Geospatial Information Sciences – EIP Student of the Year Award
UTD GIS is a designated Esri Innovation Program (EIP). Esri, the maker of ArcGIS software suite, partners with higher educational institutions from across the world to advance the spatial sciences and prepare the workforce of tomorrow through EIP. Students in the UTD GIS program and other degree programs who are doing GIS development work are welcome to join our EIP group.
Outstanding Student Competition
Esri sponsors a UTD EIP Student of the Year Award. Award winners receive $500 cash, an Esri Press book, an Esri certificate of recognition, and their name on our EIP award plaque.
UTD’s annual winner is automatically entered for Esri International Student of the Year. In 2015, our student of the year, Vini Indriasari, won the International Student of the Year. Esri paid for her trip and hotel to attend Esri International User Conference in San Diego. Esri President Jack Dangermond presented her the award on the stage in front of 10,000 -plus conference attendance.
UTD EIP Student of the Year Award Recipients
- 2025 — Shuang (Forrest) Tian
- 2023 — Lasya Venigalla
- 2022 — Yalin Yang
- 2021 — Haitao Lyu
- 2020 — Connor Donegan
- 2019 — Brent Dell
- 2018 — Benjamin Acker
- 2017 — Hyeongmo Koo
- 2016 — Hyeongmo Koo
- 2015 — Vini Indriasari
Apply for UTD EIP Student of the Year Award
The EIP Student of the Year Award recognizes the exemplary contributions to the development of novel GIS-based tools, analytics or models. Both ArcGIS or open source solutions are welcome. To apply, please email the following to Dr. May Yuan:
- Describe your project in 500-1,000 words: what is it, why is it important, what is the conceptual or methodological basis that you used in the development, what is new, and how does it work?
- Include a link to your codes in UTD box or OneDrive.
Applications are due on March 1. Feel free to submit projects from your GIS Day posters, class projects, thesis research or dissertation research.