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
- POSTER JURY AWARD WINNER
- Complete Streets Meet Fragmented Policies
- Laura Messier, University of Southern California
- Complete Streets Meet Fragmented Policies
- STORYMAP JURY AWARD WINNER
- Green Infrastructure in Industrial Zone-Heavy Areas of LA
- Manasi Vartak, UCLA
- Green Infrastructure in Industrial Zone-Heavy Areas of LA
- POSTER AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
- Cyber-Physical Engineering Concepts for Sustainable Smart-City Defense and Resilience
- Princeton Brooke, University of Southern California
- Cyber-Physical Engineering Concepts for Sustainable Smart-City Defense and Resilience
- STORYMAP AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
- The Urban Heat Island Effect In Los Angeles County
- Ada Liang, University of California, Irvine
- The Urban Heat Island Effect In Los Angeles County
- STUDENT SHOWCASE PARTICIPANTS
- Quantifying the Built Environment
- Jay Campanell, University of Southern California
- Bridging the Gap: Affordable Housing and Commuting in LA
- Isabella Gonzales, University of California, Irvine
- Southern California: Wildfires and Urban Development
- Bryan Hernandez, University of California, Irvine
- The Future of Homeless Resolution
- Emilee Xie, California State University, Los Angeles
- Quantifying the Built Environment
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