IISE Innovative Design Competition

The Challenge

Showcase your creativity in ISE design by working as a team to develop the conceptual design for a new product to meet an unmet need in the global marketplace. Create a five-minute concept pitch to be presented in front of a live audience and a judging panel of industry professionals. The pitch should present the concept design, describe the target market and demonstrate why the concept will be profitable (including how the concept design improves over existing designs and your team's plan for marketing the product). The specific theme of the design will be announced at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo.

Eligibility

Must be a graduate or undergraduate student members of IISE and attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo in May. Teams will be assigned at the conference and the design work and presentations will occur during timed sessions at the conference. Each team member must be present during the team working session and at least one team member must be present during the presentation.

Judging Criteria

There are five total judging criteria which will be equally weighted in determining a winner:

  • Innovation – the extent to which the proposed idea is novel, i.e., different from other existing technology.
  • Market – the extent to which the team convincingly demonstrates a profitable market for the proposed idea.
  • Competitive Advantage – the extent to which the team demonstrates that its design has significant advantages over the most similar, existing technology, or, if no similar competitors exist, the extent to which the team demonstrates a sound plan to enter the market (market its product).
  • Presentation Quality – the extent to which the audio and visual quality of the team's presentation contribute to a convincing pitch.
  • Response to Questions – the team's ability to reply clearly, concisely, and convincingly to judge's questions.

2024 Winners

1st Place:
Katherine Qiu, University of Michigan
Team 2 – “Culinary Lens” – Celeste Ferman, Amal Alqaydi, Burla Ondes
University of Oklahoma, University of Alberta, Purdue University

2nd Place:
Team 10 – “Industrial Simulator” – Sydney Weeks, Michael Jinwoo Park, Xiaoyu Liu, Rukayat Bello
Virginia Tech, Tec de Monterrey, University of Michigan, Morgan State University

3rd Place:
Team 3 – “ClarityCare VR” – Braian Rivera, Drishti Joshi, Jadiel Martinez
University of Alberta, Ohio State University, University of Puerto Rico

Past winners

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