Schedule:
- 8:30 a.m.→ Arrive by
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. → Go over judging, prompts, and devpost
- 9:00 a.m. → Prompts Released
- 9:00 a.m. - 7 p.m. → Work time
- 7:00 p.m. → Demo’s should be submitted to DEVPOST
- 7:30 - 8:30 → Judging/Walk around and scoring [You should be back in the room before this and ready to present]
- 9:00 p.m. → Winners Announced
About the challenge:
Prompts are in the discord. Please come up with an innovative and unique idea and solution to the problem at hand. Be prepared to record and upload your demo along with explaining your project in your DEVPOST submission here prior to judging! Be prepared to present your project at your judging location. Final presentations should last 3-5 minutes!
Inspiration from HackUTD Projects! Use these to see how yours should look!
HackUTD Submissions
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Requirements
Your DEVPOST should include a demo video along with screenshots of your product on every page and your logo! }
The devpost should have a written section explaining your tech stack, your decisions, your thought process, etc.
These need to be submitted prior to final judging at 7PM!
Inspiration from HackUTD Projects! Use these to see how yours should look!
HackUTD Submissions
Prizes
First Place Award
Second Place Award
Third Place Award
Judges
Sai Annabathini
VP TTKZ
Ahmed Habib
President TTKZ
Sami Gazi
Engineering Judge
Ishan Rastogi
CS Judge
Judging Criteria
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Technical Complexity & Execution (30 pts)
Evaluates engineering rigor, code or circuit quality, system stability, and how much functional work was built from scratch during the hackathon across your chosen software or hardware stack. -
Innovation & Creativity (25 pts)
Measures originality and creative problem-solving. Rewards fresh ideas, unexpected hardware-software integrations, and clever workarounds over standard tutorial clones. -
Practicality & Real-World Impact (20 pts)
Assesses whether the project solves a tangible problem for students, campus, chapter operations, or industry with a realistic scope that could be used today. -
User Experience (UX) & Design (15 pts)
Grades how intuitive and polished the final prototype is to operate, covering clean UI and smooth user flow for software or safe, organized physical layouts for hardware. -
Pitch & Live Demo (10 pts)
Evaluates how clearly the team communicates the problem, technical architecture, and challenges overcome during a live, working demonstration and Q&A.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager