Congratulations to the graduates of the MES Program! A complete list of all MES Internships can be found on the MES Internship Report page. A list of all MES Theses can be found on the MES Thesis page.

Spring 2008 Graduates:

Dany Burgess
Advisor: Elizabeth Wenner
Thesis: Development of Invertebrate Assemblages on Artificial Reef Cones off South Carolina: Comparison to an Adjacent Hard-Bottom Habitat

Jayson Carey
Advisor: Karen Burnett
Internship: Identification and Characterization of a Novel Organism found in the Bladder and Urine of Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Louisa Carter
Advisor: Amnon Levi
Thesis: Genetic Linkage Map for Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) Useful in Identifying DNA Markers Linked to Gene Loci Conferring Bacterial Fruit Blotch Resistance

Kimberly Counts
Advisor: Leslie Sautter
Internship: Needs Assessment for Adult Conservation Education Pertaining to the Implementation and Evaluation of a Public Community-Based Program in Charleston, South Carolina

Niall Cytryn
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: Creation and Development of the South Carolina Green Building Directory

Jason Daniels
Advisor: James Neff
Internship: Can a Consumer Significantly Increase Fuel Efficiency while Decreasing Emissions without Buying a New Car?

Andrea Gorno
Advisor: Vijay Vulava
Internship: Hazardous Waste Reduction and Chromic Acid Treatment in a Charleston, South Carolina, Manufacturing Facility

Jenny Gossett
Advisor: Michael Katuna
Internship: The Effects of the 2005 Folly Beach South Carolina Beach Renourishment Project on Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nesting and Hatchling Success

Brian Grabbatin
Advisors: Angela Halfacre & Patrick Hurley
Internship: Sweetgrass Basketry: The Political Ecology of an African-American Art in the South Carolina Lowcountry

Jennifer Hawthorne
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: Installation, Maintenance and Reliability of a Continuous Emissions Monitoring System at an Electric Arc Furnace Steel

Stefanie Huffer
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: Reusing Brownfield Sites: Examination of How Environmental Laws Affect Growth and Redevelopment

Ileana LaTorre-Torres
Advisor: Timothy Callahan
Thesis: Seasonal Relationships between Precipitation and Stream Flow Patterns Related to Watershed Characteristics of Two Third-Order Coastal Plain Watersheds in South Carolina

Jason McMaster
Advisor: D. Reid Wiseman
Internship: Sustainable Management and Outreach for Impaired Shellfish Waters in the Rural Coastal Zone of South Carolina

Michelle Pate
Advisor: Wayne McFee
Thesis: Stomach Content Analysis of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in South Carolina

Al Plan
Advisors: Courtney Murren & Allan Strand
Thesis: Genetic Inference of Population Structure and Clonality Assessment of the Non-native Dune Plant Vitex rotundifolia  

Reggie Reeves
Advisors: Patrick Hurley & Norman Levine
Thesis: GIS Mapping of 'Two Worlds': Comparing Expert and Non-Expert Conservation Priorities

Fall 2007 Graduates:

William Brown
Advisor: Robert Boyles, Jr.
Internship: An Evaluation of the South Carolina Clean Vessel Act Program (SC-CVA)

Sarah Goldman
Advisor: George Sedberry
Thesis: Feeding Habits of some Demersal Fishes on the Continental Slope off the Southeastern United States

Elizabeth Haley
Advisor: Timothy Callahan
Thesis: Field Measurements and Hydrologic Modeling of the Turkey Creek Watershed, South Carolina

Lauren Long    
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: The Development of a Marine Conservation Action Plan for the Sewee-Santee-Winyah Estuarine Complex

Miranda McManus      
Advisor: Allan Strand
Thesis: Population Structure of Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum in Southeastern United States Rivers

Elizabeth Mihalik         
Advisor: Norman Levine
Thesis: Watershed Characterization and Runoff Modeling of the Chapel Branch Creek in Orangeburg County, South Carolina

James Powell
Advisor: Craig Browdy
Thesis: White Spot Syndrome Virus Detection in Atlantic White Shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus, and Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus, of the United States South Atlantic Coast

Andy Ruocco  
Advisor: Vijay Vulava
Internship: Remediation of a Petroleum Contaminated Groundwater Site Utilizing Multi-Phase Extraction: Assessment and Overview

Summer 2007 Graduates:

Jessi Adair Shuler
Advisor: Angela Halfacre
Thesis: Conserving Subdivided Nature: A Typology of Residential Development Practices in the South Carolina Lowcountry

Emily Batts
Advisor: Norman Levine
Thesis: Visualization of Huricane Hazards and the Effect of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Accuracy on Hurricane Storm Surge Hazard Maps

Bray Beltran
Advisor: Timothy Callahan
Thesis: Impacts of Fertilizer Additions on Water Quality of a Drained Pine Plantation, Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina

Jessica Berrio
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Thesis: Marine Leasing of South Carolina's Coastal Submerged Lands: Options and Considerations for Commercial and Conservation Strategies

Erin Driscoll
Advisor: Patricia Fair
Thesis: Effects of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate on Splenocyte Cell Types and Cytokine Production in the Murine Model

Lindsay Goodwin
Advisor: Norman Levine
Thesis: Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Parameters on Shoreline Erosion and Related Aspects: Assessing the Current Status of Vegetation, Sediments, and Biota

