2014 NOAA Educational Partnership Program Forum

Over 35 NOAA-ECSC students and 7 faculty participated in the NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) Seventh Biennial Education and Science Forum held at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. The focus of the 2014 forum was "Developing a premiere future STEM workforce to support environmental sustainability". Several NOAA-ECSC students and faculty delivered oral and poster presentation to the forum attendees.

Four NOAA-ECSC students, out of over 150 presenters from throughout the United States, received awards for exceptional oral and poster presentations. Congratulations to Monica Delgado, Elena Kobrinski, and Mayra Lopez for receiving oral presentation awards, as well as Alan Kneidel for receiving a poster presentation award. Click the images below to see more.

The NOAA-ECSC Student NOAA EPP Award Recipients

Mayra Lopez

Oral Presentation Award Winner

NOAA Mission Goal: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies

Title: Using social valuation to identify and manage the ecosystem services in the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve

Elena Kobrinski

Oral Presentation Award Winner

NOAA Mission Goal: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies

Presentation Title: Oil rig decommissioning in the Gulf of Mexico: Policy, socio-economic, and environmental issues

Alan Kneidel

Poster Presentation Award Winner

NOAA Mission Goal: Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies

Presentation Title: The influence of Coastal weather patterns on the use of a Florida barrier island by Trans-Gulf migrants

Monica Delgado

Oral Presentation Award Winner

NOAA Mission Goal: Healthy Oceans

Presentation Title: The seagrass (Thallasia testudinum) decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in a subtropical estuarine system

2014 NOAA EPP Forum Photos