To kick off with our very first event, we asked our 300 participants to think about giving back to Delaware communities. Our hackers were challenged to take a look at the problems around them, no matter how small or large, and rapidly develop a project in 24 hours that tackles this problem in a creative way. 

All five of our categories - four of them being company-sponsored - touched on this theme through varying aspects. From the categories of educational technology, to period poverty, to Delaware flooding, we received 54 total project submissions that contributed to the greater good of the community.  

Siddharth Lokula, Carter McCabe, and Tyran Rice Jr. standing with professor Katie Wassil of UD Computer & Information Sciences

Team OWL took home the 1st place prize - $1600 worth of gift cards - for the hackathon's main category, Giving Back to Delaware! This category is designed for submissions from teams who are composed of mostly freshmen or beginners in their technology careers, so we are all the more proud of them! Congratulations Team OWL!

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Congratulations to team Chirp for winning 2nd place in the Giving Back to Delaware category! Each team member got to take home their own pair of Airpod Pros! 

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Ethan Orevillo, Daniel DeFlores, and Gage Schuster standing with UDCIS professor Katie Wassil 

Congratulations to the winners of our hackathon's second custom category designed by students and faculty! These talented and devoted team members took home the 1st place prize - $1600 worth of giftcards! This category challenged hackers to infuse their computer science knowledge and programming skills to create a project to facilitate education for students. Way to go, Ada AI!

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Team members Jan Ahmed, Aaron Oster, Daniel Xu standing with judges Minji Kong, Megan Englert, and Dr. Austin Bart from the Computer & Information Sciences Department

Not pictured: Johnathan Ma

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Abdulrahman Abdulhamid, Talha Mahmood, and Alexandra Croce standing with judges Dr. Austin Bart, Minji Kong, and Megan Englert from the Computer & Information Sciences Department

Congratulations to this team for winning 2nd place for their creative application, Breakout! Each team member got to take home their own pair of AirPod Pros! 

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Team members Kambria Rogalski, Sakhee Desai, Heni Patel, and Aman Singh standing with judges from M&T Bank

Congratulations to the 1st place winners of the M&T Bank-sponsored hack, Best Community Hack! The group of 4 were each given their own Nintendo Switch OLED! From M&T Bank on their category:

"We are looking for a project that supports the local community. Projects should be designed with a seamless user experience and provide some benefit to connect individuals around your campus or local community." 

We are so proud of the team for impressing software industry professionals and standing out to the judges. Well done, HakSafety!

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