EDUCATION

Education Background

2011 M.S. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, China University of Petroleum

First Place Winner, Graduate Student Research Competition, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science 2015 Symposium, Alexandria, Virginia ($1,000), 2015.
Second Place Winner, Student Research Presentation Competition, the 14th Annual GIS Day of University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas ($200), 2015.
Travel Award, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science 2015 Symposium, Alexandria, Virginia ($400), 2015.
Outstanding Student, R.S. Tarr Student Illustrated Paper Competition, the Association of American Geographers 111th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois ($50), 2015.
Travel Award, Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISSG) Honors Competition for Student Papers, the Association of American Geographers 110th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida ($500), 2014.
Finalist, Remote Sensing Specialty Group Honors Competition for Student Papers, the Association of American Geographers 110th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2014.
Finalist, Student Research Presentation Competition, the 12th Annual GIS Day of University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2013.
Third Place Winner, English Speaking Contest in Shandong Province, Jinan, China, 2010.
Excellent Graduate Student, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China, 2009-2011.
Academic Excellence Scholarship, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China, 2005-2008.

Shaikh Abdullah Al Rifat: Geosciences Ph.D., graduated in Summer 2021. Rifat now is Operations Research Scientist II at FedEx Freight.
Chao Xu: Geosciences Ph.D., graduated in Summer 2022. Chao now is Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University.
Ikramul Hasan: Geosciences Master, graduated in Summer 2023. Ikramul now is PhD Student at Ohio State University.
Alanna Shapiro: Geosciences Ph.D., ongoing.
Bishal Dhungana: Geosciences Master, ongoing.