1st ANNUAL IT INNOVATION COMPETITION (FALL 2014) 

WINNERS AND AWARDS:
  • - Zoha Khatoon - First Prize Winner: iPad 4
  • - Brady Gerndt - First Runner-up Winner: iPad Mini - Black
  • - Jiehui (Annabella) Huang - Second Runner-up Winner: iPad Mini - White
  • - Hanzhen (Cash) Shi - Third Runner-up: Android Tablet

MISSION:
  • Our goal is to drive innovation among our students and also showcase the promise of our student’s ability to apply their newfound knowledge in business and technology to solve practical problems in the real-world.
  • Through this program, we hope to affect the Greater Milwaukee community with an infusion of bright students who have a passion for technology and demonstrate innovative thinking and entrepreneurial spirits.
  • We hope to extend this opportunity to a larger regional community on an annual basis.

Panel of Judges:
  • Gregg Tushaus (Industry: CIO, VP/GM Dedicated Computing, Investor, App Developer)
  • Paul Jacobson (Industry: UX/UI Project Engineer)
  • Betsy Wells (Industry: Senior IT Recruiter - BrookSource / Former MU COBA Alumni)
  • Dr. Martin Hassell (Academia: IT Professor - Department of Management)
  • Dr. Terrence Ow (Academia: IT Professor - Department of Management)
  • Dr. Monica Adya (Academia: IT Professor - Department of Management)

Evaluation Criteria:
  1. Knowledge of Agile Project Planning (User Stories, Project Scheduling, etc.)
  2. Business-Technology Strategy (Product Canvas)
  3. Technical Artifacts (ERD, Sequence Diagrams, Swim Lanes, etc.)
  4. User Experience (Mockups, Usability, etc. )
  5. Technical Implementation (Live Demo/Video, etc.

Preparation Time:
  • 4 weeks

Technology Stack:
  • WCF Services
  • Xamarin Studio
  • Android, iOS
  • iOS Maps, Google Maps API
  • C#, SQL Azure, etc.


PROJECT IDEA:
  • The students saw an opportunity to build a Mobile App for requesting and tracking assigned LIMOs (campus shuttle) at Marquette. The concept is very similar to that of Uber and Lyft. They also felt that this product that can be accessible to other University ride-share services, beyond MU.

  • Here is the URL of a web version of the Mobile App (LYMO) that the students built and demonstrated in their proposals: http://lymo.azurewebsites.net/ 

SPONSORSHIP:
  • Department of Management (Marquette University) - prizes and software licenses
  • College of Business (Marquette University) - prizes and software licenses
  • IT Fund - COBA (Marquette University) - prizes and software licenses
  • Microsoft - Cloud account for Web, Database and Web Service hosting
  • Xamarin - Discounted software licenses


FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY:
  • Ivor D. Addo (Marquette University)

EVENT DETAILS: 
  • Room DS 554 Marquette University
  • Friday, December 05, 2014 (10am - 11am CST)
  • Award Ceremony: Capital Grille (Milwaukee WI) - 6.30pm - 8.30pm