2016

• Alyssa Dykman, Duke University
• Michael Flynn, East Carolina University

2015

• Jamie Heath, East Carolina University
• Carter Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences

2014

• Michael Goralnik, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  “Coastal ResilieNCe”: The Role of Design in the Future of North Carolina’s Coast”
• Kimberly Hernandez, Duke University
  “Protecting Beaches and Sea Turtles: An Analysis of Beach Nourishment, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, and Sea Level Rise in North Carolina”

Read about their research here.

2013

• Sierra Schelegle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
  “Motivation of Sea Level Rise Planning in Four Coastal Counties”