2024 BEAMS Symposium

At a glance, the 2024 Symposium began with our meet-and-greet reception Friday evening, April 12th. On Saturday, BEAMS students presented 17 research posters and 5 talks, and 13 companies/agencies hosted program information display tables. Saturday morning focused on presentations (9) by attending professionals about their exciting current projects.

To view student posters presented and list of student oral presentations, go here

(Above) Friday’s Meet-and-Greet Reception brought together all presenting BEAMS students as well as many hydro professionals, including many returning alumni!

(Above) 32 students presented their research posters or made oral
presentations during morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday.

Below are images of the 2022 BEAMS Symposium.

Friday evening's ice-breaking Meet-and-Greet Reception was held in the science building's lovely courtyard. The Meet-and-Greet Reception is a terrific way for BEAMS alumni and current BEAMers to meet casually before the Saturday sessions. The weather was perfect, and attendance was great (including the triceratops who hung in the background)! BEAMS alumni were able to meet current BEAMS students. Kneeling: James Seezen ('23). Standing: Hugh Lincoln ('18), Howie Meyers ('15), RJ Kozich ('17), Caroline Bradley ('17), Kirk McIntosh ('18), Michael Pesce ('23), Layne Leggett ('23), Eryn Faggart ('21). Note that the BEAMS class year rather than graduation year is indicated in parentheses. Saturday morning and afternoon poster sessions were held in the Francis Marion ballroom. 17 research posters were presented during Saturday's morning and afternoon sessions. Here, Lauren Maurizio (BEAMS faculty) talks with Layne Leggett ('24). Geoinformatics major Blythe Gergely ('24) and Marine Biology major Raeann Phillips ('24) discuss their research results with Josh Mode ('07). 3 government agencies, 6 private companies, and 3 graduate programs were represented at Program Display Tables. Here, Sophie Gibson (BEAMS '24), Julianna Martell (BEAMS '24) and Kate Leturgez (BEAMS '22) talk with Alexandra Dawson (BEAMS '17) about NOAA. The Saturday lunch encouraged networking among BEAMS students, alumni and other attending professionals. Saturday afternoon poster session. Doc Sautter had a chance to catch up with BEAMS alumni (left to right) Josh Mode ('07), Skylar Hurley ('14), and Keith Meany ('07). 5 oral presentations were made by individual students and teams of students. (Jacob Stock, BEAMS '21, is shown here.) Trey Gillespie presented his Masters Thesis work on developing and testing Qimera training modules and workshops. Several BEAMers presented their highlight video documentaries of ROV dive footage from the Pacific. Shown are Layne Leggett ('23), Lexie DelViscio ('23), and ('24). On Sunday morning, numerous hydro professionals presenting their interesting projects, including Jennifer Kist (BEAMS '12) of USACE. Current BEAMers proudly wore their BEAM TEAM jerseys to toast with Josh Mode. Most of the 85 Symposium attendees were present during the Saturday Evening Reception. 18 of the 27 BEAMS alumni who attended posed for a reunion shot. Front row: Margaret Hanley, Sam Croft, Julia Wallace, Rebekah Gossett, Alex Dawson, Josh Mode, Lauren Maurizio, Christina Maschmeyer, Jennifer Kist, Bailey Horn. Back row: Caroline Bradley, Hugh Lincoln, Hannah Berkimer, RJ Kozich, Trey Gillespie, Skylar Hurley, Homer Hiers, and Keith Meany. 26 of the 32 BEAMS students who presented are shown with BEAMS faculty (F). Front row, kneeling: Luke Haelnel, Regan Krist, Ian Quintero, James Seezen, Lauren Maurizio (F). First row, seated: Raeann Phillips, Lexi Torstenson, Victoria Kolzer, Jianna Wankel, Lexie DelViscio, Layne Leggett, Isabel Schutz. First standing row: Camila Morales Herrera, Edward Draude, Jacob Stock, Madie Gilles, Leslie Doc Sautter (F), Blythe Gergeley, Charlee Godwin, Claire Lane, Michael Pesce, Haley Cabaniss (F). Standing, back row: Kate Leturgez, Miles Thompson, Nick Rosenbloom, Sophie Job, Ava Stewart, Rebecca Frost, Nicolas Haub.

Symposium History:  In April 2022, the BEAMS Program hosted its first BEAMS Symposium, at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC.  The original purpose of the Symposium was to provide the 20+ matriculated BEAMS students an opportunity to present their research in person (rather than remotely) at a professional conference.  Due to the pandemic, no such opportunities had existed since the 2020 Ocean Sciences meeting in San Diego.

Visit our 2022 BEAMS Symposium page and 2023 BEAMS Symposium page to view photos, the agenda, and students posters presented.

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VIEW AND DOWNLOAD THE BEAMS NEWSLETTER, THE PING.
Vol. 1, February 2024       PDF version    Storymap version
Vol. 2, OCTOBER 2024       PDF version    

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