Koch Innovation Challenge 2024

May 3, 2024

Wichita, Kansas

May 03

Business application deadline: April 19, 2024
Judge sign-up deadline: April 19, 2024
Entry fee: Free

Description

The Koch Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Koch Industries, is an annual competition that will support the WSU College of Engineering in fostering a culture of creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and teamwork among students.

Multidisciplinary teams of students who participated in the Shocker Design Experience program work to identify a problem in the community that can be solved using technology. In a fall first-year seminar course, teams begin the design thinking method by interviewing customers to build empathy and understand their customer's need, they define their customer's challenge, and then ideate possible solutions by researching the market. In a spring applied course, teams build a working prototype, test their prototype, get customer feedback, and then pitch their idea to a panel of judges at this Koch Innovation Challenge competition.

This competition is the WSU version of the hit television show Shark Tank, where judges are looking to "invest" in great ideas that have the potential for commercialization.

Awards will be given for Best Video, Best Prototype, Best Business Model Canvas, and Best Live Elevator Pitch. The overall winning team will advance to a national elevator pitch competition.

This event is free and open to the public. Visitor parking is available near the Rhatigan Student Center and in the parking garage.

Schedule and key dates

4/19/24 - Video Elevator Pitch (entry into the competition, required for Engineering+ Credit/Applied Learning Experience Credit)

5/3/24 - Live Elevator Pitch Event at the Rhatigan Student Center in the Ballroom. 9:00-11:00 AM, Awards Ceremony at 11:30 AM.

Organized by

Samantha Corcoran

Date and time

Fri, May 3, 2024 starting at 9:00 AM EDT

Address and location

1845 Fairmount
Wichita, Kansas 67260

Components

Business Model Canvas

Judges will be looking for a detailed business model canvas that explains what i...

Weight: 25%

Live Elevator Pitch on 5/3/24

The Elevator Pitch is a 90-second oral speech pitching your team's prototype to...

Weight: 25%

Video Production

Judges are looking for high quality videos that demonstrate the use of a storybo...

Weight: 25%

Prototype

Judges will evaluate your team's prototype as seen in the video elevator pitch....

Weight: 25%

Leaderboard

Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition’s host.

The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.

