Student Awards

Committee Head: Robert O'Brien

ANNUAL SID METROPOLITAN DETROIT CHAPTER AWARD FOR SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS DOING RESEARCH IN DISPLAYS AND INTERFACES INCLUDING ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY

2026 applications will be accepted starting in spring/summer of 2026. 

Past Student Award Winners:

The winners of the 2025 VDI Student Awards, distributed by the Detroit Chapter of the Society for Information Display, are Yongziyan Ma, University of Central Florida (middle), and Haoyang Yan, University of Michigan (right). At left is Bob O'Brien, member of the Detroit Chapter's Academic Awards Committee.
The 2024 student award winners, who received honorariums from the SID Metro-Detroit Chapter, are (left) Yixin Xiao from University of Michigan and Shruti Jayaprakash Saiji from University of Central Florida. Shown presenting awards in both photos is Bob O’Brien of Display Supply Chain Consultants.
Recipients of the 2023 Student Awards were Haonan Zhou, University of Michigan (left), and Yizhou Qian, University of Central Florida (right). In center is committee member Bob O’Brien.
In 2022, students Yakshita Malhotra (center) and Shaghayegh Yaraghi (right) each received awards from the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the Society for Information Display. At left is conference organizer Bob O’Brien.
2018 Vehicle Displays & Interfaces student award winners.