The Cheng Wu Innovation Challenge encourages IU Bloomington students to use technology in innovative ways to address compelling problems.
Come up with an idea—it could be new technology or a new application of existing technology. Work on it. Apply. If your team is selected, you’ll pitch to a panel of judges—and you could earn funding that will help you develop your innovation.
Want more information? Need coaching on your pitch? Contact Travis Brown at trabrown@indiana.edu.
A total of $20,000 is awarded. The judges decide how the funds are divided.
1st place winners Elevate and KLARE with 2nd place co-winner Tell Me Your Story.
1st place winner Palm Garden with 2nd place co-winners i-Sight and Multiversity.
Luddy ISE graduate students Veda Narayana Koraganji and Vakar Ahmed of M3DE Pro and Neuroscience undergraduate Maggie Kennedy and her team of NeuroNeursing were co-winners.
Luddy doctoral students Louis van der Elst, left, and Merve Gokce Kurtoglu won first prize for TrophoWell, a platform that serves as an alternative to animal testing in patient-personalized medicine.
Read about the 2019 winners
Luddy master’s students Tingyu Li, left, and Pavithra Ramamurthy won first prize for “Buddy,” a robot that encourages children with cleft lip and palate to do speech therapy, in the form of storytelling, in their homes.
Read about the 2018 winners
Luddy master's student Hannah Jones, right, won first prize for "SensAbles," an affordable line of wearable technology made for teens and adults who suffer from sensory overload in environments.
Read about the 2017 winnersIU technology experts review the applications. The top-scoring teams are named finalists and will present at the competition.
The judges consider whether the technological innovation is:
Luddy graduate and serial entrepreneur Cheng Wu established the fund that sponsors the challenge.
