5 months ago
Participation Prizes / Conclusion
Hello hackers,
Thank you for participating in the first PoweringSTEMHacks.
If you would like stickers, taskade trial, or Wolfram premium please fill out this form and we will mail/email it to you.
https://forms.gle/6CJJF1wm1PT6NyH37
PoweringSTEM (5013c nonprofit) is excited to announce that our first hackathon has concluded. Over the course of our 5 day hackathon we had 360+ participants from 31 different countries and 6 continents! The hackers competed for an eye-catching prize pool of $20,000 worth of prizes from our sponsors and $300+ in cash prizes. Thank you to all our sponsors, volunteers, and speakers that…
5 months ago
And the winner is...
The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the PoweringSTEMHacks gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.
Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.
Questions?If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.
5 months ago
Special Thank You to our Sponsors + Speakers
Hello Hackers!
As the Hackathon is wrapping up, we wanted to give a big thank you to our sponsors + speakers + and all of you! It has been an incredible experience, and we are so grateful for everyone who's helped along the way.
A message from our sponsor, Wolfram|Alpha:
Wolfram Research is pleased to sponsor your event by providing access to our latest technology, Wolfram|One! For complimentary access to our development platform and the Wolfram API, just click here:
https://account.wolfram.com/redeem/zPoweringSTEMHacks1222
This URL will take you to a sign-in page and prompt you to log in using your Wolfram ID. If…
5 months ago
Internship/ Junior Engineer Opportunities + Last Call for Submissions
Hello hackers,
We'll have our closing ceremony today at 6pm PST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST. We'll be having our guest speaker Sambahv Jain, Columbia grad and ex product manager at Salesforce, who is now creating a startup, give some exposure on the junior engineer / internship roles he'll be hiring for his startup in the coming months and speak about his experiences in STEM. He’s looking to get some exposure for his startup opportunities and look for aspiring software devs who are on the hunt for an internship / engineering position in the coming months so make sure to…
5 months ago
Non-Theme Submissions
Hello Hackers,
We've been getting the common question on whether ALL projects need to follow theme and no, they do not. Only hacks following the theme will be entered into the Best Theme Hack prize but all hacks are elgible for the Best Overall Hack prize as long as they solve some real world problem at the moment with technology. Best of luck hacking, the deadline is January 2nd 11:45
Best,
PoweringSTEMHacks
5 months ago
Deadline Extensionn + Closing Ceremony + Software Recruitment Opportunities
Hello hackers,
We have extended the deadline to January 2nd in order to give hackers some more time to complete their projects as we felt 3 days was too short. Nonetheless, we'll still have our closing ceremony today at 6pm PST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST. We'll be having our guest speaker Sambahv Jain, ex product manager at Salesforce, who is now creating a startup, give some exposure on the junior engineer roles he'll be hiring for his startup in the coming months and speak about his experiences.
Closing ceremony ->
Time: Dec 31, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and…
5 months ago
Final call for submissions
There are only 3 days left to complete your submission for PoweringSTEMHacks.
5 months ago
PoweringSTEMHacks Theme + Submission Guidelines + Opening Ceremony PPT/ Zoom Recording
Hello Hackers,
Our Hackathon Theme IS: Medical Innovation
Create something that in some way will help a medical procedure or treatment! The theme is very broad so as long as it has some relation to the theme of medicine/healthcare it's in theme!
Project Submission Guidelines are :
- 1 minute video recording explaining your concept, (if it relates to theme and if so how), why it's helpful in today's world and what experiences/ lessons you've learned from creating it.
- link to code as Github repository.
- as well as other Devpost project submission guidelines
Participants must follow ALL guidelines…
5 months ago
PoweringSTEMHacks Invites For All Events and Workshops
Hello Everyone,
Here is a full list of zoom link invites to all our events and workshops during this hackathon! Attendance for opening ceremony is highly recommended to learn about the theme and hear from our guest speaker Anna Miller (product manager at Mosaic)!
The following workshops are also hosted:
SCRUM Software Dev Process Workshop - Tenay Barker
(site reliability engineer @ Microsoft)
Website Dev workshop on html/css/js - Sara Amjith (co-founder of poweringSTEM + made various websites)
App Development Workshop - Daniel Mainville (BS in Mobile App Dev and current indie app developer)
Closing ceremony -…
5 months ago
PoweringSTEMHacks Opening Ceremony and Theme Announcement
PoweringSTEMHacks opening ceremony is 11am PST on Dec 28, 2022 where we will have guest speakers, ice breakers, and announce the THEME! Zoom Link to Opening ceremony is down below, mark your calendars! Attendance for opening ceremony is highly recommended as we will be announcing themes + stick around to find teammates (solo is also an option)! We have $300+ in cash prizes (1st place winner gets Nintendo Switch or $200 + more) and $10,000 in other prize worth from our sponsors. We’re excited for the hacking soon, and hope you guys are too! See you on the…