Student Showcase
The Student Showcase challenges students to create posters or StoryMaps that innovatively tell a story, provide insight, showcase plans and projects, engage stakeholders, and illustrate the possibilities of open data at the regional level. Winners of the Student Showcase competition receive cash prizes.
Competition finalists will be invited to attend SCAG’s Regional Conference and General Assembly as conference fellows and will receive complimentary event registration, hotel accommodation, and admission to the conference. At the Regional Conference and General Assembly, conference fellows will present their posters and StoryMaps to elected officials and industry leaders from across Southern California.
A panel of judges will select one poster and one StoryMap for the “Best in Show” award. Conference attendees will vote for their favorite poster and StoryMap to be recognized with an “Audience Award.” All four awards, each worth $1,500, will be announced at the end of the conference.
Contact
For more information on the Student Showcase, please contact:
Lyle Janicek
Phone: (213) 236-1966
Email: janicek@scag.ca.gov
2025 Student Showcase
The 2025 Student Showcase application period is now closed. Competition finalists will be informed in April 2025, and awardees will be announced at SCAG’s Regional Conference and General Assembly on May 1.
2024 Student Showcase
- STORYMAP JURY AWARD WINNER
- Active Transportation for an Active City
- Michael Sutedjo – University of California, Irvine
- Active Transportation for an Active City
- POSTER JURY AWARD WINNER
- Balancing Housing Affordability and Transportation Efficiency in the Inland Empire
- Carolina Carlos – California State University, San Bernardino
- Balancing Housing Affordability and Transportation Efficiency in the Inland Empire
- STORYMAP AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
- Affordable Housing Inequalities Across SCAG Regions
- Anna Eichelberger – University of California, Irvine
- Affordable Housing Inequalities Across SCAG Regions
- POSTER AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
- Watch Out! Bike Collisions and a Changing Built Environment
- Andrea Perez – California State University, Long Beach
- Watch Out! Bike Collisions and a Changing Built Environment
- STUDENT SHOWCASE PARTICIPANTS
- A Smart Mobility Platform with Equitable Peer-to-Peer Congestion Pricing and Its Policy and Equity Implications
- Siwei Hu – University of California, Irvine
- Pedestrian Fatalities in LA County
- Saba Hashem Sharifi – California State University, Northridge
- Sustainable Groundwater Management & Recharge
- Nicole Larson – University of California, Irvine
- Volitile Organic Compounds in Gas Stations
- Arek Boynerian – Glendale Community College
- Navigating the Aisles of Grocery Store Equity
- Eman Raim Arellano – University of California, Irvine
- Community Solar in the Coachella Valley
- Sophia Hernandez – University of California, Irvine
- A Smart Mobility Platform with Equitable Peer-to-Peer Congestion Pricing and Its Policy and Equity Implications