Student Presentation Awards

2015 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 15% 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 2015 SSA Student Presentation Awards were given based on evaluation by the Student Award subcommittee, co-chaired by Chris DuRoss (USGS Denver) and Christine Powell (University of Memphis), who were assisted by dozens of evaluators among the conference attendees. From among a total of 147 student presentations evaluated at the 2015 SSA Annual Meeting in Pasadsena, California, the subcommittee chose the following 12 for recognition:

Daniel Bowman
University of North Carolina

Infrasound in the Stratosphere Measured with a Free Flying Acoustic Array
D. C. Bowman, J. M. Lees

Alexandra Hutchison
University of California

A Multi-Method Systematic Search for Non-Volcanic Tremor near the San Jacinto Fault
A. A. Hutchison, A. Ghosh

Emily Kleber
Arizona State University

New High-Resolution Topographic Data and Updated Tectonic Geomorphology at Wheeler Ridge, California
E. J. Kleber, J. R. Arrowsmith, D. E. DeVecchio

Qingkai Kong
UC Berkeley

myShake – Building Smartphone Seismic Network
Q. Kong, R. Allen

Jessie Mayor
Université de Toulouse

CODA Quality Factor (Qc) Sensitivity Kernels in Scattering and Absorbing Media
J. Mayor, L. Margerin, M. Calvet

Christopher Milliner
University of Southern California

Is the Co-seismic Slip Distribution Fractal?
C. W. D. Milliner, C. Sammis, A. Allam, J. F. Dolan, J. Hollingsworth

Jenny Nakai
University of Colorado

Potential Induced Seismicity in the Raton Basin, Colorado and New Mexico, 2008-2009
J. S. Nakai, A. F. Sheehan, M. Weingarten, S. L. Bilek

Cecilia Anyango Nyamwandha
University of Memphis

Anisotropy Beneath the New Madrid Seismic Zone – A Study of Shear Wave Splitting
C. A. Nyamwandha, C. A. Powell

Kenny Ryan
University of California

Dynamic Models of Earthquakes and Tsunamis from Rupture on the Pitas Point and Lower Red Mountain Faults Offshore Ventura, California
K. J. Ryan, E. L. Geist, M. Barall, D. D. Oglesby

Victoria Stevens
California Institute of Technology

Interseismic Coupling on the Main Himalayan Thrust, Implications for Extreme Earthquakes
V. L. Stevens, J. P. H. Avouac

Randi Walters
Stanford University

Scientific Principles Affecting Protocols for Site-characterization and Risk Assessment Related to the Potential for Seismicity Triggered by Wastewater Injection and Hydraulic Fracturing
R. J. Walters, M. D. Zoback, J. W. Baker, G. C. Beroza

Qimin Wu
Virginia Tech

Coulomb Stress Changes due to the 2011 Mw 5.8 Mineral, Virginia Earthquake
Q. Wu, M. C. Chapman