MES Students
Welcome to new fall students:
Ben Butterfield, Taylor University
Gina Dammeyer, Taylor University
Daryn Dockter, Northwestern College
Casey Jones, Manchester College
Jee Hwan Lee, Konkuk University, Seoul
Larissa Malik, Cedarville University
George Manning, IPFW
Barri Pruitt, Wheaton College
Leeland Shaw, Manchester College
Megan Updike, Manchester College
2010 MES Class
Heather Beleski, Internship
Sam Bower, Thesis
Ginny Bracht, Internship
Kevin Crosby, Thesis
Steve Dykstra, Internship
Jessica Helmbold, Internship
Catherine Latimer, Internship
Sergey Milashuk
Heather Nichols, Internship
Adam Wolken, Internship
2009 MES Class
Joshua Barrick, Thesis - The biological integrity of Big Graham Creek and Little Graham Creek riparian zone based on plant community assessments
Sean Boyle, Internship at Toltest Inc in Maumee, Ohio
John Brittenham, Thesis - A comparison and validation of four aquatic macrophyte-based lake assessment techniques Thesis poster
Anna Burke, Internship
Nathanael Davis, Thesis - Artificial structure and woody plant establishment: Facilitating heterogeneity in disturbed old-field community structure, Grant County, Indiana Thesis poster
Jason Haupt, Flora and forest community structure of the Taylor University arboretum, Grant County, Indiana
Katie Hunholz, Internship at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose TX Internship poster
Megan Sharp, Internship
Luke Snyder , Thesis - Interseeding forbs in a tallgrass prairie restoration: First growing season effects of three disturbance regimes Thesis poster
Mike Wolford, Internship - Park Management with the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area of Colorado State Parks Internship poster
2008 MES Class
Ashley Beck, Internship - HEART Missionary Training School; study of appropriate technologies (water resources, energy, sustainable agriculture) for third world development Internship poster
Lori Hedges, Thesis - A comparison of unionids across temporal, spatial, and land use parameters
Pat Oppor, Thesis - Generational Differences in Perceptions of Nature Experience and Motivation in Valuing the Environment
Derek Shiels, Thesis - An application of landscape indices to the Mississinewa watershed
Leslie Smit, Thesis - The use of floristic quality assessment in monitoring wetland mitigations
Jason Stephens, Internship - Indiana DNR; forest health monitoring and study of the vegetation diversity, ozone effects, and spread rate of emerald ash borer in Indiana Internship poster
Emily Wilson, Internship - U.S. Forestry Sierra Nevada Research Center; study of Yosemite toad Bufo canorus
2007 MES Class
Ashley Gillem, Thesis - Survival and functional genomics of E. coli 0157:H7 in soil and natural water
Kirby Hall, Internship - American Environmental Corp; environmental consulting Internship poster
Ann O'Neill, Thesis - The effects of chronic nitrogen application on a mature tall-grass prairie restoration in Grant County, IN: The mobilization of nitrogen to above ground biomass in Andropogon gerardii
Appendices
Dan Perkins, Thesis - A case study of the historical development and future sustainability of the urban forest of Petrozavodsk, Russia: street tree composition and health
Jodi Van Beek, Internship - Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality Internship poster
Melissa Werner, Internship - Caretaker Farm in Massachusetts; explored sustainable agriculture Internship poster
2006 MES Class
Sarah Bales, Thesis - Analysis of response calls to ground predators in three geographically separate Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens populations
Bryan Beeh, Internship - Christopher B. Burke Engineering; wetland delineation, and soil erosion and sediment control inspection Internship poster
Alicia Bever, Thesis - The efficiency and accuracy of mitigation wetland sampling: a case study in northeastern Indiana
Eric Bitner, Thesis - Effect of species and diameter on the survival and growth of live stakes used in stream restoration
Jason Kauffman, Thesis - Geographical information system analysis of Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) heronry site selection in northeastern Indiana
Jason Lenz, Internship - Creek Run Environmental; chief operating officer Internship poster
Janna McIndoe, Thesis - Using floristic quality assessment to monitor tallgrass prairie restoration performance
Jeff Miller, Internship - Creek Run Environmental; groundwater sampling, surveying, and quarterly monitoring reports Internship poster
Jacob Oehrig, Internship - Green Prairie Aquafarm; environmental control and operations technician, applied aquaculture Internship poster
2005 MES Class
Julia Angstmann, Thesis - Vascular flora and community structure of Little Calumet Nature Preserve, LaPorte County, Indiana
Aaron Diehl, Internship - Chicago Botanic Garden; identified 200 wetland and prairie plants along two miles of shoreline
Adam Hanna, Internship - Huntington City Park and Recreation Department
Nathan Reynolds, Internship - Guardian Industries; glass, automotive and building products
Mandy Zagorski Ross, Thesis - Degradation and recovery of a prairie restoration following acute nitrogen enrichment
Kory Russel, Thesis - Variation in the Florida Scrub-Jay female hiccup call between sub-regional populations
Sam Taylor, Internship - American Environmental Corporation; sampled groundwater wells, analyzed soil borings, supervised and logged well installations Internship poster
2004 MES Class
William Winner, Thesis - "Landuse and sediment loading in the Mississinewa watershed, East-central Indiana" (website)