{"id":12718,"date":"2019-12-17T12:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T20:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/?post_type=stories&p=12718"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:39:42","slug":"ewu-geology-student-recognized-with-prestigious-prize","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/news\/ewu-geology-student-recognized-with-prestigious-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"EWU Geology Student Recognized with Prestigious Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethan Ducken, a junior majoring in geology at EWU, was awarded the Environmental Science\u2013Geology Murdock Poster Prize for his presentation \u201csUAV Mapping of the Porcupine Bay Road Landslide Complex\u201d at the\u00a02019 Murdock College Science Research (MCSR) Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For his project, Ducken used a drone to make a high-resolution, 3D map of the 2017 Lake Roosevelt landslide site\u2014the scene of a major geological event that closed Lincoln County\u2019s Porcupine Bay Road for two years\u2014to be used for classification and measurements. Chad Pritchard, an associate professor of geology at EWU and Ducken\u2019s faculty advisor, says Ducken also used a thermal camera to identify how shallow groundwater interacted with a thick clay layer in the middle of the landslide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just really appreciate that Ethan works hard, asks questions, is very communicative and took the initiative of asking to do an independent study after he aced GEOL 120,\u201d Pritchard says.<\/p>\n

A panel of judges at the conference awarded Ducken the poster prize based on a combination of criteria including: communication, knowledge and careful analysis of the material, creativity of the project, organization and clarity of the presentation, and poise in answering questions. A letter from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust reads, \u201cEthan excelled in every way. In fact, he contributed significantly towards the theme of this year\u2019s MCSR Conference, Collaboration\u2013A Key to Success in Undergraduate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ethan Ducken (back row, second-in on the right) poses with other poster award winners at the 2019 MCSR Conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to a ribbon, Ducken received a $50 Visa gift card. Pritchard was also recognized for his role as a research advisor. They\u2019ve posted a video of their day drone-mapping at Porcupine Bay Road landslide on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethan Ducken, a junior majoring in geology at EWU, was awarded the Environmental Science\u2013Geology Murdock Poster Prize for his presentation \u201csUAV Mapping of the Porcupine Bay Road Landslide Complex\u201d at the\u00a02019 Murdock College Science Research (MCSR) Conference. For his project, Ducken used a drone to make a high-resolution, 3D map of the 2017 Lake Roosevelt…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":12719,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12718","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-geoscience","stories_tags-geoscience"],"acf":{"subheading":"","featured_image_format":"cover","display_featured_image":false,"display_byline":true,"display_date_published":true,"featured_video":"","Links":false,"Resources":false,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/12718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/12718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12724,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/12718\/revisions\/12724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}