HGS International Group AWARDS best talkand top student posters for 2004-2005.Volunteer judges evaluate each talk during the year for the HGS International Group. Awards are presented at the last meeting of season, which is May 16 this year. Best talk for 2004-2005 (May 2004 – March 2005) goes to Lesli Wood, for her talk on ”Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology of Clastic Reservoirs and Systems”. Dr. Lesli J. Wood is a Research Scientist and Lecturer at the Bureau of Economic Geology in the University of Texas Jackson School of GeosciencesSTUDENT POSTER AWARDS:Student poster awards are selected at the annual R. E. Sheriff Lecture, held this past November 15 at U of H. The R. E. Sheriff Lecture is an annual event jointly organized by the Department of Geosciences at the University of Houston, the University of Houston Geoscience Alumni Association, and the International Group of HGS.This year 14 volunteer judges reviewed 39 posters prepared by graduate students in the department of Geosciences at University of Houston in three tiers:Tier I: New graduate students (5 Posters) Yardenia Martinez, “Evaluating Topographic Correction Techniques for Satellite Data in Steep Slope Areas: Case Study - Iron Lake Fault, Salmon River Mountains, Central Idaho”, Advisor, Shuhab KhanTier II: Experienced masters students, new PhD students (18 Posters)Katarina Jovanovic, “Vector VSP's P and S waves separation by Antialias Discrete Radon Transform”, Advisor, Kurt MarfurtTier III: Experienced PhD students (16 Posters)Connie, VanSchuyver, “3-D Refraction Migration”, Advisor, Kurt MarfurtEach student will receive a plaque, and the advisor will receive a certificate commemorating the accomplishment. Awards will be presented at the May 16 Dinner meeting of the HGS International Group.Many thanks for the volunteer judges at the Sheriff Lecture, and at International Dinner Meetings. Special recognition is due to Bonnie Milne-Andrews who diligently organized the judging activities.