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Indiana U, Wayne State Teams Capture Wins in Imagine Cup 2008
7/8/2008
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Winners of the 2008 Imagine Cup technology competition were announced Tuesday in Paris. Student teams from American universities took top honors in two categories and earned achievement awards in other areas. Microsoft, which hosted the event, said it was the most successful run for American teams in the Cup's six-year history.
More than 16,000 students from 125 campuses in the United States registered for this year's event, in which they competed in categories ranging from software development to interface design. Winners from the American competition in April headed to Paris for the finals, where they competed with student teams from 100 countries. Some 200,000 students total registered to participate around the world.
The theme for this year's competition was using technology to help sustain the environment. There were nine main categories in the competition.
In the category of interface design, Team IU EcoVis from Indiana University took first place. The team consisted of David Roedl and William Odom, whose project, "Campus Energy Challenge," focused on reducing energy and water consumption in campus dorms. Roedl and Odom both received their undergraduate degrees in informatics from IU and are working on their master of science degrees in human-computer interaction/design.
In the photography category, Team Provisio from Wayne State University took top honors. The team was made up of Jennifer Hui and Melissa Hui, both of whom had previously placed in the top 20 in the short film category in 2007. For this year's win, the pre-med sisters submitted a photo essay focusing on global warming and deforestation.
"The creativity demonstrated by the competitors this year has shown that tomorrow's technology leaders are ready to apply their solutions to real-world issues," said Joe Black, director of business development for emerging technologies at British Telecommunications, a co-sponsor of the event.
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