What is BlossomHack?
The largest hackathon hosted at Ohio University by OUGDA, SWE, NSBE, IEEE, and ACM. This event is open to students of all backgrounds. Our mission is to provide students with technical and professional opportunities outside of the confines of the classroom.
Connect with Ohio University's Tech Community
Meet other students who are interested in technology, game design, engineering, and cyber security in an open atmosphere for learning and developing.
Accelerate Your Career
Attend events like our flagship hackathon and have the opportunity to collaborate with students from all around as well as meet our sponsors.
BobcatCTF
At the same time as our hackathon, we will be hosting a Capture the Flag event with its own prizes!
Requirements
All submissions must include a video.
- Include in your Devpost submission
- All videos must be 3 minutes or less.
You will have to present your projects to the judges. Also don't forget to fill out the other details about your project on Devpost.
When you're creating your video and submission, don't forget to:
- Demo the project you've been working on for the past 24 hours
- Be proud of what you've created!
- Tell us what you've learned while hacking
- Check out the judging criteria (projects are judged based on learning, execution, and originality)
- Tell us if you're going for an opt-in or sponsor prize category
Devpost submissions close at 11:30 AM on Sunday, April 2nd.
Prizes
Best Overall Hack
$200 to the top team overall plus the LEGO Icons Bonsai Tree set.
Hardware Track
$200 gift card to split amongst team
Game Development Track
$200 gift card to split amongst team
Diversity & Education Track
$200 gift card to split amongst team
Sustainability Track
$200 gift card to split amongst team
Beginner & Low-Tech Track
$100 gift card to split amongst team
Cybersecurity (CTF)
$200 gift card to split amongst team
BobcatCTF will run concurrently with the general hackathon. Teams of no more than four (4) are welcome to compete to solve the most cybersecurity challenges in 24 hours.
AI Futures Ground Vehicle Challenge
This autonomous ground vehicle event begins with an introduction to our program and team. The competition is a series of challenges that start easily but grow in difficulty as teams progress. Initial challenges include creating an interface to the robotic vehicle over SSH (secure shell connection). *Teams are limited to six (6) members max.
1st Place - $100 per teammate
2nd Place - $75 per teammate
3rd Place - $50 per teammate
Best Use of Verbwire API
$1,000 cash prize pool will be split by the top 5 projects/teams that use the Verbwire API ($200 per team)
Projects must abide by the Verbwire Hackathon Submission Policy to win.
Creative Use of Verbwire API
$9,000 in Premium API credits prize pool to be split by up to 20 projects/teams who use the Verbwire API.
Projects must abide by the Verbwire Hackathon Submission Policy to win.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
BlossomHacks
Dr. Chad Mourning
Assistant Professor - Ohio University
Judging Criteria
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Learning
Did you learn something new? Have you attempted something you haven't before? Did you challenge yourself? -
Execution
How well did you achieve what you set out to do? How polished is your project? Are the features you included functional and thorough? -
Originality
Did you think outside of the box? If it's been done before, what did you change? How did you improve it?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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