Transcend UW | 2023 Competition

2023 Transcend Madison Innovation Competition

The 2023 Transcend Madison Competition was held on April 13th and 14th at the Discovery Building.

Transcend Madison, created by Transcend UW, is the campus's first-ever student-led innovation competition. Each year we give away up to $55,000 worth of prizes and this year's presenting sponsor Discovery to Product (D2P) has helped make it all possible. This event was made with one goal in mind: to bring students all across UW Madison together to demonstrate their novel ideas and creations.

Transcend Madison 2023 Winners

Creativity | Entrepreneurship | Innovation

Below, our top 5 teams are listed. Check them out! You can see general and advanced track winners in the next section.

First Place: Crib

Huan Yoei Lee

Vinesh Janarthanan

Crib is a marketplace that makes subleasing easier than ever. Users can find personalized subleases in 3 clicks and sublease their apartment in under 30 seconds. Our goal is to become a one-stop shop for subleasing.

https://linktr.ee/crib.subleasing

Second Place: Tixplorer

Cameron Roth,

Matthew Samuels

Tixplorer is the first ever price comparison website for ticket merchants in the US and Canada. Currently on this platform you can search any sporting event and find the cheapest tickets including all hidden fees in a matter of seconds.

https://www.tixplorer.com/

Third Place: Educ-AI-tors

Subramanya Mudigere, Archit Thakur,

Shivam Nanda,

Arjun S. Iyer

An AI-powered chatbot platform for teachers to make study material and by students to have a personal AI tutor. We upload the school's study material into our system on our end as a springboard to which teachers can add their own material. Our platform has a website, however, the primary mode of usage would be WhatsApp.

Fourth Place: Poop Loop

Charlie Olesker

The Poop Loop is a stylish and easy-to-use leash accessory that allows us to never carry poop bags again! The Poop Loop uses a cord lock, which allows for easy loopin’ and unloopin’ of the poop bag. But wait there's more! Poop Loops come in 5 colors and each color represents a wonderful pet charity. With every purchase, I donate 5% to a pet related non-profit.

https://pooploop.biz/

Fifth Place: Jaiye

Damola Owolabi

The goal is to design a mobile app that provides a platform for diasporans of African descent to connect, build relationships, and establish a sense of community. The app aims to provide a unique and engaging user experience by incorporating interactive features beyond the traditional swiping function to increase user engagement and connection.

See descriptions Advanced and General Track winners in our 2023 competition booklet!

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Advanced: Future Proscpect

Team: Stuniverse

Students: Nikolai Grin, Takuzen Lu

Advanced: Alumni Award

Team: NFTxs

Student: Yoel Nasi Kazado

General: Best Visual

Team: GÜnGelir

Student: Asude Aydagül

Advanced: Best Prototype/demo

Team: AdaptiveTools

Student: Maxwell Rammer

General: On the Horizon

Team: ThinkPONICS

Students: Ben Yang, Corbin Neutgens

General: Alumni Award

Team: Rice Time

Students: Jaden Radcliff

Advanced: Best Pitch

Team: PhD Insiders

Student: Jake Khoussine

General: Best Pitch

Team: Pockets Of Wisdom

Students: Lena Skowronek

Team & Project Eligibility:

All team members must be degree-seeking University of Wisconsin-Madison students enrolled in the Spring 2023 term. Alumni who graduated from UW-Madison in December 2022 are still eligible to compete.

You must meet the following criteria to be eligible for competition.

Teams can be as small as 1 person with a maximum of 5 people.
Individuals are only eligible to participate in 1 team at competition.
Projects are ineligible if they fit any of the following categories:
- Are a part of a course you are currently enrolled in
- Are part of a paid or graded research experience
- Are part of a thesis project
- Are the primary intellectual property of other individuals or groups that are not eligible to participate in the competition (ex. work done for an internship, family business etc.)

Mandatory Event Attendance:

In order for a team to maintain eligibility for the competition, the team must attend both of the following events which will be hosted this Spring. The third is optional and highly recommended.

Events:

Intellectual Property Seminar (March 21st and 22nd, 6-7pm each night)

Project Review Session (March 28th 6-9pm, 29th 6-9pm, and 30th 6-8pm)

Pitch Coaching (optional but highly recommended) (February 27th)

Each team is required to check-in at the events to receive credit for the team. At least one member must attend. All teams are required to stay for the duration of the scheduled event or session. Failure to stay may render your team ineligible for competition.

2023 Competition Structure

April 13th

- All teams will participate in the poster session.

- All teams will pitch in the placement round.

- Based on placement round performance, judges will place teams in the general track, advanced track or top five for day two.

April 14th

- Top 5 competitors will pitch again.

- Advanced Track competitors will pitch again.

- All general track competitors will pitch again.

- Judges will evaluate all second day pitches and assign rewards.

- Only teams in the top 5 will be eligible for first, second and third place prizes.

- Teams not competing in the top 5 will be eligible for all other prizes.