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Savvy students, mentors showcase creativity, ‘intensity’ at HackMT
Innovative creativity from dozens of college students stood on display recently at the ninth annual Middle Tennessee State University Computer Science HackMT.
Inventions from the tech whizzes included an extensive school search/college finder, helping prospective students and parents locate thousands of schools across the U.S., a child safety app and more.
The 36-hour hackathon gathered programmers, software developers, visual designers and computer science students from MTSU and other colleges and professionals from local industry to form teams, inventing new web platforms, games and apps.
Computer Science associate professor Joshua Phillips, the event director, said “the intensity of all the teams” was evident at this year’s event. “Everyone was committed from start to finish. Industry people were surprised at how focused the teams were. Everyone made their projects and that was impressive.