Geo-TIDE Tool Recognized with MIT Prize for Open Data

Danika Eamer, MCSC Impact Fellow, was awarded the MIT Prize for Open Data for her work on the Geospatial Trucking Industry Decarbonization Explorer (Geo-TIDE) tool, which helps trucking industry stakeholders optimize where and how to decarbonize their fleets by transitioning to low-carbon energy carriers. MIT’s Prize for Open Data highlights the value of open data at MIT and encourages the next generation of researchers.

Danika developed Geo-TIDE alongside many talented collaborators from both academia and industry. The tool is an open data platform that synthesizes fragmented public datasets into more than 400 curated, cloud-hosted geospatial layers for freight decarbonization planning. By making these high-value datasets openly available through Zenodo and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and pairing them with open-source code and documented methods, Geo-TIDE enables fleets, policymakers, and researchers to translate complex data into actionable strategies for zero-emission trucking.

Congratulations to Danika and the Geo-TIDE team, including Micah Borrero, PhD student, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan; Brooke Bao, undergraduate student, Wellesley College/Dartmouth College; Helena De Figueiredo Valente, undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Amber Wu, undergraduate student, Computer Science, Wellesley College; Brilant Kasami, MCSC software consultant; and Viktoriia Tkachuk, UX/UI designer.

Read more about all of the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data recipients.