HenHacks 2023
April 29th-30th
2023 Theme: Giving Back to Delaware!
To kick off with our very first event, we asked our 300 participants to think about giving back to Delaware communities. Our hackers were challenged to take a look at the problems around them, no matter how small or large, and rapidly develop a project in 24 hours that tackles this problem in a creative way.
All five of our categories - four of them being company-sponsored - touched on this theme through varying aspects. From the categories of educational technology, to period poverty, to Delaware flooding, we received 54 total project submissions that contributed to the greater good of the community.
HenHacks 2023 Winners
Siddharth Lokula, Carter McCabe, and Tyran Rice Jr. standing with professor Katie Wassil of UD Computer & Information Sciences
Giving Back to Delaware: U-Go
Team OWL took home the 1st place prize - $1600 worth of gift cards - for the hackathon's main category, Giving Back to Delaware! This category is designed for submissions from teams who are composed of mostly freshmen or beginners in their technology careers, so we are all the more proud of them! Congratulations Team OWL!
View project U-Go:
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Ethan Orevillo, Daniel DeFlores, and Gage Schuster standing with UDCIS professor Katie Wassil
Best Educational Technology Hack: Ada AI
Congratulations to the winners of our hackathon's second custom category designed by students and faculty! These talented and devoted team members took home the 1st place prize - $1600 worth of giftcards! This category challenged hackers to infuse their computer science knowledge and programming skills to create a project to facilitate education for students. Way to go, Ada AI!
View project Ada AI:
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Team members Jan Ahmed, Aaron Oster, Daniel Xu standing with judges Minji Kong, Megan Englert, and Dr. Austin Bart from the Computer & Information Sciences Department
Not pictured: Johnathan Ma
Shreya Pamulapati,
Abdulrahman Abdulhamid, Talha Mahmood, and Alexandra Croce standing with judges Dr. Austin Bart, Minji Kong, and Megan Englert from the Computer & Information Sciences Department
Sponsored By
Team members Kambria Rogalski, Sakhee Desai, Heni Patel, and Aman Singh standing with judges from M&T Bank
Best Community Hack: HakSafety
Congratulations to the 1st place winners of the M&T Bank-sponsored hack, Best Community Hack! The group of 4 were each given their own Nintendo Switch OLED! From M&T Bank on their category:
"We are looking for a project that supports the local community. Projects should be designed with a seamless user experience and provide some benefit to connect individuals around your campus or local community."
We are so proud of the team for impressing software industry professionals and standing out to the judges. Well done, HakSafety!
View project HakSafety:
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Best Delaware Flood Hacks: FloodWatch & DE Flood Map
Congratulations to both independent hacker Zoe Valladares for FloodMap and team FloodWatch for their winning submissions to the Pennoni category! The winners were given Phillies Box seat tickets! We were pleased to be sponsored by an engineering consulting firm whose purpose is to help provide solutions for diverse problems in the community. From Pennoni on their category:
"DE is a low-lying state at risk for flooding, especially with climate change increasing flood risk. A combination of crowdsourcing data by scraping social media sites and mapping it out for real-time decision making is an interesting technical challenge and potentially very useful for DE residents and agencies."
We are proud of these teams for taking on this niche technical challenge and impressing the judges. Amazing work, FloodWatch and FloodMap!
View project FloodWatch:
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View project FloodMap:
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Sponsored By
Featured standing with Penoni judges: Independent hacker Zoe Valladares (FloodMap) and team FloodWatch: Trevor Dolbow, Andrew Roberts, Matthew Gwin, and Yasmeen Elzamek.
Sponsored By
Jenn McNiff, Jacob Haussman, and Arogya Dahal
Julia O'Neill with UDCIS professor Dr. Debrah Yarrington
Accessible Info for the Underserved: MoneyMap DE
Congratulations to team MoneyMap DE for winning 1st place in Labware's category, with a prize of $800 in Amazon and Starbucks gift cards!
View project MoneyMap DE:
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Runner Up: Period Poverty
Congratulations to solo hacker Julia O'Neill for her persistence and hard work, granting her 2nd place with a prize of $400 in Amazon and Starbucks gift cards!
View project Period Poverty:
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Thank you to all of our 2023 sponsors:
