Welcome to Beaverhacks Fall 2022

Presented by Oregon State University's Hackathon Club, our quarterly hackathons ("Beaverhacks") gives the OSU community opportunities to learn new skills, build cool stuff, and compete for prizes. We’re beginner-friendly, inclusive of all backgrounds, and focused on fun!

You can build your project in any way and in the format you'd like, e.g. web app, mobile app, browser extension...the possibilities are endless! This quarter's hackathon theme is Life Hacks -- and you can build your project in any way that reflects that, however note that judges will rate your project according to its relevance to the theme (check out the other judging criteria below!).

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 6th - 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST)

  • Opening Ceremony Kick-off / Hackathon starts!

Sunday, October 9th - 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST)

  • Hacking ends / Project Submission Deadline

Sunday, October 9th - 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST)

  • Project Demos / Q&A

Judges' results will be announced the following week.

Registration

We've streamlined our registration process to registering on DevPost AND Google Forms. :) Through DevPost and our Discord, you are also able to notify other participants that you are looking for a team or have formed a team. If you would like to build your project solo, you will still be asked for a team name upon project submission. (It's more fun!)

Also note that participants must be a member of the Oregon State University Hackathon Club in order to be eligible to participate. Sign up on IdeaLogic.

Requirements

A completed project submission will include:

  • Link to a video demonstration of the project (screen recording + audio) with a max-duration of 5 minutes. We recommend uploading your video to Youtube (make sure the privacy setting is public or unlisted). 
    • Feel free to use this template as a starting point for your video presentation. It's not required and no extra points will be given. We have found, however, that presentations with a solid structure do a better job communicating the project to the judges so please keep that in mind in coming up with your format.
  • Link to Github repository - the entire commit history must be present
  • Link to repl on Repl.it (only if submitting a console app)
  • Detailed description about your app - this information will help the judges assess and review your work!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,680 in prizes

First Place- Overall

This prize goes to the highest-scoring submission. It is available to all undergraduate teams including new student teams. Graduate and alumni teams are ineligible for this prize. If a new student team wins this prize, they are ineligible for the First Place New Student prize.

Second Place - Overall

This prize goes to the second highest-scoring submission. It is available to all undergraduate teams including new student teams. Graduate and alumni teams are ineligible for this prize. If a new student team wins this prize, they are ineligible for the First Place New Student prize.

Third Place - Overall

This prize goes to the third highest-scoring submission. It is available to all undergraduate teams including new student teams. Graduate and alumni teams are ineligible for this prize. If a new student team wins this prize, they are ineligible for the First Place New Student prize.

First Place- New Student

This award goes to the highest-scoring new student team. New student teams that won any of the "Overall" prizes are ineligible for this prize.

Second Place- New Student

This award goes to the second highest-scoring new student team. New student teams that won any of the "Overall" prizes are ineligible for this prize.

Third Place- New Student

This award goes to the third highest-scoring new student team. New student teams that won any of the "Overall" prizes are ineligible for this prize.

"Cracking the Coding Interview" Book Raffle

Ten randomly-selected participants will be awarded a "Cracking the Coding Interview" hardcover book. Participants will enter into raffles individually (not as a team). Graduate and alumni students may participate in raffles.

NeetCode Pro Lifetime Membership (2)

Two randomly-selected participants will be awarded a Premium NeetCode Pro Lifetime subscription. Participants will enter into raffles individually (not as a team). Graduate and alumni students may participate in raffles.

Most Social Good/Most Creative Award

These awards go to projects that promote social good and creative projects that deserve recognition. Graduate and alumni teams are ineligible for this prize. If a team has won in the first place, second place, third place or new student category the team is ineligible for this prize.
*Number of winners is TBD

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Zaki Ahmed

Zaki Ahmed
Software Engineer at Amazon

Aaron Ennis

Aaron Ennis
Software Engineer at Verizon

Wilkins White

Wilkins White
Senior Firmware Engineer at Daxbot

David Rider

David Rider
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Jonah Spencer

Jonah Spencer
Software Engineer at Github

Nate Kimball

Nate Kimball
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Jacob Eckroth

Jacob Eckroth
Software Engineer at Amazon

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Difficulty
    How technically impressive is the project? (Based on project execution.)
  • User Experience
    How usable is the project? (Based on project execution.)
  • Creativity
    How creative is the project? (Based on the project concept.)
  • Adherence to Theme
    How well does the project fit with the hackathon theme? This should be based entirely on the project's concept.
  • Impact
    How impactful is this project in terms of utility or fun? Does it fill a necessity or provide entertainment?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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