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2015
Tuesday, April 14th
9:00 AM

Future Proofing Recruitment Strategies for Colleges and Universities Using a GIS Based Approach

Laura McComb

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Geomorphology of the Reedy River in the Vicinity of Lake Conestee Nature Park, Greenville County, South Carolina

Kelly Measom

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Renewable Energy and a Climate Action Plan for Furman University: Carbon Neutrality by 2026

Stephen Nelson

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Sedimentation and Plant Community Structure at Lake Conestee

Amanda Payton

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Sustainable Urban Regeneration: How Urban Development in the American South Embodies the Main Tenets of Sustainable Development

Hayden Couvillion

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

10:30 AM

A GIS Based Modeling of Landslide Hazards and their Potential Impacts on the Local Communities in the Upstate of South Carolina

Katie Caulfield

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

A Marketing Plan for Furman Composte

Tindall Ouverson, Furman University
Allie Braun
Jiazhen Wang
Ying Yang

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

First Year Seminar

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Biology Reseach

Determinants of Forest Biodiversity Value in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area of Upstate South Carolina

Jenny Warnken

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Patrick Lecture Hall; TSC 126

Biology

Department Organized Oral Session

Disordered Eating and the Alternative Food Network

Michaela Barnett

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Furman’s Local Watershed: The Reedy and Saluda Rivers

Mitchell Freyermuth
Nathan Vogt
Trevor Woods
Ben Carico
DJ Moulton

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

First Year Seminar

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Sustainability of the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout

Rob George

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

The Sustainability of an Ecovillage from a Dynamic Systems Approach

Emma Poppante

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

1:00 PM

A Plan for Limiting Bottled Water and Promoting Re-filling Stations on the Furman Campus

Logan Richardson
Lettie Woods
Duncan Jones

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

3

First Year Seminar

Individual Oral Presentation

Distribution and survival of urban gardens in Greenville Co.

Jocelyn Stalker
Phoebe Ferguson
Rachel Martin

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Biology

Poster (less than 64")

Feasibility of Establishing an Agricultural Greenbelt Around Greenville, South Carolina

Jordan Keesee

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Interactive Educational Displays for the Furman Farm

Stephanie Neighbors
Sabine Schmalbeck

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

First Year Seminar

Poster (64" wide or greater)

McGuireWoods Consulting LLC (Richmond, VA)

Victoria Wornom

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Communication Studies

Poster (tri-fold)

Scenario Planning for Upstate Conservation and Sustainability

Dainee Gibson

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Biology

Poster (less than 64")

The Path to Zero Waste at a Liberal Arts University

Billy Tutt

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Upstate Springs Project, Part I: The Role of Fault, Fracture, and Joint Networks in Channeling Subsurface Water Flow in Crystalline Bedrock, Based on the Regional Distribution of Surface Springs in Slater and Dacusville Quadrangles, Greenville and Pickens Counties, South Carolina

Charlotte Leadem
Laura Demarco

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Upstate Springs Project, Part II: Spring Water Chemistry as an Indicator of Fault, Fracture, and Joint Network Control of Groundwater Flow in a Crystalline Terrain, Slater and Dacusville Quadrangles, Greenville and Pickens Counties, South Carolina

Kris Hajny

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

2:30 PM

A Green Advantage: Engaging Employees with Corporate Sustainability through the Use of Persuasive Technology

Mia El-Hamaki

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

An Assessment of Willingness-To-Pay for Ecosystem Services Provided by Forest Patches in Upstate South Carolina

Jenny Warnken

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Geology, Geomorphology, and Native Brook Trout Habitat for Three Mountain Streams in Greenville and Pickens Counties, South Carolina

Matthew Giordano

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Mapping "Food Deserts" in Greenville County

Will McCabe

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

2016
Tuesday, April 12th
9:00 AM

Accessory Mineralogy of the Spruce Pine Plutonic Suite in Spruce Pine, North Carolina

Dylan Degraw

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Envisioning the Future of the New Washington Heights Neighborhood Park

Brightin Blanton

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Is Gentrification Occurring in Greenville? An Analysis of Home Values and Neighborhood Race Composition

Amanda Richey

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Public Perception of Sea Level Rise Risk: A Case Study of Charleston, South Carolina

