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

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