This spring, we’ll be welcoming students from all over the world, regardless of your experience or background, to enjoy a virtual weekend of programming, workshops, mentors, networking, and other fun activities.

HackOR (hackor.org) is a 48 hour virtual hackathon where programmers of all experience levels and backgrounds gather to collaborate on a project—organized and chaired by major schools in Oregon—with the goal of bringing hackathons to more students. We are very beginner friendly and encourage all students interested to join!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$8,080 in prizes

1st Place

Winner of the 2021 HackOR Hackathon! Each member of the winning team would get their choice between receiving an Oculus Quest 2 or Nintendo Switch.

HackOR Finalist (12)

Sponsored by Wolfram: One year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

Best Beginner Hack

Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit. This prize is sponsored by Nvidia: members of the winning team would each receive this developer kit for up to 4 individuals per team.

Best Social Good Hack

This prize is given to the project (apps, tools, or other technologies) built with the purpose of helping the community.

This prize is sponsored by Nvidia: members of the winning team would each receive Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit for up to 4 individuals per team.

Best Implementation and Potential for Growth

This prize is given to the project with the best implementation and potential for growth, built with functionality and scalability in mind.

Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit. This prize is sponsored by Nvidia: members of the winning team would each receive this developer kit for up to 4 individuals per team.

Best UI/UX (Code)

This prize is given to the project with the best implemented design (UI/UX) via code, with design being both the aesthetics of the project and user experience.

Each member of the winning team will receive an Elastic Swag Bag and a MYNT3D Super 3D Pen

Best UI/UX (No Code)

This prize is given to the project with the best design-based prototype (e.g. Figma).

No coding is needed for this category and we will be assessing you based on the no-code prototype/concept that you turn in.

Coding projects are also eligible to enter, given that the team includes a Figma/prototype link in their Devpost.

Each member of the winning team will receive an Elastic Swag Bag and Volivo 65.6ft Color Changing Led Strip Lights with Remote

Best Humor Hack

This prize is given to the project that made us smile. You built something absolutely useless, niche, or funny, yet somehow still cool or clever enough to win a prize.

Members of the winning team would each receive a digital copy of the Organ Trail with its expansion pack.

Best Use of CockroachDB

This prize is given to the team who created the best project using CockroachLab’s database technology in the process!

All teams who used CockroachDB to create their hackathon projects are eligible to enter.

Members of the winning team each receive a $100 Amazon/DoorDash gift card for up to 4 members.

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

This prize is given to the team who created the best project using MongoDB in the process!

All teams who used MongoDB to create their hackathon projects are eligible to enter.

Members of the winning team each receive a MongoDB backpack for up to 4 members

Best AR/VR project powered by echoAR

The winning team would receive a $50 Amazon gift card, 3-month free echoAR Business Tier access (per team member), and selected projects will be featured on the echoAR “Inspiration” Page.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

HackOR Organizers

HackOR Organizers
HackOR

Joy (HackOR)

Joy (HackOR)
HackOR Organizer

Aaron (HackOR)

Aaron (HackOR)
HackOR Organizer

Luke (HackOR)

Luke (HackOR)
HackOR Organizer

Yeongjin Jang
Professor at OSU

Fritz Ruehr
Professor at Willamette University

Terri Thoresen

Terri Thoresen
Vice President, Information Technology

Bill Saltzstein
Consultant, specializing in Bluetooth Medical Devices

Krish Munot

Krish Munot
Product Manager

Lev Gubin
Software Engineer

Cecilia La Place

Cecilia La Place
PHD in studying Hackathons

Paul Horton

Paul Horton
Graduate Student & Judge

Thy Do
Judge

Aliaksandr Shulyak
Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Erik Onnen

Erik Onnen
Chief Product Officer

Jim Teece

Jim Teece
Parallel Entrepreneur, Problem Solver

Kyle Stevenson

Kyle Stevenson
Software engineer

Morgan Cividanes

Morgan Cividanes
Leasing Intern, Programmer, Web Developer

Jose Alexandro Acha Gomes

Jose Alexandro Acha Gomes
University Researcher

Fedor Yaremenko

Fedor Yaremenko
Senior Java Developer

Gaurav Aggarwal

Gaurav Aggarwal
Co-founder & CTO

Terrance J. Peters
Liferay Full-stack Developer

Chad Roskelley

Chad Roskelley
Technical Program Manager

Lucas Cordova
Professor at WOU

Danielle Briggs

Danielle Briggs
Technology Teacher/Business Owner

Carolina Guillen

Carolina Guillen
Validation engineer

Tim Brown

Tim Brown
Engineer

Judging Criteria

  • Design/Polish
    Does the project look and function as if it’s ready for deployment? How appealing is it to the eye? Is it difficult to use or seamless?
  • Originality
    Do you think the problem or topic space is unique? Do you think the approach to the problem is original? Does it solve a specific problem?
  • Functionality
    Does it work? How much of it works? Unreliability can be considered, but these are prototype projects and do not have rigorous error handling, use your best judgement.
  • Complexity/Effort
    Is the project more than just sample code from a tutorial? What is the tech stack? Did they experiment with unfamiliar technologies?
  • Wow Factor
    Is the concept of the project something that you’ve never seen before? Is the execution of the project done in a unique fashion?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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