Past Awardees

2024 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Changho Lee (University of Texas at Dallas)
    Wanhee Kim(University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

2023 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Sewon Ohr (University of Texas, Austin)
    Moongi Choi (University of Utah)
  • Paper Award
    Hanbyeol Jang (Temple University)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Sojung Huh (Texas State University)

2022 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Due to the cancellation of in-person AAG meeting in 2022, the award will be given for their in-person participation in the 2023 AAG and KAGES annual meeting as student members.
    Yoonjung Ahn (Florida State University)
    Sojung Huh (Texas State University)
    Kyusik Kim (Florida State University)
  • Paper Award
    Yoonjung Ahn (Florida State University)
    Myungsik Cho (Michigan State University)
    Kyusik Kim (Florida State University)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Yoonjung Ahn (Florida State University)

2021 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Due to COVID-19, the annual meeting of AAG in 2021switched to the virtual sessions, Sim Travel Award will not be available for this year.
  • Paper Award
    1st prize: Jinwoo Park (Texas A&M University)
  • IJGER Early Career Paper Award
    Youngho Lee (Kyung Hee University)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Hanbyeol Jang (Temple University)

2020 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Due to the cancellation of the AAG annual meeting in 2020,
    Sim Travel Award will not be available for this year.
  • Paper Award
    1st prize: Junghwan Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    2nd prize: Myungin Ji (University of Kentucky)
    2nd prize: Young Jaegal (Ohio State University)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Myung Sik Cho (Michigan State University)

2019 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Jihoon Jung (Florida State University)
    Jinwoo Park (Texas A&M University)
    Sohyun Park (Ohio State University)
  • Paper Award
    KGS Student Paper Award: Gainbi Park (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) and So Hyung Lim (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
    KSEA Student Paper Award: Kangjae Lee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Jinwoo Park (Texas A&M University)

2018 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Kangjae Lee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    Sohyung Lim (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
    Gainbi Park (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
  • Paper Award
    KGS Student Paper Award: Jeon-Young Kang (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) and Jinhyung Lee (Ohio State University)
    KSEA Student Paper Award: Taejin Park (Boston University)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Jihoon Jung (Florida State University)

2017 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Yoomin Park (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    Monghyeon Lee (University of Texas, Dallas)
  • Paper Award
    KAUPA Student Paper Award: Jihoon Jung (Florida State University)
    KGS Student Paper Award: Yoomin Park (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    KGS-KSEA Student Paper Award: Hyeongmo Koo (University of Texas, Dallas)
  • Student Leadership Award
    Edward Park (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University)

2016 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Young-Long Kim (Clark University)
    Jinhee Lee (Texas State University)
  • Paper Award
    Suyeon Han (San Diego State University)
    Jaehyun Lee (University of California at Santa Barbara)
    Changyu Hong (Portland State University)

2015 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Keumseok Koh (Michigan State University)
    Sungho Choi (Boston University)
  • Paper Award
    Edward Park (University of Texas, Austin)
    Young Rae Choi (Ohio State University)

2014 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Su Yeon Han
    Hyojin Kim
  • Paper Award
    KAUPA Scholarship Award:
    1) Insu Hong (Arizona State University)
    2) Na-hyun Jung (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
    KSEA Scholarship Award:
    1) Minkyung Koh (Ohio State University)
    2) Jihwan Yoon (University of Tennessee)
    Pak Best Paper Award: Yooinn Hong (Pennsylvania State University)

2013 Awardees

  • Sim Travel Award
    Eun-Kyeong Kim (Pennsylvania State University)
    Yongha Park (Ohio State University)
  • Paper Award
    No awardee

2012 Awardees

  • Pixoneer Scholarship
    Hyeseon Jeong (Ohio State University)
    Edward Park (University of Texas, Austin)
  • Sim Travel Award
    Hyeyoung Kim (Ohio State University)
    Joomi Lee (University of Texas, Austin)
  • Pak Best Paper Award
    Ick Hoi Kim (San Diego State University)

2011 Awardees

  • Pixoneer Scholarship
    BumSeok Chun (Ohio State University)
    Ick Hoi Kim (San Diego State University)
    Minsung Kim (Texas A&M)
  • G-Inno Scholarship
    Kyung In Huh (Ohio State University)
    Jinwon Kim (Michigan State University)
  • Sim Travel Award
    Sang-Hyun Chi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
    Su Jin Lee (University of Southern California)
  • Pak Best Paper Award
    Joomi Lee (University of Texas, Austin)

2010 Awardees

  • Pixoneer Scholarship
    Human Geography: Seung‐Ook Lee (Ohio State University)
    Physical Geography: Kyung In Huh (Ohio State University)
    GIS/RS/Spatial Statistics:
    1) Youngsang Kwon (SUNY‐Buffalo)
    2) Kyoungjin Park (Ohio State University)
    3) Byungyun Yang (University of Georgia)

2009 Awardees

  • Pixoneer Scholarship
    Human Geography: Minsung Kim (Texas A&M University)
    Physical Geography: Won Kyung Kim (Arizona State University)
    GIS/RS/Spatial Statistics:
    1) Hyowon Ban (Ohio State University)
    2) Sang-Hyun Chi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
    3) Myung-Hwa Hwang (Arizona State University)