What is Blasterhacks?

Blasterhacks is Colorado School of Mines' 36 hour annual hackathon.

Our hackathon is run by Mines ACM, Kickstart, Innov8x, and CS@Mines.

Agenda

Friday

  • Check-in and dinner: 5-6:30p

    • Green Center, Petroleum Hall

  • Opening ceremony: 6:30-8p

    • Green Center, Petroleum Hall

  • Hacking starts at 8p

    • Labriola Innovation Hub

Saturday

  • First brain break at 2a: CS Kahoot

    • Labriola Innovation Hub First Floor

  • Breakfast: 8-9:30a

    • McNeil Hall 214

  • Cyber Security Challenge 10am-12pm

    • McNeil Hall TBD

  • Lunch: 12-1:30p

    • McNeil Hall 214

  • Second brain break at 2-3p

    • McNeil Hall TBD

  • Mini Competitive Programming Challenge 3:30-5p

    • McNeil Hall TBD

  • Dinner: 6-7:30p

    • McNeil Hall 214

  • Third Brain Break at 9p: Karaoke

    • Green Center Petroleum Hall

Sunday

  • Fourth Brain Break at 1am: MS Paint Bob Ross

    • Labriola Innovation Hub 1st floor

  • Hacking ends 8am

  • Breakfast 8a-10a
    • McNeil Hall 214

  • Judging: 10a-12p

    • McNeil Hall Rooms 214,216,314,316 tentatively
  • Break 12p-1p

    • Participants are encouraged to explore Golden/eat lunch on their own

  • Awards ceremony: 1p-2:30pm

    • Green Center, Petroleum Hall

Requirements

What to Build

Build anything! If you want to submit to a track, we have Education, Environment, Healthcare, and LGBTQIA+ tracks. You are limited to one track submission per project.

What to Submit

Each submission must include a link to a Git repository with all your teams code in it. We strongly encourage participants to make a video demo of their project, but it is not required as there will be in person juding. If you submit a video please keep it to 3 minutes or less.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,200 in prizes
1st Place - General
1 winner

This prize is for the winning team in the General category. The best project of the entire competition.

Each member of the winning team will receive a 23.9 Inch Monitor.

1st Place - Beginner
1 winner

This prize is for the winning team in the Beginner category. The best project of the teams marked as "Beginner".

Each member of the winning beginner team will receive a Keychron Mechanical Keyboard.

2nd Place - General
1 winner

2nd place winner for the General category.

Each member of the 2nd place team will receive a JBL Clip 4 speaker.

2nd Place - Beginner
1 winner

2nd place winner for the Beginner category.

Each member of the 2nd place beginner team will receive JBL Wireless Earbuds.

Education Category Winner
1 winner

This prize is for the team that won the "Education" category.

Each member of the team of winning project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask and a Rocketbook.

Education Category Beginner
1 winner

This prize is for the best project in the "Beginner" and "Education" category.

Each member of the team of winning beginner project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask.

Healthcare Category Winner
1 winner

This prize is for the team that won the "Healthcare" category.

Each member of the team of winning project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask and a Rocketbook.

Healthcare Category Beginner
1 winner

This prize is for the best project in the "Beginner" and "Healthcare" category.

Each member of the team of winning beginner project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask.

Environment Category Winner
1 winner

This prize is for the team that won the "Environment" category.

Each member of the team of winning project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask and a Rocketbook.

Environment Category Beginner
1 winner

This prize is for the best project in the "Beginner" and "Environment" category.

Each member of the team of winning beginner project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask.

LGBTQIA+ Category Winner
1 winner

This prize is for the team that won the "LGBTQIA+" category.

Each member of the team of winning project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask and a Rocketbook.

LGBTQIA+ Category Beginner
1 winner

This prize is for the best project "Beginner" and "LGBTQIA+" category.

Each member of the team of winning beginner project in this category will receive a 24oz Hydroflask.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Dr. Tolga Can

Dr. Tolga Can
CS@Mines professor

Dr. Lia Franklin

Dr. Lia Franklin
Associate Director, McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Hannah Harling

Hannah Harling
Hackathon Organizer, Senior in Computer Science

Tyler Wright

Tyler Wright
Hackathon Organizer, Senior in Computer Science

Dean Plummer

Dean Plummer
Grad Student in Computer Science

Sam Araujo

Sam Araujo
MEP Coordinator

Eugin Pahk

Eugin Pahk
CS Alumni

Judging Criteria

  • Overall Functionality
    How well does your project function? Does it work as intended? What percentage of features are working? What features need to be added?
  • Overall Experience
    How easy is your application to use? How nice is it to use your application? Is the UI designed well? Is there a good user experience?
  • Technical Difficulty
    How technically complex is your project? Are you using scalable or emerging technologies? Is your functionality complex?
  • Novelty
    Is the project novel? Does it solve a unique problem or solve a problem in a unique way?
  • Relevance
    This only applies to tracks! How relevant is your project to the track you applied to?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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