Geospatial Information Sciences – EIP Student of the Year Award
UTD GIS is a designated Esri Innovation Program (EIP) since 2015. Esri is the maker of ArcGIS software suite, who partners with higher educational institutions from across the world to advance the spatial sciences and prepare the workforce of tomorrow through EIP. Students at UTD GIS program or in other degree programs who is doing GIS development work are welcome to join our EIP group.
Outstanding Student Competition
Esri sponsors a UTD EIP student of the year award. The award includes $500 cash, an Esri Press book, an Esri certificate of recognition, and with name on our EIP award plaque. Our winner will automatically enter the competition for one or two awards of the 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 + conference attendance. Here is a list of winners at UTD:
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 Indriansari
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 submit the following to Dr. May Yuan (myuan@utdallas.edu):
- 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.