*** EVERY PARTICIPANT SHOULD REGISTER FROM OUR WEBSITE: HACK.UIOWA.EDU *** 

HACKUIOWA is a 2 day non-stop hackathon, and it will be held at University of Iowa in the heart of downtown Iowa City, USA. The event is open to all university students that have a passion for creating things with technology!

Students will form teams to work on their project (or 'hack') up to 4 members. Projects are open format, which means that you can hack on web, mobile, desktop, or hardware applications. Company mentors will be available throughout the event for questions to make sure beginners and experts alike will have the help they need to successfully develop their project. All teams will demo their hacks at the end of the event and winners will be chosen by company mentors.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$25,470 in prizes

1st Place Award by UIHILAB

4 x Oculus Quest 2 – Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset – 256 GB + Wolfram Premium for a year

Winners will also receive MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

2nd Place Award by UIHILAB

4 x Oculus Rift + Wolfram Premium for a year

Winners will also receive MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

3rd Place by UIHILAB

4 x Apple AirPods Pro + Wolfram Premium for a year

Winners will also receive MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

4th Place by UIHILAB

4 x Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case + Wolfram Premium for a year

5th Place by UIHILAB

4 x USB w/ office and windows licenses + Wolfram Premium for a year

Best Sustainability App Award by ENGIE

4 x $500 Gift Card

Information about the Engie challenge can be found on the Project Ideas document: https://hack.uiowa.edu/Datasets.pdf

HydroLang by UIHILAB

4 x USB w/ office and windows licenses

Information about the HydroLang challenge can be found on the Project Ideas document: https://hack.uiowa.edu/Datasets.pdf

Intelligent Systems in Geoscience Award by IS-GEO

4 x USB w/ office and windows licenses

Hydroinformatics Innovation Award

4 x USB w/ office and windows licenses

Best Agricultural Innovation Award by John Deere

4 x $100 Visa Gift Card

Information about the challenge and data resources can be found at https://www.figma.com/proto/SvPboTVjVrabz1SIyEI04T/John-Deere---Hackathon-Prompt?node-id=34%3A1374&scaling=min-zoom&page-id=0%3A1

Best Data Visualization Award by Leepfrog

4 x $200 Gift Card

Best Data Visualization Award by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

4 x $50 Gift Card

Best Good Neighbor Hack by State Farm

4 x Wireless Charger 3 in 1 (Magnetic Foldable Wireless Charging Station)

Best Space Themed Development Project by Vedo Systems Award

4 x $75 Gift Card

Best Solo Hack by UIHILAB

1 x Oculus 1

Raffle Prize

1 x 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max
It will be raffled among those who submit a valid project and are judged. Please check the Hacker's Guide for project submission.

Raffle Prize

1 x Surface Book 3 15 inch, Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
It will be raffled among those who submit a valid project and are judged. Please check the Hacker's Guide for project submission.

Water and Environment Innovation Award

4 x USB w/ office and windows licenses

Best Use of CockroachDB

4 x 3D Printing Pen

Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open source and indestructible SQL database. PostgreSQL compatible and easy to use. Utilize CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win a 3D printing pen for each team member. What's more, ALL projects submitted that use CockroachDB will receive a free t-shirt while supplies last!

Best Use of DeSo

4 x $100 worth of $DESO coin and a DeSo branded Tumbler

DeSo is the official Web3 sponsor of the MLH Hackathon League and the first Layer 1 blockchain custom-built for decentralized social media applications. While blockchains like Avalanche or Solana cost $0.50+ to store just a 200-character post, the DeSo blockchain is built with custom indexing and storage optimizations which make it 10,000X cheaper to store social content on-chain! In order to qualify for the contest, you must launch an app that writes to the DeSo blockchain and implements DeSo identity. While social media apps are a great fit for DeSo, you can also build financial apps, marketplaces, and more on the DeSo blockchain. For inspiration on project ideas, you can check out some of the existing 200+ apps already live on DeSo at Bithunt.com as well as our DeSo APIs. The Best Use of DeSo gets $100 worth of $DESO coin & an exclusive DeSo branded tumbler!

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

4 x Domain.com Branded Backpack

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a Domain.com Branded Backpack.

Best Accessibility Hack sponsored by Fidelity

4 x Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger

At Fidelity, accessibility is viewed as a major key to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to make tech more accessible! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put opportunities and resources within reach to all communities. The team with the best accessibility hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Best Use of Velo by Wix

4 x Wacom Drawing Tablet

We know how difficult it can be to create a phenomenal website in a short period of time, especially when it comes to hackathons. Velo by Wix cuts down your development time without sacrificing on functionality! With a built-in database and fully customizable JavaScript frontend and backend, you can develop a full-stack application directly in your browser. With Velo, all the tools you need are conveniently located in one platform! Build your hackathon project with Velo by Wix for a chance to win Wacom Drawing Tablets for you and each of your teammates.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

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Judging Criteria

  • Design and Presentation
  • User Experience and Functionality
  • Originality and Impact
  • Technical Complexity
  • Software Ethics

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