Savannah Jennings

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Stratification as an Indicator of Soil Quality in the Vineyards of Ravni Kotari, Croatia

Lydia Palumbo

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

10:30 AM

Application of a multi-disciplinary One Health approach to understanding environmental drivers of the spatial distribution of vector-borne infectious diseases

Jessie Barnett
Leigh Robertson

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Georeferencing Furman University’s Irrigation Valves Using Aerial Drone Images

Meredith Schosky

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

It's What's for Dinner - Furman University's Sustainable Dining Initiative

Allie Buff

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Radical Transparency in the Sustainable Fashion Industry

Jordan Wolfe

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Sound Mapping in Greenville County

Tim Sharp

10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

1:00 PM

Can Facebook Aid Sustainability?

Hannah Wheeler

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP) Analysis of the Rural to Urban Transition at the Watershed Scale in the Southeastern United States

Rachel Martin

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Internship at theSkimm, Inc. in New York City

Nicholas Rossano

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Library

Business and Accounting

Poster (tri-fold)

Mapping Solar Potential for Furman University Using Lidar and GIS, Greenville, SC

John Mackey

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Science Education Intern at Roper Mountain Science Center

Melanie Brown

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Library

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Travelers Rest Farmers Market

Elizabeth Burke

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Library

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

2:30 PM

Changes in Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Response to Rotational Grazing in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States

Tim Mutty

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Development and Application of a WebGIS Based Facilities Management and Decision Support System

Kathryn Clark

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Hydrology of Lake Conestee's West Bay: An emergent wetland south of Greenville, South Carolina

Brian Ross

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

Neighborhood Sustainability: a multicriteria sustainability analysis

Emily Kern

2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (64" wide or greater)

2017
Tuesday, April 4th
9:00 AM

Deformation and metamorphism in the Fingerville East 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Bryce Seymour

9:00 AM

PAC

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster (less than 64")

1:00 PM

Biology Research

The Influence of Poultry Rearing Facilities on Streams and Stream Fish in the Upper Savannah River Basin

Jocelyn Stalker

1:00 PM

Patrick Lecture Hall; TSC 126

Biology

Individual Oral Presentation

2:30 PM

Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project

Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project

Sebastián Barbosa
Alex Forrest
Michael Robinson
Katy Waters

2:30 PM

Furman Hall 127

Modern Languages and Literatures

Individual Oral Presentation

2018
Tuesday, April 10th
10:00 AM

Conservation and Sustainability in the Upstate and Beyond

Bird abundance as a function of local and landscape change

Emma Cook

10:00 AM

Plyler Hall 126; Patrick Lecture Room

Biology

Individual Oral Presentation

11:15 AM

Conservation and Sustainability in the Upstate and Beyond

Is utilization of campus green space associated with better health and quality of life among college students? Findings from a liberal arts university in the Southeastern U.S.

Quinn Lombard

11:15 AM

Plyler Hall 126; Patrick Lecture Room

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

Conservation and Sustainability in the Upstate and Beyond

Valuing Sustainable Land Uses in the Upstate

Joseph Hiebert

11:15 AM

Plyler Hall 126; Patrick Lecture Room

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

2:30 PM

Developing a Comprehensive Sustainable Alternative Transportation Plan for a University Campus

Britt Douglass
Duncan Jones
Lauren Prunkl
Marisa Goldsmith

2:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Developing a Sustainable Business Plan and Vision for a University Campus Farm

Matthew Terrell
Paige Flagge
Morgan Falkenhagen
Eric Soffronoff

2:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Envisioning a Sustainable Community on a University Campus: The Grace Property

Kali Llano
Will Patterson
Lettie Woods
Matthias Joireman

2:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Hydroponic Agriculture and The Future of Farming growers

Michael Sharpe

2:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Structural and Petrologic Analysis of an Augen Gneiss at Falls Park and Along the Reedy River, and Vicinity, Greenville, South Carolina

CJ Lane

2:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

3:30 PM

Developing a Sustainable Landscape Plan for a University Campus

Trevor Woods
Susie Wold
Ann Legg-Margiotta
India Butler

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Geology and Blue Ridge Escarpment Evolution Along the Whitewater River in Northwestern South Carolina and Adjacent North Carolina

