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Alumni Office Room 1W9 Isaac B. Honor - Internship Coordinator [email protected]
WORKSHOPS, ENRICHMENT COURSES, SUMMER PROGRAMS OPPORTUNITY #7
Important Note: If you are selected for the internship, please inform Mr. Honor IMMEDIATELY via email at:
I am e-mailing you on behalf of Life Changing Labs, a startup incubator that is affiliated with Cornell University. We are hosting the first ever Make-a-thon at Cornell for students to work on hardware and electrical engineering prototypes.
Applications are due February 7th at midnight. As part of this event, we are inviting high school participants to attend, where they will receive mentorship from professors
and have an opportunity to interact with Cornell students. If you could forward this along to relevant students and families, we would greatly appreciate your help. Please direct any questions to me or Michael Raspuzzi ([email protected]).
Please see this link for more information about the event and to apply: http://www.lifechangingmakeathon.com/ Please see this link for more information about Life Changing Labs: http://lifechanginglabs.com/
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L i f e C h a n g i n g M a k e - a - t h o n
http://www.lifechangingmakeathon.com/
LC. MakE-A-Thon
ft. arduino a day of rapid prototyping
Apply to Participate (Application)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IXSnKIlQjAhGkmfB-y9XU4RRVkuXm14NH_dPIkcTrws/viewform
Hackathon + Making = Make-a-thon
Life Changing Labs presents Cornell's first ever Make-a-thon, bringing together engineers, designers, and business students to hack and build to propose life changing solutions using rapid prototyping techniques. All making will be done in an open collaborative environment to incubate innovative ideas.
There will be a track for high school students and university students to participate in the event.
Feb. 19th 5:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb. 20th - Feb. 21st 10am - 10am
Final Pitch Competition Feb. 21st 11am
Physical Science Building Atrium Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Schedule
February 19th, 2016
5:30pm - 6:30pm Pre-Hack Welcome & Prompt Delivery
February 20th, 2016
9 : 30 am Arrival & Check-In
10 : 00 am Hack & Build #1
12 : 00 pm Lunch Break & Guest Speaker #1
1 : 00 pm Hack & Build #2
3 : 00 pm Workshop
6 : 00 pm Dinner & Guest Speaker #2
7 : 00 pm Hack & Build #3
12 : 00 am Fourth Meal & Break
12 : 30 am Hack & Build #4
7 : 30 am Breakfast & Coffee
10 : 00 am Project Submission
11 : 00 am Pitch Competition
THE JUDGES
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Pam Silverstein
As Entrepreneur in Residence for Life Changing Labs, Pam has helped launch the first summer incubator program and has mentored and worked with hundreds of Cornell students and dozens of startup companies. She is also a mentor for the McGovern Center's Life Sciences Incubator.
Jan 29, 2016
David Schneider
As a professor at Cornell, David has introduced innovative learning opportunities to students through founding the Intel-Cornell Cup, leading C.U.S.D., and is a leader in the Higher Education Maker Alliance.
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Jan 29, 2016
Kelsey Kruse
Kelsey is currently completing her B.S. in ECE and about to begin her M.Eng. She has founded multiple startup companies, has gone through Cornell's elab accelerator, is a Kessler Fellow, and has just completed a summer internship as a hardware engineer at Google.
Jan 29, 2016
Ken Rother
Ken is currently Managing Director and Instructor for Cornell's eLab program, and is a senior executive with over thirty years of experience. He helped start a summer hardware accelerator at Rev Ithaca Startup Works.
Jan 29, 2016
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The Team
Michael Raspuzzi - The Architect
Michael is Managing Director of Life Changing Labs, Founder of LCL's summer startup incubator program, founder of LCS's global high school entrepreneurship and computer science program, Lead Thinker at Aesir Lab, and principal organizer of this Make-a-thon event. He is an award-winning photographer, architectural designer, and budding philanthropist. His work as an entrepreneur focuses on creating life changing opportunities for designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs to collaborate.
Dec 11, 2015
Andrew Moorman
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Andrew is currently a fifth year architecture student in Cornell's B.Arch program who is known for combining his passions of technology and design. He has been recognized for the innovative work he has done with Jenny Sabin Studio.
Dec 11, 2015
Justin Selig
Justin is currently a junior in Cornell's computer science and electrical engineering program whose love for making has pushed him to work on a collaborative effort to bring together all of the maker spaces on campus. His work on multiple project teams and projects outside of class shows his dedication to solving worldy problems.
Dec 11, 2015
Terry Vallery
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Terry is currently a junior pursuing a science and technology degree from Cornell. His love for 3-D printing, design, and teaching has led him to build a myriad of things as well as mentor high school students along the way to empower them to build cool things too.
Dec 11, 2015
Ronald Ho
Ronald is currently business development lead for Life Changing Labs and is completing his computer science degree in Arts and Sciences.
Jan 29, 2016
Jimmy Guo
Jimmy is currently serving as special projects team lead for Life Changing Labs as he completes his degree in Biology. He is student ambassador for Founder.org.