= Not scored = In progress = Complete

Rank	Business	Overall score	Business Model Canvas	Live Elevator Pitch on 5/3/24	Video Production	Prototype
1	BLND Solutions	45.556 / 50	12 / 15	14.667 / 15	15 / 15	13 / 15
	BLND Solutions judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 14 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 13
2	Glucose Monitor Adaptor	45 / 50	12 / 15	13 / 15	14 / 15	15 / 15
	Glucose Monitor Adaptor judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 15
3	Get a Grip	44.444 / 50	11 / 15	12.333 / 15	15 / 15	15 / 15
	Get a Grip judge scores		Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 15
4	Freshmark	43.889 / 50	15 / 15	13.667 / 15	15 / 15	9 / 15
	Freshmark judge scores		Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 9
5	ProculPro	43.056 / 50	15 / 15	14.667 / 15	14 / 15	8 / 15
	ProculPro judge scores		Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 14 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 8
6	Hail-O	42.222 / 50	12 / 15	11.667 / 15	12 / 15	15 / 15
	Hail-O judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15
7	Flex Key	41.944 / 50	13 / 15	13.333 / 15	11 / 15	13 / 15
	Flex Key judge scores		Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 13
8	Invoke Curiosity	41.944 / 50	13 / 15	12.333 / 15	13 / 15	12 / 15
	Invoke Curiosity judge scores		Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 12
9	L.A.D.S.	41.944 / 50	12 / 15	11.333 / 15	14 / 15	13 / 15
	L.A.D.S. judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 8 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 13
10	WuTrack	41.944 / 50	13 / 15	12.333 / 15	14 / 15	11 / 15
	WuTrack judge scores		Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 11
11	Sky High Kits	41.667 / 50	12 / 15	13 / 15	10 / 15	15 / 15
	Sky High Kits judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 10	Judge #1: 15
12	AASB	41.389 / 50	9 / 15	11.667 / 15	14 / 15	15 / 15
	AASB judge scores		Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 15
13	Pocket Piggy	41.111 / 50	12 / 15	12.333 / 15	15 / 15	10 / 15
	Pocket Piggy judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 10
14	Tool Sync	40.833 / 50	14 / 15	12 / 15	13 / 15	10 / 15
	Tool Sync judge scores		Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 10
15	Ember Alert	40.556 / 50	13 / 15	11.667 / 15	14 / 15	10 / 15
	Ember Alert judge scores		Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 10
16	TaskSense	40 / 50	12 / 15	12 / 15	15 / 15	9 / 15
	TaskSense judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 9
17	Rx Box	39.444 / 50	12 / 15	12.333 / 15	14 / 15	9 / 15
	Rx Box judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 9
18	Good Dirt?	39.167 / 50	12 / 15	12 / 15	12 / 15	11 / 15
	Good Dirt? judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 11
19	NERO	38.889 / 50	6 / 15	13.667 / 15	12 / 15	15 / 15
	NERO judge scores		Judge #1: 6	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15
20	JOP	38.611 / 50	8 / 15	14.333 / 15	9 / 15	15 / 15
	JOP judge scores		Judge #1: 8	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 15
21	Pillow Pal	38.611 / 50	12 / 15	12.333 / 15	9 / 15	13 / 15
	Pillow Pal judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 13
22	Auto H2O	38.333 / 50	11 / 15	15 / 15	13 / 15	7 / 15
	Auto H2O judge scores		Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 7
23	Ma-Tarq	37.5 / 50	6 / 15	13 / 15	12 / 15	14 / 15
	Ma-Tarq judge scores		Judge #1: 6	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 14
24	Wheel Well Wizard	37.222 / 50	12 / 15	11.667 / 15	8 / 15	13 / 15
	Wheel Well Wizard judge scores		Judge #1: 12	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 8	Judge #1: 13
25	Grip Tech	36.944 / 50	9 / 15	12.333 / 15	14 / 15	9 / 15
	Grip Tech judge scores		Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14	Judge #1: 9
26	Women in STEM	36.111 / 50	11 / 15	12.333 / 15	13 / 15	7 / 15
	Women in STEM judge scores		Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 7
27	Sticker Tracker	36.111 / 50	11 / 15	12.333 / 15	11 / 15	9 / 15
	Sticker Tracker judge scores		Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 9
28	Qonnect	35.833 / 50	13 / 15	12 / 15	15 / 15	3 / 15
	Qonnect judge scores		Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 15	Judge #1: 3
29	Boot Bench	35.556 / 50	9 / 15	11.667 / 15	10 / 15	12 / 15
	Boot Bench judge scores		Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 10	Judge #1: 12
30	IceCream?	34.444 / 50	6 / 15	13.333 / 15	10 / 15	12 / 15
	IceCream? judge scores		Judge #1: 6	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 10	Judge #1: 12
31	Team 2x4	30 / 50	11 / 15	9 / 15	13 / 15	3 / 15
	Team 2x4 judge scores		Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 7 Judge #3: 8	Judge #1: 13	Judge #1: 3
32	MindCapture	28.889 / 50	7 / 15	10.667 / 15	11 / 15	6 / 15
	MindCapture judge scores		Judge #1: 7	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 8 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 11	Judge #1: 6
33	WUFU	28.611 / 50	9 / 15	10.333 / 15	5 / 15	10 / 15
	WUFU judge scores		Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 8 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 5	Judge #1: 10
34	AquaPulse	26.667 / 50	9 / 15	12 / 15	8 / 15	3 / 15
	AquaPulse judge scores		Judge #1: 9	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 8 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 8	Judge #1: 3
35	Tres Compadres	20.833 / 50	7 / 15	9 / 15	6 / 15	3 / 15
	Tres Compadres judge scores		Judge #1: 7	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 7 Judge #3: 8	Judge #1: 6	Judge #1: 3