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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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”

