On February 2nd, join us at MakeOHI/O—the Ohio State University's largest makeathon—for a weekend of building and creating real projects with awesome people. Over 150 undergraduate and graduate students will design, build, and demonstrate projects to a live audience of students, faculty, and representatives from tech companies. MakeOHI/O is put on by OHI/O, a student-led organization that aims to build and foster the tech community at Ohio State University.
Meet other passionate, fun and creative students from OSU and universities across the nation. Our industry partners are also sending professional developers, designers, marketers, and hustlers to provide mentorship. If you're interested in participating, all attendees must adhere to our Code of Conduct.
OHI/O, our partnering student organizations, and our sponsors are hosting a series of great events leading up to the makeathon. These events include tech talks, workshops, and social gatherings that help students prepare for the makeathon, gather ideas, and build teams! For other events checkout the community events on our main page!
1/31/2019
Presenters: Jill Raderstorf and Bethany George
4:30 - 5:30 PM @ Research Commons Brainstorming Room - 18th Ave Library Rm 350
Surface Go
Jack Canaday
Jon Zimmerman
Parshva Shah
Seth Brugler
Surface Headphones
Christopher Liebhart
Gabriel Lidderdale
Raspberry Pi Starter Kit
Jun Nishikawa
Kyuzo Kelly
Visshaal Suresh
Yuto Nakahata
Weller Soldering Station
Jayanth Gunda
Raghav Samavedam
Ryan Ziegler
MAKERbuino Kit
Dennis Sweeney
Kevin Cooper
Mason Cobb
Zach Jackman
Elegoo Complete Starter Kit
Gordon Weiss
Park Herbert
Rudy Fink
Tyler Ruger
Makey Makey
Ben Memberg
Connor Rubin
Logan Whitaker
Sean Atwood
Prize: Sphero Bolt for each team member
Autumn Kerr
Kellan Heth
Maddy McGee
Miguel Garcia
Honda wants to dream up the next evolution in the car user experience—both for manually-operated and autonomous vehicles. We want you, the MakeOHI/O participants, to dream with us and explore how adaptive materials and data-driven functionality can improve the commuting experience. For more information and technical details, follow this link!
Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card for each team member
AEP currently offers the “Energy Bridge” to our customers with AMI Meters. This energy bridge receives data from the electric meter and sends this to an internet service. Customers are able to load an application on their smart phones which provides real time data and historical power usage. The AEP MakeOHio2019 challenge involves using the data from a hypothetical “Enhanced Energy Bridge” to deliver additional analytics and insights. To get started, download these files!
Hunter Mastin
Oscar Beausoleil
Prize: Echo Dot for each team member
Dean Ogle
JT Thrash
Noah Sediqe
Vish Anand
Sponsored by EdgeThingz
Prize: $3,000 Project Seed Money
Angie Volchko
Graham Tschieder
Jake Harrington
Zach Feldman
Christopher Liebhart
Gabriel Lidderdale
Jayanth Gunda
Raghav Samavedam
Ryan Ziegler
As MakeOHI/O grows, we also want to evolve in our mission to foster the greater tech community! OHI/O brings partners together to provide resources for longer term, business oriented projects. If you think your project could become business, make a pitch!
For this event, the judging team will be led by Tim Raderstorf of Ohio State's Innovation Studio. The criteria is based off of Ohio Innovation Fund's Lean Value Canvas, the team’s pitch, plus points for the attitudes and drive of the team members. All competing teams will be vying for $3,000 of seed money, generously donated by the Ohio State University Alumni Association and the Erdős Institute.
In addition to this challenge, after MakeOHI/O all teams are eligible for additional funding from the Innovation Studio and are encouraged to pitch their idea to the studio at their next pitch day on February 20th. Click here to submit your MakeOHI/O project to the Innovation Studio.
Here are some common questions that people ask. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at makeohio@osu.edu.
A makeathon is similar to a hackathon. Both are events where participants build awesome projects from scratch in just a few short hours. The difference between a MAKEathon and a HACKathon is that we are encouraging projects to be maker-oriented, and therefore physically making something!
Anyone who is a student at a university! We encourage all levels of expertise to join. Whether this is your first makeathon, or you've been to other make- or hackathons across the nation, MakeOHI/O provides an opportunity to collaborate and create something amazing. All participants are expected to follow our Code of Conduct.
The application for MakeOHI/O is now closed! Please check the portal for your application status. You should have received an email indicating whether you've been admitted or waitlisted. Contact us if you have questions!
All sorts of things! Previous projects have included mobile apps, websites, smart mirrors, light-up glasses, pancake printers...the possibilities are endless.
MakeOHI/O is free to participate in! We'll be providing you with great meals, snacks, and drinks throughout the entire event. We've got participants' food restrictions covered, too.
All participants should be in teams of 2 to 4, but don't worry if you're coming in without a team. OHI/O provides opportunities before and during the makeathon to find a team. We'll be posting more information on team formation events in our newsletters and on our social media accounts - be on the lookout!
Nope! Many students come up with an idea while at the makeathon. By talking to fellow students and coming to our pre-hype events, you'll find opportunities to brainstorm ideas that pique your interest. If you get stuck, we'll have a nice list of ideas to help you out.
Yes! We welcome individuals with knowledge and expertise in various topic areas to help mentor students at MakeOHI/O. If you're interested, please contact us to find out more information!
Upon verifying your account, you can pick a team to join in the application portal. Please
note that everyone on the team must join it individually!
This gives us more information about who is coming in with a team and helps us better plan
logistics and judging of the event.
MakeOHI/O is proud to have dozens of judges consisting of academia, industry professionals, and alumni. On Sunday, participants will share their projects with two sets of two judges, who will score the project based on several criteria: technical difficulty, functionality, intuitiveness, usefulness/impact, creativity, teamwork, and overall wow factor. Remember - the competition is only a small part of the event! The most important part is to have fun and build something amazing.
For safety reasons, projects that intend to interface with the 120V AC mains in any way other than direct power are discouraged. Even something as small as a relay controlling a lamp being on could be hazardous with exposed wires. For similar reasons, projects involving high voltage such as Tesla coils, jacob’s ladders, or plasma speakers are discouraged. If you are unsure if your project will be allowed, please ask! We reserve the right to shut down any projects that we deem as unsafe. We want the event to be awesome and electrocution or other physical injury is not so great. Please bring your own fuses if you intend on working with the mains or otherwise high voltage project. Railguns, coil guns or any other projects with weapons are prohibited. Projects such as an induction furnace are similarly prohibited for an obvious fire hazard.
MakeOHI/O is hosted by several Ohio State student organizations united under OHI/O. You can check out our other events at https://hack.osu.edu.
| Time | Event |
| 9:30 AM | Check-in opens |
| 10:45 AM | Waitlist Check-in opens |
| 11:00 AM | Opening Keynote |
| 12:15 PM | Making Begins |
| 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 9:00 PM | Snacks |
| Time | Event |
| 2:00 AM | Snacks |
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch |
| 12:15 PM | Making Ends |
| 12:30 PM | Judging Begins |
| 2:00 PM | Showcase Begins |
**Faculty, postdocs, staff, and business professionals are all invited to help us judge and mentor(students are NOT eligible to serve as judges, but may mentor or serve as reps).
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