Welcome to R1 IEEE StuCon’s main Friday evening event, an 18.5-hour hackathon. The StuCon hackathon provides a great opportunity for student members to work in teams and to network with Industry Professionals and IEEE Leaders.

Hackathons are events where many teams (of up to four students) from different backgrounds and levels of experience join together to build creative technical projects. Participants will demonstrate their projects to judges, for bragging rights to who created the best hack in the allotted time. This is an opportunity to have your work featured on Devpost and to network with fellow IEEE members from other colleges and industry throughout the night. 

This hackathon will be about networking, making friends, and most of all, learning something new!

Hardware

We will have a small collection of hardware devices available for use during the hackathon. You are not required to use the provided hardware, but you may use it if it applies to your project and is available (on a first-come, first-served basis). You may also use your own hardware.

Available hardware will include Arduino boards, Raspberry Pi's, NodeMCU kits, UNO R3 Development Board, various peripherals like game controllers, and various sensors, including a Real Time Clock, Water Lever Sensor, RC522 RFID Module, MQ-2 Gas sensor.

Local Details

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Register for the IEEE R1 Student Conference and specify the Hackathon here: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/186672

• Innovation/Creativity
  Is the project original? Have you never seen an idea like this before? Does the project go beyond traditional rules, patterns, and/or definitions? Does the project demonstrate progressiveness and imagination? Is the new idea meaningful?
• Technical Complexity
  Is the project a mash-up of different and unique parts? Does the project require high technical skill to assemble? Were devices/APIs used meaningfully? Did the participants learn + explore new concepts to complete the project?
• Design and Quality
  How aesthetically pleasing is the project? Does the project’s design show sympathy for the user? Does it combine quality design w/ quantitative complexity? Is the user interface fun, captivating, and dynamic? Is there a quality experience for users?