Student Showcase

The SCAG Student Showcase  challenges students to create posters and 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 Student Showcase guidelines are now available online with more information on how to participate. Applications will be open from Jan. 30 through March 13 at 10 a.m. 

2024 STUDENT SHOWCASE 

STORYMAP JURY AWARD WINNER 

• Active Transportation for an Active City 
  • Michael Sutedjo – University of California, Irvine 

POSTER JURY AWARD WINNER 

• Balancing Housing Affordability and Transportation Efficiency in the Inland Empire 
  • Carolina Carlos – California State University, San Bernardino 

STORYMAP AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER 

• Affordable Housing Inequalities Across SCAG Regions 
  • Anna Eichelberger – University of California, Irvine 

POSTER AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER 

• Watch Out! Bike Collisions and a Changing Built Environment 
  • Andrea Perez – California State University, Long Beach 

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