2009 Annual Report - American Association of Petroleum Geologists

• Second place, Student Oral
Presentation, $1,000, Ted Playton; gift
to student’s school, $1,000, University
of Texas, Austin
• Third place, Student Oral Presentation,
$500, Elizabeth Hajek; gift to student’s
school, $50, University of Wyoming
• First place, Student Poster
Presentation, $1,500, Ian Kane; gift to
student’s school, $1,500, University
of Leeds
• Second place, Student Poster
Presentation, $1,000, Adrian Tuitt; gift
to student’s school, $1,000, University
of Edinburgh
• Third place, Student Poster
Presentation, $500, Ulrike Freitag; gift
to student’s school, $500,
Imperial College
2007 Schlumberger Outstanding
Student Chapter Awards, Long Beach
• Outstanding Student Chapter, USA,
$1,000, University of Oklahoma
• Honorable Mentions, USA, San Diego
State University and Western Michigan
University
• Outstanding Student Chapter,
international, $1,000: Institute of
Technology, Bandung Indonesia
• Honorable Mentions, international,
Brawijaya University and Moscow State
University
2007Jim Hartman Service to Students
Award, Long Beach
• Martha Lou Broussard
2006 International Conference &
Exhibition, Perth
• Best Student Oral Presentation, Nikki
Tonkin, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, with co-authors K.A.
Campbel and M.R. Gregory, University
of Auckland
• Runner-Up Student Oral Presentation,
Joe Martin, University of Manchester,
with co-authors Jonathan Redfern,
University of Manchester and Brian
Williams, University of Aberdeen
• First place, Student Poster
Presentation, Ned Frost, University of
Texas, Austin, with co-authors Dan
Carpenter, ExxonMobil Upstream
Research and Charles Kerans,
University of Texas, Austin
• Runner-Up Student Poster
Presentation, Johannes Schoenherr,
RWTH Aachen University, with
co-authors Ralf Littke, Technical
University of Aachen, Peter Kukla,
RWTH Aachen University,
Jean-Michel Larroque, Shell E&P
International and Mark Newall,
Petroleum Development of Oman
(tie), Saju Menacherry, University of
Adelaide, with co-authors Tobias
Payenberg, University of Adelaide and
Simon Lang, University of Adelaide
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Highlights
The Student Chapter Program was
highlighted at several events during the
2007 Long Beach Convention. Over
400 students, faculty and industry
representatives attended the
AAPG/SEPM Student Reception,
sponsored by ExxonMobil.
Representatives from SEPM and the
AAPG Visiting Geoscientist Program were
also in attendance to network with
faculty. The annual Student Field Trip was
fully subscribed with 35 students
attending. This was a three-day,
post-meeting tour of the stratigraphy and
neotectonics of the Salton Trough in
southern California. Student registration
for this trip was held to $50 due to
generous corporate support.
At the 2007 Long Beach Convention,
19 students participated in the AAPG
Student Poster Competition, which was
prominently located in the entrance to
the convention facility. Twelve students
participated in the AAPG Student Oral
Competition, in which their presentations
dispersed among the regular technical
sessions. Judges scores showed that the
student presentations were often on par
with their professional counterparts.
Of the student presenters, 15 of 31
came from schools outside of the
United States.
Plans were finalized and funding
obtained for the inaugural Student
Chapter Leadership Summit, to be held
in September 2007 in Houston. This is
the foundational effort for a broader
chapter mentoring program that will
support new and reactivating chapters.
The SCC continues to administer
annual programs, while also embarking
on a series of initiatives for the
2007–2008 year. These initiatives
include:
• Growing and diversifying committee
membership.
• Developing strong ties with student
oversight committees and student
program representatives in all
international regions.
• Supporting student programs at
international meetings.
• Commencement of a direct contact
initiative with all student chapters.
Acknowledgements
The SCC would like to thank individuals
and groups that have made invaluable
contributions during the past year:
• The Long Beach Organizing
Committee for their dedication to
student programs.
• Art Sylvester (University of California,
Santa Barbara) for leading an excellent
Student Field Trip after to the Long
Beach meeting and Bob Clarke for his
continued mastery of field trip logistics.
• SEPM, and specifically Howard Harper,
Bob Dalrymple, and Mary Kraus, for
co-sponsoring the Student Reception
and Student Field Trip, and The AAPG
Foundation for their annual support
of the trip.
• Lori Summa, Mike Loudin, and Bob
Stewart (ExxonMobil) for their
continued support of the
Student Reception.
• Jeroen Peters and Dean Malouta
(Shell E&P) for their continued
support of AAPG student programs
and awards.
• Rod Nelson, Chris Hopkins,
Paige McCown, Mary Jo Caliandro, and
Karen Glaser (Schlumberger) for their
continued support of AAPG student
programs and awards.
• Francesca Fazzari and Rhonda Welch
(Chevron) for support of the student
membership sponsorship and Long
Beach student lounge.
• Mike Party (secretary) for his guidance
as the Executive Committee liaison to
the SCC.
Bill Houston, Chairman
Committee members: Richard Ball,
Justin Bellamy, Dan Billman, Jeff Bush,
Robert Clarke, Kyla Coker,
Gloria Cummins, Michael Deal,
Joe Dischinger, Don Duttlinger,
Rebecca Dodge, Frank Ethridge,
Nate Gilbertson, Bill Hottman,
Karyn Powell Peter MacKenzie,
Joe McShane, Kori Norberg, Mike Party,
Ann Puchalski, Andrea Reynolds,
Eva-Maria Rumpfhuber, Andy Taylor,
Stephanie Thomas, Susan Waters,
Joe Watson, Rhonda Welch,
Stanley Wharton, Gary Yoder,
and Janet Yun.
Student Expo
The function of the Student Expo
Committee is to provide support for
various Student Job Expos. The
committee should contain members
from all areas that provide Student
Expos in order to share best practices.
Communicate news about Student
Expos to Chair of AAPG Corporate
Advisory Committee.
In 2006 and early 2007, AAPG and
SEG again sponsored four successful