2023 BEAMS Symposium – Presentations

2023 BEAMS Symposium

April 20-22, Charleston, SC

 

The second BEAMS Symposium featured 12 poster presentations, as well as 7 oral presentations by BEAMS students, shown below. In addition, representatives from 13 different companies or agencies gave lightening talks, oral presentations, and keynote addresses.

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Geomorphic Characterization Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge North of the Azores Plateau

Alexandra Boyington and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Geomorphologic Characterization of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Victoria C. Edwards and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Comparison of Seabed Features within the Azores and Nearby Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Kate Leturgez and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Comparative Geomorphology of Mid-Ocean Ridge Segments in the Central Atlantic

Eneko D. Sancho and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Comparative Geomorphology of Axis-Parallel Ridges Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Northwest of the Azores

Ava M. Stewart and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge Geomorphology at Kurchatov Fracture Zone

Eric Wehmeyer and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Geomorphology of Puerto Rico’s Southern Continental Margin

Anna D’Agostino and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Geomorphic Analysis of Mid-Cayman Rise’s Mount Dent and Northeast Seamount

Gabrielle Salzer and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Tectonic Features West of Gorda Ridge, Northeast Pacific

Brenton Williams and Dr. Leslie Sautter

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Student Oral Presentations

Bailey Horn – “Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: A Case Study in the Stono Inlet, SC”

Miles Thompson & Cat Wells – “Analyzing Types of Hard Bottom Using CARIS/SIPS”

Eryn Faggart – “3D Characterization of Reef-Top Features in the Mesophotic Zone of the Northern Gulf of Mexico”

McHenry Jackson & Max Zolliger – “Object Change Workflow in ArcGIS Pro and Fledermaus”

Abby Satterwhite – “A First Look Into NOAA Expedition Dive Movies and the CofC ‘Explore the Seafloor’ Website”

Shelby Maier – “Geomorphology of Shipwreck Coast on Lake Michigan”

Jacob Stock – “Bathymetric Exploration of Cape Newenham and Goodnews Bay in the Bering Sea”

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Industry/Government Professionals’ Lightening Talks

Eric Quirk – Oceaneering

Kyle Ward – NOAA Coast Survey

David Neff – eTrac/Woolpert

Ransom White – Blue Dot Geohydrographic

Bailey Horn – USACE

Ben Holden – OARS

Jim Posda – GEL Engineering, LLC

Cheryl Glang – RTB Fairwinds

Rebekah Gossett – Geodynamics

Emily Crum – NOAA Ocean Exploration

Christina Maschmeyer – 3D at Depth

Straud Armstrong – Hypack

Lydia Heath – Echo81

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Keynote Speakers

Neah Baechler (Saildrone, BEAMS Alumna) – “Autonomy in Global Ocean Mapping”

David Neff (eTrac/Woolpert) – “Responsibility of Innovation”

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Industry/Government Oral Presentations

Alexandra Dawson (NOAA OCS, BEAMS Alumna) – “The Nation’s Chartmaker: Mapping the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)”

Marc Fortner (QPS) – “QPS: What do we do?”

Jordan James (Prudent Engineering, BEAMS Alumna) – “A Day in the Life: Hydrographic Services at Prudent Engineering”

Amanda Bittinger (Sunset Hydrographic) – “Exploring with OceanX”

Jennifer Kist (USACE, BEAMS Alumna) – “The Uses of Multispectral Backscatter and other band differencing techniques in the Army Corps of Engineers”

 


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