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On behalf of Washington State University’s IEEE Chapter, we thank you for your time and consideration. IEEE’s goal for 2024 - 2025 is to strengthen our community within WSU's College of Engineering and Science through the revival of our Annual Hardware Hackathon. Your donations will support this dynamic event and help students enhance their skills and build relationships within their education.
What is the Hardware Hackathon? The Hackathon is a 24-hour event where students come together to build, learn, and innovate outside the traditional classroom setting. Teams of 1-4 students group together to brainstorm and develop a project that aligns with a designated theme. Throughout this event, they work closely with supplied electronics, components, materials, and tools, building and writing code for their designs to turn their ideas into reality. The results of these events usually end with small to even large innovations in the world of technology. Not to mention, they create a better basis for student’s academics and a stronger more collaborative community within their department.
This event is a great way for students to receive hands-on experience across all academic levels from first-year undergraduates to seasoned graduate students. It's an opportunity to experiment with new technologies, like learning a programming language overnight or using a soldering iron for the first time, and to apply theoretical knowledge in practical, real-world scenarios.
A Hardware Hackathon also benefits the University by creating a more devoted and diverse College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students from all types of engineering, arts and sciences partner together to create amazing, original products. After 24 hours of working with members of all sorts of majors, students become more proactive at group work and know how to handle coworkers or classmates in stressful situations. These hackathons continue to further a student’s knowledge in the incredible resources offered by their school, overall creating a more active university.
Previous Hardware Hackathons have sparked remarkable inventions. We have had a mag-strip spoofer created using a hand built magnetic field that allowed students to download data onto the device then open doors just by waving it in front of a card-swiper, a mailbox that alerted a person when a letter was received, a robotic hand that signaled sign language. On top of all these creations, remote control cars, lamps, robots of all color, shape, and size have been created at WSU Hardware Hackathons!
Your donation helps continue this tradition of innovation and learning, providing resources for parts, tools, food, and awards, while supporting future leaders of technology and engineering!
Your generous donation of $5 will help fund and supply parts for our Hardware Hackathon!
Your $15 donation ensures that each participant can take home a wearable memento of their hard work and creativity!
Your $25 donation will help with the purchase of basic electronics hardware materials and components!
Your $35 donation will provide an attendee with food, snacks, full meals, and coffee or energy drinks for the entire 24-hour Hackathon, ensuring they have the energy to innovate and create!
With your $50 donation as a Prize Patron, you'll help supply prizes for winning teams as well as giveaways that celebrate creativity and hard work at the Hackathon!
Your super generous donation as a Hackathon Hero will help greatly and be applied to overall costs such as parts, food, t-shirts, and prizes, ensuring a fun and successful event for all participants!