Camille Lasley

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Growing Carbonate Minerals from Dilute Solutions: Recreating the Minerals of Mars

Mitchell Freyermuth

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Methods of sustainable hydroponic gardening for small-scale, limited resource growers

Joseph Schosky

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Natural Capital Assessment of a Community Vision for an Open Space

Demi Marshall

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Petrogenetic history of rocks of the southern Wet Mountains, Colorado

Jade-Ashley Carberry

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Precambrian structural control on Phanerozoic faulting in the Wet Mountains, Colorado

Dedrick Moulton

3:30 PM

PAC gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

4:00 PM

Lauren Taylor Law Firm

Will Patterson

4:00 PM

PAC dance studio

Earth and Environmental Science

Slideshow

2019
Tuesday, April 9th
11:15 AM

An Interdisciplinary Study of Neighborhood Change and Gentrification in Greenville: A Collaboration with the United Way of Greenville County

An Interdisciplinary Study of Neighborhood Change and Gentrification in Greenville: A Collaboration with the United Way of Greenville County

11:15 AM

Patrick Lecture Room, Plyler Hall 126

Computer Science

Department Organized Oral Session

3:00 PM

A Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Asheville, North Carolina: With focus on the Sustainable Urban Development parameters around equity

Clif Cross

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Assessing Community Sustainability for a Planned New Urban Development

Nomonde Gila

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Assessment of a Residential Energy Efficiency Program in Asheville, North Carolina

Sean Allwurden

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Table 17: Medical/Healthcare

Community Engagement in Costa Rica

Eileen Joseph

3:00 PM

PAC Hallway

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

Conservation Planning in South Carolina’s Piedmont Region

Madeline Rock

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Engaging the Greenville Community in Sustainability Science Education and Civic Science

Jamie Badeau
Sophie Brennan
Amelia Miles
Emily Moffett
John Williams
Peter Wilson

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Examination of Rock Outcrops in the Western US to Determine the Formation of the North American Continent During the Proterozoic Eon

Joel Marcotte

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Table 1: Poverty Studies

Food Insecurity Census Intern

Sarah McLean

3:00 PM

PAC Hallway

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

Integrating Community Based Conservation to Address Environmental Challenges at the Landscape Scale

Sophia Pessagno

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Methane Emissions to the Atmosphere from Lakes and Wetlands in the Southeast United States

Emily Ritz

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Natural Capital Assessment of a Planned New Urban Development

Elena Oertel

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Table 12: Environment/Ecology

Organic Gardening - Round River Farms, Leesville, SC

Haley Disinger

3:00 PM

PAC Hallway

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Table 12: Environment/Ecology

Surveying Streams in the Growing City of Greenville, SC

Burke Lipscomb

3:00 PM

PAC Hallway

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

The relationship between rock chemistry and tectonic setting in Proterozoic rocks of eastern North America

Mikaela Williams

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Using Photovoice to Elucidate Gaps Between Environmental Values and Actions

Celia Castellano

3:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Table 12: Environment/Ecology

Wildfire and Wildlife: Summer in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Rocky Mountains

Chambers English

3:00 PM

PAC Hallway

Earth and Environmental Science

Individual Oral Presentation

4:00 PM

Analyzing the Effects of Policy on Ecosystem Services

Madeline Rock

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Assessing Renewable Energy Futures for a Planned New Urban Development

Miles Hauser

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Community Gardening in Greenville: A Case Study of the Nicholtown Community Garden

Sophia Pessagno

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Geology and Blue Ridge Escarpment Evolution Along the Bearcamp Creek and Horsepasture River in Northwestern South Carolina and Adjacent North Carolina

Jessie Wheeler

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

GroupMe Unveiled: Patterns in Group Communication

Catherine Hayward
Emma Gibney
Maggie Roberts

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Communication Studies

Poster

Impact of land use change on sedimentation rates in the North Saluda Watershed

Brennan Barry

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Institute of Political Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia

Sophie Brennan

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Magnesian Calcite as an Environmental Proxy of Mg/Ca for Seawater

Reed Sanchez

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster

Variations in Water Quality Parameters in Forested Headwaters Across an Elevational Gradient in the South Carolina Piedmont and Blue Ridge Provinces

Caroline Wolcott

4:00 PM

PAC Gym

Earth and Environmental Science

Poster