3 ME teams mentored by Dr. TseHuai Wu win MAGIC hackathon!

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:36:10 -0400
coeit, meche

MAGIC is a non-profit organization located in Westminster MD. Dr. TseHuai Wu, Professor of the Practice, was connected with them because they are building autonomous corridors in the city. They have a hackathon competition every year. It is a 5-day app design and business pitch competition. Dr. Wu encouraged his students in ENME482L (Controls Lab) to attend. The students assembled 6 teams, and 3 of them won one category prizes including:

Best Tech: StudySmarter

Ashleigh Turnbaugh

Emma Fleck

Stephen Allen

StudySmarter is a web platform where users can communicate with past and current classmates. It provides a chat room that allows students to connect with one another based on their study needs or interests. They can post questions to different groups, make connections for job opportunities, and form groups for easier and more efficient studying.

Best Idea: InforMobile

Allison Dietz

Alexander Levanduski

Aidan Atkinson

Hamza Umar

Mikee Ibayan

InforMobile is a ridesharing safety app for autonomous vehicles that helps riders feel comfortable and confident while riding in an autonomous vehicle with people that they don’t know. This app will allow users to request rides based on their needs, such as cargo space, accessibility, and even style. Riders immediately have access to information about the autonomous vehicle as well as those who would be riding with them, giving them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the environment as well as the option to cancel their ride.

Best Pitch: Ambrosia

Christopher Kasprzak

Jean Rommel Marquez

Harishwar Bachu

Elijah Henderson

Ambrosia is a social media app that is centered around food. Users create profiles where they share their likes and cravings, connecting with others with similar tastes. Users can follow each other and share, like, and comment on posts. Through this, Ambrosia creates a community around food, allowing food enthusiasts to share their food and cravings, local providers to promote their own businesses, and users to decide what to eat.

InforMobile is a ridesharing safety app for autonomous vehicles. It's a brand new idea created by the students. MAGIC likes this concept a lot and decides to invite the team to the autonomous corridor showcase on May 20. It is a half-day event for autonomous vehicle tech companies exhibiting and demonstrating their systems. Students will have a booth and present their work there!

In addition, a local newspaper features the hackathon and the winners:

https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/cc-magic-hackathon-20210330-6hsla7gyy5em3fr6zwb7dfljey-story.html

Congratulations to Dr. Wu and to our students!