About the challenge
Welcome to the inaugural Illinois Design Challenge, the Midwest's premier engineering and product design sprint challenge!
Get started
Create a submission and get started with your design portfolio!
Requirements
What to Build
A CAD model representing your design idea.
What to Submit
A brief portfolio pitching your chosen design opportunity, user story, design idea, iterations & design process, real-world business feasibility, and any improvements/next steps. Please also upload your CAD model as a STEP file to a GrabCAD community project, as well as any pictures/renders/animations that help visualize your ideas!
Prizes
Open Challenge - First Place
$75 per team member cash prize + a 3d print of your design!
Open Challenge - Second Place
A 3d print of your design!
Brunswick i-Jet Challenge - First Place
$75 per team member cash prize + a 3d print of your design!
Brunswick i-Jet Challenge - Second Place
$15 per team member cash prize + a 3d print of your design!
Brunswick i-Jet Challenge - Third Place
A 3d print of your design!
Delivery Robots Challenge - First Place
$75 per team member cash prize + a 3d print of your design!
Delivery Robots Challenge - Second Place
$15 per team member cash prize + a 3d print of your design!
Delivery Robots Challenge - Third Place
A 3d print of your design!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Suresh Sethi
Chair & Professor, Industrial Design
Trevor George
Site Director, Brunswick i-Jet Lab
IDC Staff
Judging Criteria
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Problem Statement (Open Challenge)
Does the project attempt to solve some sort of problem? (what is the problem?, why is it a problem?, who does it affect?) -
Extensibility (Open Challenge)
Is the design able to be extended in the future? -
Functionality (Open Challenge)
Does the design effectively provide a solution to the given problem statement? -
Originality/Innovation (Brunswick & Delivery Robots)
How novel / out-of-the-box is the solution? -
Design Completion (Brunswick & Delivery Robots)
Is the design complete?- Using fundamental engineering principles/ knowledge to meet all criteria -
Safety (Brunswick & Delivery Robots)
How safe is it to be used / maintained? Environmental and human impact. -
Feasibility (All Challenges)
How plausible is the design in both the present and the future? Can it realistically be manufactured? -
Clarity/Informativeness (All Challenges)
Was the information presented useful? Additional information that added value? Did it directly answer the question? Was there unnecessary information? Rendering of CAD.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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