Armour Engineers Among Winners of Hackathon

On the weekend of March 29-30, several Armour College of Engineering students took part in the 24 hour Re-Imagination Challenge, a Hackathon Event held at IIT’s Idea Shop. Teams were tasked with the challenge to come up with concepts that will improve student life at IIT. The event was open to all IIT students and several teams included students from a number of IIT’s colleges.

The event was featured in a news report from Fox 32 in Chicago.
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The event had a total of 10 teams, but could only announce winners in three categories: Simple Implementation, Complex Implementation, and Peer Choice. Armour College Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) student Eyoel Asfaw was a member of the team that won the Simple Implementation Contest. Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) student, Elvin Moy, was the Peer Choice Winner. Check out the details of each of the winning projects below.

Simple Implementation Winner – The 363
Team: Aaron Mikottis, Eyoel Asfaw (ECE), Baine Rydin, Pranay Kumar.
The team created a smartphone app for IIT students to make them more aware of campus events. Students would earn points they could redeem for prizes for attending the events on campus.
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Complex Implementation Winner – Plannr
Team: Prasanna R Balasubramani, Eric Tendian, Srivatsan Balakrishnan.
In order to make registering for classes as easy as possible the team created an app. Through the app you can sign-up for classes, see class ratings from other students, and manage your schedule.
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Peer Choice Winner – PublicIITy
Team: Elvin Moy (MMAE)
To inform students of all the events going on at campus Elvin Moy created the idea of PublicIITy. Teams would create interesting videos to share on social media to inform students of upcoming events. This service would help the world discover what a fun place IIT’s campus really is.
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