Jan 29, 2016
THE MENTORS
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Peter Cortle - Lead Eship Mentor
Peter is the Founder of Life Changing Labs, a summer incubator and mentorship network for Cornell entrepreneurs, and Life Changing Summer, a program teaching entrepreneurship and programming to high school students across the world. He also works at Entrepreneurship at Cornell and serves on the Advisory Council. Currently, he leads StartupTree as its CEO to help fuel the growth of university entrepreneurship globally.
Jan 29, 2016
Shayra Kamal - Eship Mentor
Shayra is President of Life Changing Labs, leading a diverse team of 30+ students and mentors. She has past experience as Global Studio Manager at Etsy, and has experience in operational and financial strategy.
Jan 29, 2016
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Aaron Proujansky - Eship Mentor
Aaron is an analyst for Greengage, LLC, seed and early stage angel investors. He has served as a mentor for Life Changing Labs first summer program, and volunteers his time at Ithaca High School to teach entrepreneurship.
Jan 29, 2016
Christine Soong - Lead Tech Mentor
Christine has interned at NASA and GE, and is a teaching assistant for multiple engineering courses including ECE Practice and Design as well as Circuits.
Jan 29, 2016
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Max Vanatta - Tech Mentor
Max is currently a fifth year architecture student who is a research lead in Sabin Design Lab, integrating design with the newest technologies.
Jan 29, 2016
The Speakers
Ahmed Elsamadisi - Speaker & Mentor
Ahmed is currently the leading Data Engineer at Wework and has past experience at Raytheon. While at Cornell, Ahmed led multiple projects with Dr. Campbell in the Autonomous Systems Laboratory and was involved in the entrepreneurship scene as a Kessler Fellow. His pursuit of excellence in everything that he does is powered by his passion for learning, teaching, and building.
Dec 11, 2015
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Daniel Levine - Speaker & Mentor
Daniel is currently a thesis student in Cornell Tech's Connected Media Program. His past research and work in robotics at ReWalk and at Cornell has won him multiple awards including being in the top 16 in the iGEM World Competition. He is as enthusiastic about design as he is about building and making.
Dec 11, 2015
Jeremy Blum - Speaker
Jeremy has past experience at Makerbot, Google X, and is currently head of electrical engineering at Shaper. He has been recognized wit numerous awards for his work, and has published an exploratory guide to using arduino. With his passion for making, educating, and tinkering, Jeremy has worked on dozens of projects, and one of his most recent projects, ARVIS, is featured in the Wall Street Journal.
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Dec 11, 2015
Sponsors
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FAQ
How does it work? You'll work in teams of 3-6 hackers to make anything your heart desires. There will be a prompt that gets released at the start of the event to guide all projects. We'll provide you with a bunch of prototyping resources and lots of food to keep you fueled. The top 5 university and top 5 high school projects will have the chance to pitch at the finale of the make-a-thon.
What hardware will be available?
There'll be a bunch of base arduino boards that will be pre-configured to help with accelerated development. A myriad of sensors and rapid prototyping materials - foam, chipboard, etc. - will also be available. Each team will have the opportunity to select what they need.
I'm a beginner. Can I still apply?
Don't worry! We encourage beginners to come and learn! We've got tons of mentors and we really focus on catering to newcomers' needs by providing tutorials and online resources. Also, all competitors will receive a welcome packet with specific instructions related to the hardware you will be using at the event.
Who can attend
All undergraduate and graduate students at Cornell are welcome to apply for the university track, and for the high school track, we are looking to connect with the local community. We are also open to applications from abroad for high school students. Unfortunately, we cannot provide travel reimbursements.
WHAT IS the pitch competition
After the hack and build period ends, we will host a public pitch competition where the top 5 university and top 5 high school student teams will present their projects. Pitches will be 3-6 minutes. You are encouraged to invite your friends, family, and anyone else you want to see what you built. Everyone not participating is encouraged to stop by and see the cool projects and meet the awesome people behind them.
What should I bring? And What do I build?
We recommend you bring a laptop for hacking! Everything else you will need will be provided by us so do not worry about bringing anything. If you have a certain set of tools that you like to use, then feel free to bring them along. During the event, you can build whatever you and your team wants to! We will provide a prompt and base boards to help accelerate development, but other than that, everything is up to you.
How does judging work?
Judges will evaluate the projects and pitches based on their relation to design (how awesome it is), engineering (does it work), and entrepreneurship (how was it pitched and what is its real-world potential). Do not worry! This event is meant to be fun, and all of the judges understand that everything was built over the span of 24 hours. Worried that the judges might not like your project even though students will? Every team will be in the running for a people's choice award for one popular vote winner to be selected. More information on this during the event.
How much does this cost?
This event is completely free! We provide food and drinks, and plenty of materials to hack with. Everything is covered with help from our amazing sponsors listed above.
This is awesome. IS there anything else I can get involved in?
This event is completely run by students for students. Life Changing Labs is a not for profit organization that powers the Cornell entrepreneurship community and our team also offers two amazing summer programs: a ten week startup program for university students and a three week educational program for high school students. For the university program please visit - www.lifechanginglabs.com for more info, and for the high school program, please visit www.lifechangingsummer.org for more info.
I HAVE A QUESTION NOT LISTED. WHO DO I ASK?
Get in touch with us through email - [email protected]
