Past Student Papers

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2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

2022

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Orlando, Florida

Grace Morris image — First Prize Winner:
Grace Morris, University of Washington, Threshold-Based Planning for Westport, WA: A Case Study

Kyle Julle image — Second Prize Winner:
Kyle Julle, Northern Arizona University, Exploring the Relationship Between Public & Private Flood Responses

2021

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

at ASFPM Virtual Conference

Co-authored by Equisha Glenn and Naresh Devineni, The City College of New York. Equisha Glenn, presenting — Detecting Coherent Floods in the Northeast United States for Flood Risk Management, co-authored by Equisha Glenn and Naresh Devineni, The City College of New York. Equisha Glenn, presenting.

Co-authored by Ying Chik (Vanessa) Lee, Alev Bilginsoy, Yiwen Chen, Dana Clark, Adam Dickenson, Kendal Harris, Xiaoyue Wang, and Shauna Wright , University of California - Berkeley. Vanessa Lee, presenting. — Using Historical Information to Inform Planning for Floods after Fires, co-authored by Ying Chik (Vanessa) Lee, Alev Bilginsoy, Yiwen Chen, Dana Clark, Adam Dickenson, Kendal Harris, Xiaoyue Wang, and Shauna Wright , University of California – Berkeley. Vanessa Lee, presenting.

2020

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

at ASFPM Virtual Conference

Hannah Spero image — First Prize Winner:
Modeling the Downstream Consequences of the 1976 Teton Dam Failure and Resulting Flood by Validating the GeoClaw Software with Historical Data, by Hannah Spero and Dr. Donna Calhoun at Boise State University.

Mahasweta Chakraborty image — Second Prize Winner:
Dealing with the Deluge of Waste: Flood Waste Management in a Two-Tier City of India, by Mahasweta Chakraborty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

Watch the video of the 2020 Student Paper Competition

Hannah Spero image — Third Prize Winner:
Does Predator Presence Affect Stream Hydrology via Trophic Cascades?, by Meg Zuercher, St. Louis University.

2019

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Cleveland, Ohio

2019 Student Paper Winners — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2019 Student Paper Competition.
L-R: Jasmine Thomas, ASFPM Foundation President Doug Plasencia, and Nora Schwaller.
Photo by John Hays.

First Prize Winner:
Disaster Exposure and Mitigation: The Impact of Major and Minor Flood Events on Population Loss, by Nora Louise Schwaller and Jordan Branham, PhD Students at the University of North Carolina, Department of City and Regional Planning.

Second Prize Winner:
A Win-Lose Situation for Floodplain Buyouts: Exploring the Impacts on Participants in the State of Illinois, by Jasmine Patricia Thomas, University of Illinois, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.

2018

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Phoenix, Arizona

2018 Student Competition Winners image — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2018 Student Paper Competition
L-R: ASFPM Foundation President Doug Plasencia, Pamela Reber and Simone Domingue
Photo by John Hays

First Prize Winner:
The Case for a Floodplain Enhancement Rating System: Has the time come for an ASFPM accreditation program?, by John MacDougall, Pamela Reber, Evan Stewart and Paul St. Louis from University of Washington-Seattle

Second Prize Winner:
Who Knows What Comes Tomorrow: A Case Study of Resilience in Boulder County, Colorado, by Simone Domingue, a PhD student in the Department of Sociology from University of Colorado-Boulder

2017

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Kansas City, Missouri

2017 Student Competition Winners image — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2017 Student Paper Competition
L-R: Ashton Rohmer (2nd place), Ali Mohammad Rezaie (3rd place), Maryellen Hearn (1st place) and ASFPM Foundation President Doug Plasencia.

First Prize Winner:
Exploring the Concept of Cumulative, Probabilistic Flood Hazard Maps, by Maryellen Hearn from Technical University of Dresden, Erasmus Mundus Flood Risk Management Master

Second Prize Winner:
After the Flood: Exercising Best Practices in Property Acquisition Programs and Open Space Projects, by Ashton Rohmer from the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Third Prize Winner:
Quantifying the Future Flood Impact and Damages in the Chesapeake Bay Regions Due to Storm Surge, Sea Level Rise and Marsh Migration, by Ali Mohammad Rezaie from Civil Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University

2016

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Grand Rapids, Michigan

2016 Student Competition Winners image — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2016 Student Paper Competition
L-R: ASFPM Foundation President Doug Plasencia, (2nd place winner) Qianli Deng, (1st place winner) Adnan Rajib, and (3rd place winner) Fatemeh Alighalenbabakhani.
Photo by Michele Mihalovich.

First Prize Winner:
Large Scale High Resolution Flood Inundation Mapping in Real Time, by Adnan Rajib from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University

Second Prize Winner:
Evaluating Risks of Dam-Reservoir Systems Based on Rare Event Simulation, by Qianli Deng, a student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland-College Park

Third Prize Winner:
Assessing Sediment Accumulation in Reservoirs Behind Dams in the Lake Erie Watershed from Past to Present, by Fatemeh Alighalenbabakhani, a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wayne State University-Detroit

2015

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Atlanta, Georgia

Student Competition Winners 2015 image — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2015 Student Paper Competition
L-R: Adnya Sarasmita (2nd place), University of Washington, Patrick Johnson (1st place), University of Idaho, Md Nowfel Mahmud Bhuyian (Tanvir) (3rd place), University of Tennessee Technological University

First Prize Winner:
Developing Flood Loss Curve for City of Sacramento, Md Nowfel Mahmud Bhuyian

Second Prize Winner:
Salmon Refuge: The Endangered Species Act and FEMA’s NFIP, Patrick Johnson

Third Prize Winner:
Mitigating Calgary, Alberta’s Vulnerability to Flooding, Adnya Sarasmita

2014

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Seattle, Washington

Student Paper 2014 image — Winners of ASFPM Foundation’s 2014 Student Paper Competition
L-R: Grant Livingston (1st Place), Oregon State University, Kristin Vitro (2nd Place), University of Washington, Francesca White (3rd Place), University of Washington, and Doug Plasencia, ASFPM Foundation President

First Prize Winner:
Bioretention Research and Demonstration Project, Grant Livingston

Second Prize Winner:
Preventing Flood Damage to Businesses in Historic Downtown Snoqualmie, WA, Kristen Vitro

Third Prize Winner:
Mitigating Total Flood Impacts through Intentional Flooding in Agricultural Land along the Lower Nooksack River, Francesca White

2013

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Hartford, Connecticut

First Prize Winner:
Flood Resistance to Flood Resilience: Mapping our Water Systems Below to Understand how to Shape Our Land Above, Kendra FitzRandolph

Second Prize Winner:
Fish and Floods: Implementation of the 2008 Biological Opinion on the National Flood Insurance Program in Washington State, Meg Olson

2012

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

San Antonio, Texas

First Prize Winner:
Risk Analysis and Damage Assessment for Flood Prone Areas in Washington DC, Arian Lessani

Second Prize Winner:
Historic Levees and Cultural Resource Management in South Jersey, Jesse Lattig and Marshall Tidwell

2011

Collegiate Student Paper Competition Finalist

Louisville, Kentucky

First Prize Winner:
Uncertainty Analysis in Flood Inundation Mapping, Younghun Jung

Second Prize Winner:
The Effect of Land-cover Changes on Lag Time in the Banklick Creek Watershed, KY, Katelyn Toebbe

Third Prize Winner:
Project Safe Haven: Vertical Evacuation Opportunities on the Washington Coast, Jeana C. Wiser