Hurricane Hackathon · Closing & Awards
Closing & Awards

We did it!

Hurricane Hackathon · Spring 2026

By the numbers

29
Registered
→
17
Showed Up
→
9
Projects Shipped

Inaugural year. First-ever hackathon at TU. 24 hours. $1,000+ in prizes.

Who you are

Academic Level
Sophomores4
Juniors2
Seniors7
PhD4
Hackathon Experience
First-timers9
1–2 prior7
3+ prior1
Roles you brought (multi-select)
Technical
13
Creative
8
Architect
6
Leader
6

n=17. 88% chose Anthropic Claude credits.

The Prompt

2030 and Beyond

Build something that expresses your vision of the future —
and show the rest of us why it matters.

And you did.

Thank you, sponsors

Title Sponsor
TU College of
Engineering &
Computer Science
Sponsor
Techlahoma
techlahoma.org
Sponsor
Aiegis, LLC

None of this happens without their support.

Thank you, judges

They watched 24 hours of work in 60 minutes. We owe them.

Judge
Prof. Ian Riley
The University of Tulsa
Judge
Prof. Codi West
The University of Tulsa
Judge
Luke Crouch
Mozilla
Judge
Andrew Harmon
Hacker at large

Thank you, mentors & volunteers

Mentor & Workshop Leader
Carlos Moreno
Workshop III: Design Thinking
Volunteers
Megan Brue · Megan Smith
Catherine Tsaowimonsiri
Andrew Harmon · Ty DeVito · 3D Trey
Setup, check-in, food runs, photo ops, cleanup — every hour you didn't notice was someone here making it work.
And finally

Thank you.

Every team that showed up and shipped.
You bet the weekend before finals on each other and on what you could build.
And now

The moment
you've all been
waiting for.

Honorable mentions

Three projects the judges couldn't let go without recognition.

🎁
Honorable Mention
Boom
Commonality
Atley Wright · Travis Sempel
Amazon Gift Card
🎁
Honorable Mention
Barbie
LIMEN — The grammar of dying
Saima Ahmed Rahin
Amazon Gift Card
🎁
Honorable Mention
Vault
DigiVault
Wellington Gwavava
Amazon Gift Card
Three Prizes · Three Teams

Runners
Up.

Hardware to keep building with.
3rd Runner Up
Raspberry Pi Zero W
A pocket-sized Linux box for whatever you build next.

GeopoliSport

GeopoliSport
Aiman Fariz Zaqwan Bin Akmal Hizam
Prize generously donated by Andrew Harmon.
2nd Runner Up
Arduino Uno Q
A microcontroller for whatever you build next.

The Job Seekers

C.O.D.I.
Trinyon Gaylor · Ethan Tarkington · Ayden Whittaker
1st Runner Up
Flipper Zero
+ a stack of NFC tags to hack with. The multi-tool every hardware tinkerer wants on the bench.

Wonder Guard

RealityCheck
Bristie Rahman · Mahin Moon · Jonah Sanders
Three Prizes · Three Teams

Podium
Teams.

$1,000 in cash. Top three projects.
3rd Place · $200

Team Lava Chicken

Slopularity
Sahara Smith · Ty DeVito
2nd Place · $300

Hokage

Apex AR — The Future of Racing Monitoring
Soroush Karimi
🏆 1st Place · $500

Black Gold

The 2030 Trust Engine
Vusal Karimov · Rupesh Sah

What's next

Year-Round

AIML @ TU

Weekly meetings, project nights, talks, workshops. Build a team that's ready for the next sprint.

QR code to AIML Club website
aiml-utulsa.github.io/Club-Webpage
May 15 · Tulsa

200 OK Web Dev Conf

A day of talks for web developers, by web developers.

$150FREE
PromoGOLDEN100
QR code to 200ok.us
200ok.us
Fall 2026

Hurricane Hackathon II

This was the pilot. The next one will be bigger, with longer runway and more sponsors. See you there.

One More Thing

Group photo.

Everyone up front. This is the moment.
📸
Squeeze in close

Presenter: advance the slide first, then take the photo.

Hurricane Hackathon 2026
Podium
Runners Up
Honorable Mentions
1st Place — $500
Black Gold · The 2030 Trust Engine
1st — Flipper Zero + NFC tags
Wonder Guard · RealityCheck
Amazon Gift Card
Boom · Commonality
2nd Place — $300
Hokage · Apex AR
2nd — Arduino Uno Q
The Job Seekers · C.O.D.I.
Amazon Gift Card
Barbie · LIMEN
3rd Place — $200
Team Lava Chicken · Slopularity
3rd — Raspberry Pi Zero W
GeopoliSport · GeopoliSport
Amazon Gift Card
Vault · DigiVault
Until next time

Here's to the future.

Hurricane Hackathon · Spring 2026 · AIML @ TU