IEEE's Official Spring 2020 Quarterly Projects Competition - Build software to alleviate the Coronavirus pandemic and win $1500 in prizes!
These are the guidelines:
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The theme will be COVID-19. Your team must build helpful software to solve today's crisis.
- Register your team by filling out this form with the names of your team members: https://tinyurl.com/qp-spring20
- The competition will be virtual, and you will submit your project via this DevPost.
- The total prize pool will be $1500! We will release prize categories after registration.
- You may compete as an individual or in teams of 2 - 8.
- We will communicate through the IEEE Discord Server on the #qp-spring-2020 channel.
- DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 11:45pm on SUNDAY, JUNE 14th.
Prizes
$1,700 in prizes
1st Place ($700)
Amazon E-gift cards
2nd Place ($500)
Amazon E-gift cards
3rd Place ($300)
Amazon E-gift cards
Digi-Key Mask Design - 1st Place
$300 prize for submitting your best design of a hardware-incorporated coronavirus mask!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Eligibility
Open to all college students, anywhere in the US!
Requirements
You must submit the following:
1. DevPost submission with your project repo, images & screenshots, and other details filled out.
2. Attach a pdf file of your documentation. This should be a 8 - 10 page document with the following elements:
- Introduction
- Purpose & Motivation
- Step-by-step usage instructions
- Team member roles and contributions
- Difficulties & Challenges you faced
- Market Evaluation (How do you see your product being used/distributed?)
- Suggested Improvements
- Conclusion
3. Short 2 - 5 minute video demo of your product, with explanation of how it works. You can submit this as a Youtube link, or Social Media Post.
BONUS SUBMISSION (SPONSORED BY DIGI-KEY):
To earn extra notice, we are allowing teams to submit a bonus task. The prompt is this:
"Design your best concept of a coronavirus mask that incorporates electronic hardware along with your QP Project!"
Here are the specific submission requirements:
- Attach a hardware schematic, and screenshots of your COVID-19 mask design.
- Write a detailed paragraph explanation of how it works (part of the submission).
By submitting this bonus task, you will have the chance to win a prize category of $600!
Judges
Howard Wang
IEEE UCSD
Eric Xiao
IEEE UCSD

Siddharth Nag
IEEE UCSD
Danny Vo
IEEE UCSD
Judging Criteria
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Theme
How well does your project fit the theme? -
Marketability
How marketable is your product? -
Documentation
How much effort did you spend on documentation? -
Video Demo
How clean is your demo? Is everything working as expected?
themes
- COVID-19
- Social Good