Student Hackathon June 2016 at UB

PLEASE NOTE : This hackathon competition is open to all University at Buffalo students and is not limited to students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…please feel free to encourage your non-engineering student-friends to participate as well as your engineering student friends !!!

 

Save the date: 10/11 Jun 2016

 

Revolutionize the Stadium Experience 

  —  A POP-UP 24 HR HACKATHON —  

 

Dear Students,

 

We are are seeking 100 creative students from across the disciplines for a Hackathon next month on how to “Revolutionize the Stadium Experience”.

 

  • What will the next generation of stadium hospitality look like, for sports and cultural events?
  • How can we remake the experience to be both revolutionary and convenient for all guests and fans?
  • What innovations would create a truly immersive experience?

 

The scope of this Hackathon includes everything you would find at a stadium event for sports or entertainment … retail, food and beverage, technology, restaurants, catering, fan and guest engagement, interactive experiences, and amenities.

 

Sponsor: Delaware North, a Buffalo company that operates more than 50 stadiums and event venues

Date: Check in 4pm on Friday 10 June – Prizes announced 5pm on Saturday 11 June

Location: Davis Hall, UB’s North Campus

BYO: devices and sleeping kit (in case you need a nap)

Provided: great fun, great food, fantastic PRIZES … and a great creative activity to add to your resume!

 

Please register at : engineering.buffalo.edu/stadiumhack

 

 

 

Winners of the EE poster competition

The winners of the EE poster competition are:

 

First place:

” High-Efficiency All-Dielectric Metasurfaces for Beam Manipulation in Transmission Mode” presented by Mikhail I. Shalaev (Advisor: Natalia Litchinitser)

 

Second place:

“UB-ANC Emulator: An Emulation Framework for Multi-Agent Drone Networks” presented by Jalil Modares (Advisor: Nicholas Mastronarde)

 

Third place:

“TeraSim: A Network simulator for TeraHertz band Communication Networks” presented by Zahed Hossain (Advisor: Josep Jornet)

 

Honorable mention:

“Evaluating Chromia as a Novel Gate Dielectric for Post-CMOS Spintronics” presented by Chun Pui Kwan (Advisor: Jonathan Bird)

 

Congratulations to all winners! Mikhail Shalaev and Jalil Modares will represent EE for the SEAS poster competition on April 7th.