What participants say …
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Hoopla Rack,
third place and $4,000,
2008 Schoofs Prize for Creativity;
third place and $700,
Tong Prototype Prize;
and Younkle Best Presentation Award
“Through the whole process, I actually began to see my design turn into a prototype, and now my prototype might actually become a patented reality. By the end, I was so happy that I had chosen to take a chance on myself and do something that brought my engineering and hooping life together.”
—Danielle McIntosh
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Pen Smart,
$1,000 Judges’ Award for Special Merit,
2008 Schoofs Prize for Creativity
“I thought of this product two years ago—I wrote it down and kind of forgot about it for awhile. And I realized that if I didn’t do it, I’d always regret it, so I just decided to pursue it. The competition is a great outlet for anyone interested in innovation and development. The experience gives you the tools to develop the idea and the confidence to continue.”
—Daniel Gartenberg
Innovators in the news …
articles about past competitors
Dual Geometry Tent
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“The prototype allowed me to do many things. First, it confirmed that all the thought I put into each aspect of design worked exactly as designed. Secondly and more importantly, it made me aware of imperfections of the design that I did not think about until I had built the model. Because of two, I will change the design without changing the shape or novelty. Last, when explaining the novelty many people could not visualize the tent until there was the working prototype.”
“It is a must to do a prototype,” says Ryan Hertel, a mechanical engineering senior who spent about $100 of his $150 Tong Prototype Loan on the Dual Geometry Tent. “I learned so much about my design and where I would go with prototype two.”
— Ryan V. Hertel
