The 2019 Student Paper Award Winner: Location Allocation of Sugar Beet Piling Centers using GIS and Optimization

The GIS-T Symposium would like to encourage GIS students, undergraduate and graduate, with an emphasis on transportation to submit their research to the GIS-T Symposium’s Student Paper Contest. The contest is designed to encourage university students to develop solutions to current GIS-T issues.

Contestants will be judged on their ability to develop and document useful, original research based on GIS-T issues and to relay their research results in a complete, clear, and well-referenced paper.

The winner will receive:

• $100,
• Travel expenses,
• 4 nights hotel, and
• Complimentary registration to the 2021 GIS-T Symposium to present their paper.

Submission Deadline: TBD

Selection of the winner will be made by TBD

Eligibility Requirements

• The applicant must be a currently enrolled (undergraduate or graduate) student. Those who graduate in December 2020 are eligible.
• The student must be the sole author or co-author with other students
• Only one paper contest entry per student is acceptable
• Willingness to attend and present at the GIS-T Symposium
• The final paper or poster must be available electronically to be posted on the GIS-T website and published in the GIS-T Final Report

Student Paper Format Guidelines

All papers submitted for this competition must follow these format guidelines:

• Title of paper must be in 16-point Times New Roman
• Text (body) must be
  • In 12-point Times New Roman
  • Single line spaced
  • Left flush
• Maximum paper length is 20 pages
• Figures and Tables should be embedded in the body of the paper.
  • The tables should be after the titles,
  • The figure caption must appear beneath the figure.
• Tables and Figures should be created by authors, not copied from somewhere else even if the tables and figures have references.
• Figures, such as maps and pictures, should be at least 300 dpi.
• The font size of labels of the maps should be big enough to read.
• The style references and citations (i.e. MLA, APA, Harvard, or Chicago) may vary by authors, but should be consistent throughout the paper.
• Paper Structure:
  • Page 1
    • Paper Title
    • Authors and author affiliation information
    • Abstract – 500 word maximum
    • Keywords – 3 to 5 words
  • Page 2
    • Paper Title
    • Beginning of Paper

Awards

As noted above the winner will receive $100, travel expenses, 4 nights hotel, and complimentary registration to the 2021 GIS-T Symposium. Travel is a round trip ticket (US domestic flight) to the GIS-T Symposium location. The winners will present their papers at the AASHTO GIS-T and their presentations posted to the GIS-T website.

The AASHTO GIS-T Task Force and judges reserve the right not to award any submissions in a particular category. All decisions by the AASHTO GIS-T Task Force and judges are final.

Only the corresponding author will receive the award for the co-authored paper.

Email student presentations submissions or questions to:

Dr. EunSu Lee, New Jersey City University – elee3@njcu.edu or

Dr. Kweku Brown, The Citadel – kbrown16@citadel.edu

Judging

Papers will be judged by members of the GIS-T Planning Committee and additional transportation professionals. They will be rated in the following categories:

• Significance of topic
• Innovative use of GIS
• Literature review
• Data analysis (if applicable)
• Interpretation
• Clarity of presentation
• Validity of conclusions
• Reader interest

Past Student Paper Winners

2019 – Location Allocation of Sugar Beet Piling Centers using GIS and Optimization

2018 –