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AwardsThe EEGS / Geonics Early Career AwardThe Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society and Geonics Limited (EEGS / Geonics) Early Career Award, which acknowledges academic excellence and encourages research in near-surface geophysics, is awarded at SAGEEP to an individual who is:• fewer than five years beyond the starting date of his or her current appointment and • within ten years post-completion of his or her PhD. The award acknowledges significant and ongoing contributions to the discipline of environmental and engineering geophysics. The recipient may have any specialty that is recognized as part of the environmental and engineering geophysics discipline. This specialty is not restricted to departments, colleges, or geographic regions (international applicants are welcome). A committee of four or five members (two or three university faculty, one corporate or consulting representative, and one government laboratory representative), appointed by the EEGS Board, is responsible for selecting the awardee. The award carries the following benefits: • Free registration to the SAGEEP conference at which the award will be presented • A plaque, suitable for display • A $1000 cash award • A time slot to present the awardee’s research and vision at SAGEEP • The citation and, if available, the awardee’s presentation published in FastTIMES and distributed to cooperating societies The next awardee is expected to be present during the EEGS Luncheon at SAGEEP 2023. Nominations for the 2024 award should be sent electronically as soon as possible to: Nominations Committee at the EEGS email address: [email protected]; Attention Early Career Award Committee. Nomination packages must include: • A comprehensive vitae for the candidate • A letter of recommendation outlining the candidate’s qualifications for the award and • Copies or PDF files of three representative publications EEGS / Geonics Early Career Award (ECA) Recipients: EEGS/Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section/Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award The Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award is established to recognize an individual who shows extraordinary leadership in advancing the cause of near surface geophysics through long-term, tireless, and enthusiastic support of the environmental and engineering geophysics community. Such leadership is often boldly displayed by an invention, a new methodology or technique, a theoretical or conceptual advancement, or a unique innovation that transforms the nature and capabilities of near surface geophysics. The Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award is presented jointly by EEGS and the Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section of The Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Past recipients of the joint award include Klaus Holliger, Esben Auken, Motoyuki Sato, and Andrew Binley. The award alternates on an approximately 18-month interval between EEGS' Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Near-Surface Geophysics Technical Section's reception at annual meeting. Each nomination should include a letter of recommendation outlining the nominee's merits, contributions and accomplishments meeting the award criteria along with the candidate's contact information and a CV. NSG Section Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award Recipients: 2004: Rob Huggins EEGS Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award Recipients: 2002: Duncan McNeill Joint EEGS/NSG Technical Section of The Society of Exploration Geophysicists Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award Recipients: The Institutional Contribution AwardThis award was established to uniquely recognize an institution that has provided exceptional contribution to the engineering and environmental geophysical community through the development of technical publications and symposiums or conferences that educate and promote the use of geophysical methods and enhance project results for end users. Since its inception, the ultimate goal of EEGS has been to promote the use of near surface geophysics for engineering and environmental projects and to help educate potential end users about the value of using the techniques. To that end, EEGS has sought to build relationships with other societies and other organizations that presently implement or could potentially better use geophysical applications. The inaugural Institutional Contribution Award was given to the Federal Highway Administration in 2005 at EEGS' annual SAGEEP conference. The Kansas Geological Survey was awarded in 2019 at EEGS' annual SAGEEP conference in Portland, Oregon USA and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Environmental Programs was the most recent recipient for 2020, awarded at the virtual SAGEEP 2021. For more information about nominating a candidate for the award, contact [email protected]. The John Nicholl Memorial Award (formerly the Gold Award)The John Nicholl Memorial Award recognizes an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the engineering and environmental geophysics community and to EEGS. Such contributions might include educational tools or curricula, outreach efforts, or building relationships with professional disciplines that comprise potential users of geophysics. Past Recipients of the EEGS Gold Award: The Alan Witten Best Paper AwardThe Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society is proud to offer the Best Paper Award for outstanding contribution to the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. The award is given each year in honor of Alan Witten, the first editor of JEEG. Prof. Witten was an educator, writer, and adventurer and he had some notable discoveries under his belt, including an appearance on the History Channel, locating the longest dinosaur which was a model for the movie Jurassic Park, discovering Capt. Kidd's sunken treasure ship off Madagascar, and exploring a 6,500-year-old civilization in Israel. The current editors of JEEG will make recommendations to the EEGS board of directors regarding potential candidates of the award. The recipient is ultimately decided by the board. The award carries the following benefits:
Recipients of the Alan Witten Award: 2023: Ganghoon Lee, Sukjoon Pyun, Yonghyun Chung, Jehyun Shin, Myung Jin Nam, Woochang Choi, Young-chul Yu, and Seho Hwang for 3D Near-surface Velocity Model Building by Integrating Surface, Borehole Seismic, and Well-logging Data in a Small-scale Testbed 2022: Lucie Costard for The Deserted Manor of Noer, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Geophysical Prospection Methods in Comparison." Awarded at SAGEEP 2023. 2021: Scott J. Ikard, USGS Texas Water Science Center for: Investigation of Scale-Dependent Groundwater/Surfacewater Exchange in Rivers by Gradient Self-Potential Logging: Numerical Modeling and Field Experiments 2020: Tina Martin, Lund University, Lund, Sweden for Geophysical Exploration of a Historical Stamp Mill Dump for the Volume Estimation of Valuable Residues. 2019: G. Didem Beskardes, Geophysics Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM for "Power Density Distribution in Subsurface Fractures Due to an Energized Steel Well-casing Source." Awarded at SAGEEP 2021. 2018: Scott J. Ikard, USGS Texas Water Science Center for "New Insights on Scale-dependent Surface-Groundwater Exchange from a Floating Self-potential Dipole." Awarded at SAGEEP 2019. 2017: Janet Simms for In Situ Root Volume Estimation Using Ground Penetrating Radar, September, 2017 JEEG, Vol. 22, Issue 3. Awarded at SAGEEP 2018. Newly Announced JEEG Annual "Best Reviewer" Award The Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (JEEG) as a peer-reviewed journal, greatly depends on volunteer peer reviews. Reviewers devote much time going through new material, catching mistakes, offering suggestions, and improving the manuscript’s readability; however, their efforts remain all-too-often a thankless task. The review process is the longest lead item in getting a manuscript to print. The JEEG Editorial Board maintains the high quality of reviews while simultaneously reducing review time, which can indirectly affect the journal’s impact factor. The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) is proud to offer the Best Reviewer Award for outstanding contribution to the JEEG. The award is presented yearly at the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP). Our honor is to introduce Fangbo Chen, China University of Geosciences, as the 2022 Best Reviewer Award. 2023: Mostafa Ebrahimi 2022: Fangbo Chen 2021: Joost van der Neut |
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