WINNERS: COVID19 Design Challenge @ Georgetown University

Today, I served as a judge at the Georgetown University COVID19 Design Challenge.

It was a 1 day competition that allowed for students to pitch ideas for helping to deal with some of the social, economic, and mental health side effects of COVID 19. There were three key areas of focus: (1) Vulnerable Communities, (2) Unemployment, and (3) Education.

Overall, there were 11 teams that pitched. Each had 3 minutes of presentation time and 2 minutes of QA.

Team Pitches

Team 1: Grocery Buddies

A website that matches seniors with a college student grocery student buddy. Seniors don’t put themselves at risk by going out for groceries. College students get to earn reward points and community service hours.

Team 2: Project Portal

Using VR to create a progressive learning environment for college students who have zoom fatigue.

Team 3: All Aboard to Health

Problem: Bus drivers are out of work and some families used to get food through school programs.