting students at the meeting, based upon an absolute standard of excellence and criteria developed by the Student Presentation Subcommittee of the Honors Committee. At the time of the presentation each award winner must be registered as a student and also must be a Student Member of SSA in good standing. All student presenters will be considered eligible for the award. Students, to help identify yourself as an eligible student presenter, be sure to check the relevant box on your abstract submission for the Annual Meeting. Questions may be directed to Tom Pratt, Chair of the Student Presentation Award Subcommittee <tpratt [at] ocean [dot] washington [dot] edu>.

2009 Student Award Winners

The SSA Student Presentation Awards recognize excellence in student poster presentations or talks at the annual meeting. The award is given to up to 10% of the number of students presenting at the annual meeting whose presentations meet absolute criteria that cover the quality of both content and presentation. The 2009 SSA Student Presentation Awards were given based on evaluation by the Student Award subcommittee, made up of Susan Bilek (chair), Glenn Biasi, Stephan Husen, Miaki Ishii, Kristine Pankow, Tom Pratt, and Dennise Templeton. From among a total of about 60 student presentations at the 2009 SSA Annual Meeting, the subcommittee chose the following six for recognition:

Murat Ersen Aksoy
Istanbul Technical University and Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg

Slip Distribution and Rupture Characteristics of the 9 August 1912 Mürefte Earthquake (Ms=7.3) along the Ganos Segment of the North Anatolian Fault (Turkey)

Aksoy, M.E.; Meghraoui, M., Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg; Ferry, M., Centro de Geofísica de Évora; Çakir Z., and Akyüz, S., Istanbul Technical University; and Altunel, E., Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Natalie Balfour
University of Victoria

Variations and Sources of Crustal Anisotropy in Southwest British Columbia

Balfour, N. J., University of Victoria; Cassidy, J., Geological Survey of Canada; and Dosso, S., University of Victoria

Deborah Kane
University of California, San Diego

Quantifying Various Effects on Uncertainties in Source Parameter Estimates

Kane, D. L., University of California San Diego; Prieto, G. A., Universidad de los Andes; Vernon, F. L., and Shearer, P. M., University of Caliifornia, San Diego

Rich Koehler
University of Nevada, Reno

Paleoseismic Observations along U.S. Highway 50: An Estimate of Net Long-term Extension across the Basin and Range, Nevada

Koehler, R. D., and Wesnousky, S. G., University of Nevada, Reno

Dylan Rood
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dating Offset Alluvial Fans along the San Andreas Fault in the Santa Cruz Mountains Using Lidar and Be-10 Geochronology

Rood, D. H., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Prentice, C. S., and DeLong, S. B., U.S. Geological Survey; and Ritz, J. F., Université Montpellier

Igor Stubailo
University of California, Los Angeles

Subduction Zone Seismic Experiment in Peru: Results from a Wireless Seismic Network

Stubailo I., Guy, R., Lukac, M., Husker, A., Foote, E., Davis, P., University of California, Los Angeles; Skinner, S., Phillips, K., Clayton, R., California Institute of Technology; Aguilar, V., and Tavera, H., Instituto Geofisico del Peru; and Audin, L., L’IRD de Peru