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Yanan Wu

Major: PhD in Geospatial Information Sciences
Expected Graduation Date: May 2024

UT Dallas Achievements & Activities

  • 2023 International Cartographic Association Scholarship
  • 2023 Travel award from USNC for ICA with NSF funding to attend the ICC2023
  • 2023 Betty & Gifford Johnson Travel Award, UTD
  • 2022 Graduate student participants of the Grad WINGS Workshop, UCGIS
  • 2022 International Cartographic Association Scholarship
  • 2022 Second Place, Student Lightning Talk Award, UCGIS Symposium
  • 2022 Third Place in GIS day 2022 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
  • 2022 Travel award from UCGIS to attend the UCGIS Symposium
  • 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Finalist
  • 2022 Honorable mentions, GI Science & Systems Student Honors Paper Competition session, AAG 2021 International Cartographic Association Scholarship
  • 2021 Travel award from USNC for ICA with NSF funding to attend the ICC2021
  • 2021 Pioneers Student Research Fund, Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
  • 2021 PhD Research Small Grants Awarded by the Office of Graduate Education, UTD
  • 2021 First Place in GIS day 2021 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
  • 2019 First Place in GIS day 2019 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
  • 2019 Pioneers Student Research Fund, Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD

How did you decide on your major?

I decided on my program because of the reputation of the professors here at EPPS!

My EPPS Success

Make application for what we learn in EPPS to whatever your current project may be or whatever future work you may encounter.

Plans for the Future

I aim to become a Spatial Data Scientist—an explorer who merges the worlds of data and geography.

Advice to Prospective EPPS Students

Step out of your comfort zone!