We are excited to announce the winning teams of the Design Innovation Challenge to Mitigate Human Trafficking. We had over 25 videos submitted, and judges reviewed and deliberated for three hours. This difficult decision was a direct result of our talented Purdue students working together to develop a socio-technical solution to mitigate human trafficking.
1st Place Team - $4,000
- Calvin Robinson – Management & Political Science
- Forrest Brown – Applied Statistics
- Jackson Atassi – Computer & Information Technology, Spanish
- Cooper Fetters – Chemical Engineering
- Gavin Burn – Chemical Engineering
- Jason Marron – Finance & Supply Chain
- Logan Bedford - Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Dawn Laux, Department of Computer & Information Technology
2nd Place Team - $1,500
- Adam Killeen - Biomedical Engineering
- Mickey Smith - Biomedical Engineering
- Derek Paz - Exploratory Studies
- Jon Gaide - Skeletal Mechanobiology (Grad Student)
Mentor: Chief John Cox, Purdue University Police Department
Honorable Mention:
Team 1:
- Caetlin Dempse - Communication
- Chye Lin Chen - Economics
- Karinna Thea - Statistics
- Priscilla Gracia - Finance
- Florencia Chandra – Actuarial Science
- Eaven McMurray – Pro Flight
Mentor: Miriam Perry, RN, Unity Surgical Center
Team 2:
- Elijah St. Angelo – Construction Management Technology
- Alayna Weiss – Computer & Information Technology
- Meg Shevelson – Industrial Engineering
- Annika Mabe – Industrial Engineering
- Juilee Khadilkar – Computer & Information Technology
- Conner Shrader – Electrical Computer Engineering
- Shaila Sundram – Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Barrett Caldwell – Department of Industrial Engineering
Team 3:
- Natalia Torrez – Law & Society
- Kayla Hawthorne – Anthropology
- Alec Suarez – Public Health
- Chloe Edwards – Sociology & Developmental Family Sciences
- Gwen Middleton – Law & Society
- Madison Zielinski – Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Warren Dukes – Department of Sociology
Congratulations to all of our Purdue University students for participating in this Design Innovation Challenge and to our community for supporting this event. Quoting one of our teams: “Every ignored case of human trafficking is a case erased.”
Dr. Chad Laux and Dr. Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar
Department of Computer & Information Technology
