A poster paper presented by Department of Geological Sciences M.S. student Joel Legg at the April 2014 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston, Texas, was selected for an Award of Excellence as a “Top Ten” Poster Presentation. The title of the poster presentation was: “Analysis of the Petroleum Generation Potential of the Neal Floyd Shale in the Black Warrior Basin Using Kinetic and Basin Modeling”. Dr. Rona J. Donahoe and Dr. Rich Martens were co-authors.