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Chapman Make-a-Thon

The Chapman Make-a-Thon is an event where you can showcase your own tech or engineering project. The event is held yearly and is open to all Chapman students.

Participants will be able to network with engineering professionals, and winners will receive cash prizes. This makes Make-a-Thon a great opportunity to test your engineering and computer science skills.

From steerable headlights to automated sign-language translation

Learn how previous Chapman students put their engineering skills to the test for Make-a-Thon, and how they presented their work to the judges.

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Awards

First place:$1,000
Second place:$500
Third place:$250
Honorable mention: $100

Entrant requirements

Student (or project team of 2, 3 maximum) must demonstrate and present a project prototype (preferably working) that has been designed, constructed, and tested by the student only.

Presentation

A 8-minute PowerPoint must be presented discussing the project with the following slides:

Slide 1: The Project Objective – What is the intention of your idea? Who is the customer (user)
Slide 2: Customer Requirements – What are the design requirements for the innovation?
Slide 3: Ideation Overview – What ideas did you explore? What tools did you use to focus on the final solution?
Slide 4: Solution – A description of the solution and how it works
Slide 5: Budget - Provide a breakdown of funds used for the project
Slide 6: Future Improvements and Learnings – What can you improve in your design for the customer if you had more time?

A student presents their design at Make-a-Thon.

Judging criteria

The project scoring rubric consists of the following categories:

Concept development techniques.
Innovation.
Design process.
Project craftsmanship.
Demonstrated project effort.

Project funding

The Fowler School of Engineering has resources to support student Make-a-Thon projects.

An ENGR101 Arduino kit will be provided to any groups that have not received one through the class (must be requested). Contact Assistant Director of Labs and Makerspace Vincent Vumbaco, vumbaco@chapman.edu, to request your kit.
All groups are permitted to use materials and electronic components stocked by the DCI Lab.
Funds can be used for materials and supplies needed to complete your project that are not found in an ENGR101 Arduino kit, or materials and electronic components stocked by the DCI Lab.
Any additional funding requests, including those of items not in stock, must be submitted to the Make-A-Thon Project Request Form with a list of materials/supplies to purchase.
Requests will be reviewed and orders placed during Chapman University business hours, Monday-Friday, 8a.m.-5p.m.

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