Welcome to CMU's second annual ReImagine hackathon! This year we have four main focuses for you to choose from: Sports Health & Tech, Personal Information and Security, Student debt, and On-campus navigation for students and visits. Once you pick your focus and problem, you have 18.5 hours to develop a solution.

 The Problems:

Sports Health & Tech

1.  Injury prevention is paramout in relation to player health, how can products help players protect again injury?

2. Players need to constantly update their skills. What kind of product could help a player be the best they can be!

3. We might have missed something, come up with your own awesome idea!

Personal Information & Security

1. It is hard to protect your identity when you are using multiple websites and social media outlines.  How can products help users keep their identity safe and representative of how they present themselves to their friends, co-workers, and others?

2. Identity in health care is paramount.  How can products help users keep their medical data safe across multiple health care providers?  Can these products help users understand their own health and manage it alongside their providers?

3. There are lots of avenues to explore, wow us with your own idea!

Student Debt

1. Student debt is a big problem!  How can products help students manage student debt and be protected from loan sharks?

2. Student debt is a social problem.  How can the problems related to student debt be discussed and managed in the community?

3. Come up with your own great idea!

On campus navigation for students and visitors

1. College campuses are confusing!  How can products help students and visitors find their way around campuses? How can they help students and visitors discover resources available on campus?

2. Parking is always a problem on college campuses.  How can products help students and visitors find open parking spaces and report the status of parking lots?

3. Come up with your own innovative idea!

Good luck and happy problem solving!

Requirements

Submit a working solution or as close to a working solution as pssible.  If you are unable to submit a fully working solution, please submit a prototype or design plan of your solution.

Submit all work completed during the competition that accurately represents your solution.  This can include anything you believe has a positive contribution to your solution.

At a minimum, you should include all that is in the judging criteria:

  • an exhibit table
  • a visual component
  • main goals & objectives
  • intended audience
  • challenges & obstacles
  • team overview

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Prizes

$3,100 in prizes
Best On Campus Navigation
1 winner

This prize will award up to $650 depending on the number of teams competing in this category.

Best Health/Sports Tech
1 winner

This prize will award up to $650 depending on the number of teams competing in this category.

Best Student Debt Project
1 winner

This prize will award up to $650 depending on the number of teams competing in this category.

Audience Choice
1 winner

Best Personal Information Privacy & Security
1 winner

This prize will award up to $650 depending on the number of teams competing in this category.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Ahmet Ugur

Ahmet Ugur
Professor, Department of Computer Science, CMU

David Ford

David Ford
Dean, College of Science and Engineering, CMU

Glenn Cross

Glenn Cross
Entrepreneur, Hackathon expert

Hayden Kass

Hayden Kass
Administrator - Auto Owners Insurance

Jonathan Russel

Jonathan Russel
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Media, CMU

Loren Graser

Loren Graser
Director of IT, Greater Bay Health Systems

Matthew Alashari

Matthew Alashari
Technical Recruiter - Auto Owners Insurance

Matt Liesch

Matt Liesch
Chairperson, Geography and Environmental Studies, CMU

Mike Potter

Mike Potter
Faculty, Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, CMU

Ryan Dennings

Ryan Dennings
ECM Solutions Manager - Auto Owners Insurance

Tracy Galarowicz

Tracy Galarowicz
Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering, CMU

Chris Moberg

Chris Moberg
Dean, College of Business Administration, CMU

Judging Criteria

  • Judging Criteria
  • Exhibit Table
    Please have a table to display your work and your solution for judges to look at.
  • Visual Component
    Please have some sort of visual to represent your work. This could be a poster, a prototype, or anything you think best represents your solution.
  • Main Goals & Objectives
    What were your goals as a team? What is your solution trying to achieve?
  • Intended Audience
    Who will be impacted by your solution? What will the impact on these groups be?
  • Challenges & Obstacles
    What challenges or obstacles did your team face while coming up with your solution?
  • Team Overview
    Brief biographical information, specific skills, involvement in developing the solution.

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