Kevin Kolmos 
Advisor: Glenn Ulrich
Thesis: Succession and Biodiversity of an Artificial Reef Marine Protected Area: A Comparison of Fish Assemblages on Protected and Unprotected Habitats

Spring 2007:

Jessica Barton
Advisor:  Angela Halfacre
Internship: " Virtual Connection for Direct Action: A Case Study of Establishing a Nonprofit Student Chapter"

David Betenbaugh
Advisor:  Leslie Sautter
Internship:  "Dewees Island Geomorphology Study: A Year in the Life of a Barrier Island"

Inna Burns
Advisor:  Kem Fronabarger
Thesis:  "Predictive Modeling of Cultural Resources in the Theban Necropolis - Luxor, Egypt"

Mary Davis
Advisor:  Melissa Hughes
Internship: "Effectiveness of Management on Restoring Terns to, and Enhancing Productivity at, a Historical Nesting Site: A Case Study of Penikese Island, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts in 2006"

Carrie Dixon
Advisor:  Robert Van Dolah
Thesis:  "The Effects of Summer Beach Nourishment to the Atlantic Ghost Crab Populations on Folly Beach, SC"

Tracy Duffy
Advisor:  Angela Halfacre
Internship:  "Planners' Response to Environmental Change in the Lowcountry of South Carolina"

Jordan Felber
Advisor:  Robert Van Dolah
Thesis: "Variability of Fecal Coliform Concentrations with Regard to Creek Order, Tide Stage, Rainfall, and Land Use Patterns"

Janet Johnson
Advisor:  B. Lee Lindner
Internship:  "Storm Surge Simulator Project"

Dave Joyner
Advisor:  Daniel Tufford
Thesis:  "Characterizing the Hydrography of Breached Former Tidal Rice Field Wetlands on the Cooper River, South Carolina"

Ben Leigh
Advisor:  Lindeke Mills
Internship:  "Employing the Bicycle Level of Service Standard to the Charleston Regional Transportation Infrastructure"

Mark Messersmith
Advisor:  Denise Sanger
Thesis:  "Assessing the Hydrology and Pollutant Removal Efficiencies of Stormwater Detention Ponds in South Carolina"

Matthew Pendleton
Advisor:  Norman Levine
Thesis:  "Coastal Marsh Inventory for the Critical Area of South Carolina's Coastal Counties: Development of a GIS-Based Feature Extraction Process"

Matt Perkinson
Advisor:  John Vena
Internship:  "Seafood Consumption Patterns of Recreational Anglers in the Charleston Tri-County"

Heather Rain
Advisor:  Angela Halfacre
Internship:  "Experiences in Environmental Education: Developing and Implementing Programs for the Elementary Level"

Rebecca Rockholt
Advisor:  Kem Fronabarger
Internship:  "Loggerhead Turtles, Caretta caretta, and Conservation Education in the Classroom"

Danielle Timmons
Advisor:  B. Lee Lindner
Internship:  "Hurricane Storm Surge Simulator"

Elizabeth Vernon
Advisor:  Braxton Davis
Internship:  "A Model for Land Conservation: The Public-Private Partnerships of the ACE Basin Project"

Aaron Voelker
Advisor:  Angela Halfacre
Thesis:  "Applicability of Convergence Hypothesis at the Organizational"

Josh Young
Advisor:  Braxton Davis
Thesis:  "Bridging Science and Management to Prepare for Hurricane Storm Surge"

Fall 2006 Graduates:

Athan Barkoukis
Advisor: George Sedberry
Thesis: "A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Fish Trap Catches at Gray's reef National Marine Sanctuary, 1993-2005"

Jenn Beck
Advisor: Danny Gustafson
Thesis: "Plant Source Influence on Spartina alterniflora Growth in Restored South Carolina Salt Marshes "

Lara (Mason) Brock
Advisor: Alan Lewitus
Thesis: "Water Quality, Nutirients, Phytoplankton Ecology, and Landuses in Brackish Detention ponds and Surrounding Sub-Watersheds on Kiawah Island, South Carolina "

Alison Floyd
Advisor: Lindeke Mills
Internship: "The Effects of the SWANCC Decision on Isolated Wetlands in South Carolina"

Charlie Kaufman
Advisor: Norman Levine
Thesis: "Assessment of Beach Renourishment and Other Shoreline Stabilization Projects in Charleston County, SC "

Dave Lansbury
Advisor: Patrick Hurley
Internship: "Key Concepts for Facilitating Wetshed Conservation Initiatives "

Elizabeth Mullins
Advisor: Allan Strand
Internship: "How are Coastal Habitats and Associated Species Being Protected through Conservation Development Practices? Case Studies of High End "Green" Developments along the Southeastern Coast"

Summer 2006 Graduates:

Megan Barkes
Advisor: Angela Halfacre
Thesis: "Water Quality Protection in Local Communities: Experiences with Creating Wetland Buffer Ordinances in the Lowcountry, South Carolina"

Alan Flemming
Advisor: Alan Lewitus
Thesis: "Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Stormwater Retention Ponds on Kiawah Island, South Carolina"

Amy Scaroni
Advisor: Briget Doyle
Internship: "Comprehensive Assessment of a Nature-based Tourism Operation: A Manual for Sustainability"