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Student Travel Awards

2008 Conference Luncheon
2008 NHCA Scholarship Foundation Awards Luncheon (Portland)
Pictured left-to-right; back row:  James Lankford (President); Cory Portnuff (2007 STA); Darrin Worthington (2007 STA); Scott Lanford (2008 STA); Kevin Liebe (2008 STA); Rick Neitzel (2008 STA). Front row: Susan Megerson (STA Coordinator); Marla Bruce (2008 STA); Kristen Casto (2007 STA); Gayla Poling (2008 STA). 
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2008 Conference Luncheon

 

2008 Award Winners
Marla Bruce
U. North Texas, 2nd year AuD program
Poster: "Evaluation of Hearing Protectors in a College Music School Setting" with Scott Lankford and Dr. Kris Chesky

Scott Lanford
U. North Texas, 2nd year AuD program
Advisor: Kamakshi Gopal, PhD 
Poster: "Evaluation of Hearing Protectors in a College Music School Setting" with Marla Bruce & Dr. Kris Chesky

Kevin Liebe
Western Michigan U., 3rd year AuD program
Advisor: Greg Flamme, PhD
Poster: "Acoustic Characteristics and Estimates of Risk from Firecracker Impulses" with Dr. Greg Flamme

Rick Neitzel
U. Washington, 3rd year PhD program (environmental & occupational health)
Advisor: Noah Seixas, PhD
Workshop Presentation: "Hearing Loss Prevention: The Basics of Noise Measurement" and Platform Presentation: "Development and Pilot Test of A New Hearing Conservation Training Program for the Construction Industry"

Gayla Poling
Ohio State U., 2nd year PhD program (audiology)
Advisor: Larry Feth, PhD


Our sponsors for the 2008 STA program are:
Gold Sponsor (donation of $1000 or more) : 3M

Silver Sponsors(donation of $500 or more): E-A-R Company/Aero; Howard Leight/Bilsom; James and Vera Lankford

Bronze Sponsors(donation of $250 or more) : American Industrial Hygiene Association Noise Committee; John Casali; Custom Protect Ear; Enviromed; Quest Technologies; Workplace Hearing

2007 Student Winners
Benson Davis, Sara Gill (SRA), Elizabeth Baum, Khaled Alali. Not pictured: Stefanie Griffin, Cory Portnuff, Darrin Worthington

 

2007 award winners
Elizabeth Baum
Washington U. St. Louis /CID (AuD)
Advisor: Maureen Valente, PhD

Stephanie Griffin
U. Washington
(MS – Industrial Hygiene)
Advisor: Noah Seixas, PhD

Cory Portnuff
U. Colorado
(AuD/PhD – Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences)
Advisor: Kathryn Arehart, PhD

Khaled Alali
Virginia Tech
(PhD – Human Factors
Engineering & Ergonomics)
Advisor: John Casali, PhD

Benson Davis
U. Cincinnati (AuD)
Advisor: Doug Martin, PhD

Darrin Worthington
Northwestern (AuD)
Advisor: Susan Erler, PhD

Special thanks go to our 2007 sponsors for making this program possible: 3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division, The American Industrial Hygiene Association Noise Committee, Dr. John Casali, E-A-R / Aearo Technologies, Examinetics, Inc., Howard Leight / Bilsom, James and Vera Lankford, Quest Technologies, Inc., Shure, Sonomax, and Workplace Hearing.

2006 Travel Award  

2006 award winners
Lovejoy Muchenje
1st year MS student in Human Factors/Industrial & Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
Advisor: John Casali, Ph.D.

Jeremy Slagely
3rd year PhD student in Occupational Health & Safety/Industrial &
Systems Engineering
West Virginia University
Advisor: Steven Guffey, Ph.D.

Andrea Wagner
4th year AuD student
Central Michigan University
Advisor: Michael Stewart, Ph.D.

Special thanks go to our 2006 sponsors for making this program possible:
The American Industrial Hygiene Association Noise Committee,
Howard Leight/Bilsom, Examinetrics, E-A-R Company (Aearo), Eckel Industries, Peltor Company
(Aearo), Quest Technologies, Sonomax, and Westone

 

 

2005 award winners:

Elizabeth Beal
3rd year AuD program, Central Michigan University
Advisor: Michael Stewart, Ph.D.

Dana Libman
3rd year AuD program, University of South Florida
Advisor: Karen Richardson, Ph.D.

Rachel Sanders
2nd year AuD program, University of Northern Colorado
Advisor: Kathryn Bright, Ph.D.

Special thanks go to our 2005 sponsors for making this program possible: The American Industrial Hygiene Association, Bacou-Dalloz, E-A-R Company, James and Vera Lankford, 3M, Quest Technologies, Sonomax, and Westone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 award winners:

Antony Joseph, Michigan State University
Ph.D. program in Audiology (Epidemiology/Hearing Science)
Advisor: Jerry Punch, Ph.D.

Jeff Lancaster, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. program in Industrial Engineering (Human Factors & Ergonomics)
Advisor: John Casali, Ph.D.

Special thanks go to our 2004 sponsors for making this program possible: The American Industrial Hygiene Association, Quest Technologies, Tim Bailey, and Elliott Berger.

 

2003 award winners:

Kimberly Jordan, University of Texas at Dallas
Doctor of audiology (AuD) program

Melissa Norman, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Doctor of public health (DPH) program

Jonathan Thomas, Colorado State University – Fort Collins
PhD program in industrial hygiene

Elizabeth Thompson, Indiana University – Bloomington
Masters program in audiology