A Showcase of First-Year Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The College of Engineering is proud to announce the tenth Aggie Freshman Innovation Challenge, which puts "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" into "AggIE" Engineering! This semester five teams will battle in a virtual meeting room for two cash prizes in a showcase of innovation and competition.

The competition will take place Friday, April 23 from 2:30PM-5PM. 

Meet the Judges

Jade Smith
Industrial Engineering, W.L. Gore
Raquel Teasley
Manufacturing Engineer, Procter & Gamble
Jeff Jones
Senior Manager, Applications and Systems Engineering, Qorvo
David Feldman
Manager, Firmware Engineering, Zebra Technologies
Laron Burns
Senior Cost and Value Engineer, Siemens

Meet the Teams

The Slope Patrol
Group 1
Laraib Azmat, Aaron J. Davis, Isiah Smith, Jaden Robinson-Dockery, Nicholas Dewitt, Steve McMullan
Professor Vernal Alford
O'Connell Inc.
Group 2
Elonda Hunter, Hailey Poole, Maria Landivar Olmos, Manuela Jimenez, Nilah Blackmon, Donte Washington
Professor Vernal Alford
Modern Mobility
Group 3
Kyle Carter, Qaadir Mcfadden, Jacob Morales, Jamell Overton, Miran Risheq
Dr. Leotis Parrish
Phantom Dreams
Group 4
Jackson Ford, Xavier Brown, Alexander Pryce, Emery Alexander
Dr. Leotis Parrish
D.U.C.K.T. Engineering
Group 5
Ki'saiah Ferguson, Usamah Atta, Tristen Hill, Derek Allred, Charlie Betancourt
Dr. Leotis Parrish