HackWesTX V is Texas Tech University's fifth student-run hackathon! This year, the hackathon will start Saturday, September 14th and end Sunday, September 15th. The hackathon will last 24 hours total! We are developers who encourage each other to do better. It’s not just about writing code or programming hardware, it’s about making a positive impact in our community and encourging others to learn. We want to empower the next generation of learners that will change our world and hackathons are a great opportunity to do just that!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,780 in prizes
M5GO IoT Starter Kit
1 winner

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

Hack from Home Kit
1 winner

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Wireless YoYo Speaker
1 winner

Best Use of MATLAB

MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

3D Printing Pen
1 winner

Best Use of TinyMCE

TinyMCE is a rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content within a hacker-friendly interface. Adding a Rich Text Editor component has never been easier! Alongside functionality like bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, or titles (to name a few), the editor also allows users to enable HTML tags, MarkDown or CSS. TinyMCE even gives you the ability to edit your text elements directly with no code, similar to the way you would edit a word document but with even more practical hackathon use cases.

TinyMCE also has dozens of plugins that allow developers to customize their user’s experience. From implementing accessibility checkers, autocorrect, and enhanced image editing to utilizing emoticons, adding responsive design with auto resize and even a ChatGPT AI Assistant. If your hackathon project accepts ANY type of text input, you can use TinyMCE to take it to the next level.

Signup for TinyMCE for a free trial and get started today, no credit card required! To qualify for the Best Use of TinyMCE prize category, be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members!

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger
1 winner

Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity

At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Assorted Lego Sets
1 winner

For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!

iPads
1 winner

A Curved Monitor(s)
1 winner

Air-Pods
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Lu Wei

Lu Wei
TTU

Chen Yong

Chen Yong
TTU

Ryan Bain

Ryan Bain
TTU

John Leidel

John Leidel
Tactical Computing Labs

Atharva Lade

Atharva Lade
Dell Technologies Inc.

Aniket Avasare

Aniket Avasare
TTU

Shravani Koli

Shravani Koli

Cayden Henderson

Cayden Henderson

Judging Criteria

  • Project Submission

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