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INNOVAIT 2017: WInners

Groups

First Prize:
  • ​Invight (University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh)
    Jonathan Lipsky, Tyler Kraning, Dillon O'Donnell

Second Prize:
  • ​Campus Hitchiker (Marquette University)
    Aric Miller, Grant von der Lippe, Henry Mierzwa

Third Prize:
  • ​KSWM (Marquette University)
    ​Dakota Schmidt, Jeremy Rodriguez
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Best Social Impact App:
  • ​Campus Hitchiker (Marquette University)
    Aric Miller, Grant von der Lippe, Henry Mierzwa

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INDIVIDUALS

First Prize:
  • ​Active ByStander (Marquette University)
    ​Mallory McGinty

Second Prize:
  • Lic (Marquette University)
    Tyler Sucharzewski

Third Prize:
  • ​WiredGarden (Marquette University)
    Sam Wesley

Best User Experience Design:
  • Lic (Marquette University)
    Tyler Sucharzewski

INNOVAIT 2017: Final-ROUND TOP 8 FINALISTS

Finalists for this year's competition (organized alphabetically by App Name in each category):

GROUPS [4]


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BitConnections
Waukesha County Technical College

Alexander Hayes, Joshua Strait
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​Description
: 
The BitConnections Journal App is targeted at students who need to take notes on the go. The app allows students to create journal entries that contain images and format text. It also allows for the user to download the journal entries as a pdf file.
(The University Experience​)

Technology Platform: Mobile - PhoneGap (JS)
Mentor: Matt Green


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Campus Hitchhiker
Marquette University
Aric Miller, Grant von der Lippe, 
Henry Mierzwa


​Description: ​University-specific rideshare app that allows students to post and request rides to and from different locations with varying types of compensation.
​(The University Experience)

Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
Mentor: Ivor Addo


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Invight
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Jonathan Lipsky, Tyler Kraning, 
Dillon O'Donnell            


​Description: ​​A central hub for finding and creating events.
(Social Innovation)

​Technology Platform: Mobile - Native Android (Java)
Mentor: Ivor Addo


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KSWM
​Marquette University
​Dakota Schmidt, Jeremy Rodriguez

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​
Description
: ​​This App helps instructors of martial arts courses to manage their classes and promote communication between students. The App acts as a mobile platform for managing and promoting martial arts.
(Social Innovation)

​Technology Platform: Mobile - Xamarin Android (C#)
Mentor: Ivor Addo

INDIVIDUALS [3]


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Active ByStander
Marquette University
Mallory McGinty

​Description: Active Bystander is a crowd-sourced social safety app geared toward college students. Each feature was designed to help solve a safety-related issue that students are concerned about. These features include: an Incident Log where students can share incidents they witness occurring on campus, a Map/Alert function which allows students to alert other users when they are in need of assistance, emergency call functions, and a Photo Search that lets uses upload images and search our catfish/scam registry. ​
​(Social Innovation)

​Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
Mentor: Ivor Addo


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Lic
Marquette University
Tyler Sucharzewski

Description: Lic is best described as a location-based photo sharing app that breaks down typical social media barriers. Users have the ability to view photos that were uploaded at their current location, vote for the best ones, as well as upload their own photos, all anonymously. This allows for users to share their photos with anyone, without the need for followers beforehand. Every location has its own feed of photos, and the app updates in real time without the need for "refreshing". Top voted photos will be sorted to the top of the feed, while photos with too many down-votes will be deleted. 

Other features of the app include AI recognition for automatically generated tags, as well as the ability to "peek" at other locations to preview their feed before ever arriving.
​(Social Innovation)

​Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
Mentor: Ivor Addo


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WiredGarden
Marquette University
Sam Wesley

Description: The WiredGarden is an automated garden that maintains itself based on IoT sensor outputs.
(The Next Big Thing)

​Technology Platform: ​Hardware - IoT
Mentor: Monica Adya


INNOVAIT 2017: First-Round Finalists


Finalists for this year's competition (in no specific order):

Group Finalists [4]

  1. Waukesha County Technical College: IT
    Alexander Hayes, Joshua Strait,  
    Joel Hedding, Tamur Farrokhnia​

    Theme: A photo and text journaling App
    ​(
    The University Experience)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - PhoneGap (JS)
    Mentor: Matt Green


  2. Marquette University: IT
    Eric Wagner, Brooke Miller, 
    Brett Harper, Kasia Gorczynski​

    Theme: An App for discovering good deals on restaurants near you (The Next Big Thing)
    Technology Platform: 
    Mobile - Xamarin iOS (C#)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  3. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh: IT, Comp. Sci.
    Tyler Kraning, Dillon O'Donnell​, 
    Jonathon Lipsky​

    Theme: An App for sharing and finding social events and activities near you (Social Innovation)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Android (Java)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo
    ​
  4. Marquette University: IT, Comp. Sci., Comp. Eng.
    Aric Miller, Grant Von Der Lippe, 
    ​Henry Mierzwa​

    Theme:  A university-specific ridesharing App for students (The University Experience)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo 

JUDGES

  • Dr. Terence Ow
    ​
    IT Professor - Marquette University


  • Dr. Jakob Iversen
    IS Professor, Director of ITS, IWM Department Chair - University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh


  • Mrs. Tracy Weber, MBA
    Applications Development Manager (SaaS Platforms) - Alta Resources
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  • Mr. Brady Gerndt 
    GIS Development Associate - 
    Harley Davidson

Organizer

  • Dr. Ivor D. Addo 
    ​
    Founder, InnovaIT

Individual Finalists [9]

  1. Marquette University: IT
    Mallory McGinty​
    Theme: A crowdsourcing social safety App
    ​(Social Innovation​)

    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  2. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh: IT
    Jeremy Gackenheimer​​
    Theme: An App for keeping track of your schedule and managing your goals (The University Experience​)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
    Mentor: Jakob Iversen
    ​
  3. Marquette University: IT
    Sam Wesley​ ​
    Theme: An IoT App for maintaining water, temperature, and light for plants in a garden (The Next Big Thing)
    Technology Platform: Hardware - IoT (Raspberry Pi)
    Mentor: Monica Adya

  4. Marquette University: IT
    Tyler Sucharzewski
    Theme: A location-based photo sharing App 
    (The University Experience)

    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo


  5. ​Marquette University: IT
    Andrew Webber
    Theme: An App for creating and sharing playlists across music streaming platforms (Social Innovation)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native iOS (Swift)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  6. ​Marquette University: Computer Engineering
    Ali Wajahat​
    Theme: An App that allows students to provide feedback and ask questions after class (STEM Education)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Native Android (Java)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  7. Marquette University: IT
    Dakota Schmidt​
    Theme: A course management App for a martial arts school​ (Social Innovation​)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Xamarin Android (C#)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  8. Marquette University: IT
    Michael Ulrich​
    Theme: A messaging App that allows students to collaborate with others in a given course 
    (STEM Education​)

    Technology Platform: Mobile - Xamarin iOS (C#)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

  9. Marquette University: IT
    Jeremy Rodriguez​
    Theme: An App that is capable of playing relevant music based on your location (The Next Big Thing​​)
    Technology Platform: Mobile - Xamarin iOS (C#)
    Mentor: Ivor Addo

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