Ideas, execution combine at Design and Innovation Challenge, fall semester 2024

The "Prosthetics" team won the second place prize among their classmates in TECH 120. (Purdue University photo/John O'Malley)

On December 6, the students across Purdue in the Design and Innovation minor gathered in the Wilmeth Active Learning Center to present their end-of-semester products, made with the intention of improving the world through novel applications of technology. Students receive a cash reward for placement, and competition is sorted into three units based on the three courses the students attend throughout the minor.

All winning teams are listed below:

 

TECH 340/MGMT 391 First Place (Flipper Dripper) $3,000

  • Alysa Hernan 
  • Mallory Culver 
  • Isabelle Cattuong Do  

TECH 340/MGMT 391 Class Favorite (Chips & Charms) $500

  • Amiah Clevenger
  • Garrett Pilcher

TECH 220/ANTH384 First Place (Astronauts) $1000

  • Monet Gruft
  • Camden Heide 
  • Rick Lee
  • Yutika Sawant

TECH 220/ANTH384 Second Place (Supporting Disabled Students) $500

  • Megan Goins 
  • Luke Gordon 
  • Giovanni Pollina 
  • Siena Turner 
  • Julian Zehrung 

TECH 220/ANTH384 Third Place (Vinyl Record Players) $300

  • Praise Aniamaka 
  • Belle Do 
  • Annika Leary 
  • Brandon Mehringer 
  • Owen Prinster 
  • Gavin Trotte

TECH 220/ANTH384 Fourth Place (Helping Teens) $200

  • Caroline Hammonds 
  • Dean Iunghuhn 
  • Lizzy Jarrell 
  • Emma Peyton 
  • Anna Stubbington

TECH 120 Crowd Favorite (DyslexAI) $500

  • Amauris Garcia 
  • Maddy Lara 
  • Shelvi Dhaval Patel 
  • Reyansh Sawant 
  • Belle Scott 

TECH 120 Second Place (Prosthetics) $3000

  • Lily Perkins
  • Siju Onadipe
  • Kyle Hostetler
  • Andrea Garcia

TECH 120 First Place (Knee Brace) $5000

  • John Isacson
  • Noah Langness
  • Nathaniel Temeles
  • Joel Benavides
  • Max Hazen