The IBM Academic Initiative System i and the IBM System i Innovation Challenge Team would like to thank all of the students and educators who contributed to making the 2007 IBM System i Innovation Challenge a success. With 110 teams from 50 different schools across the U.S. and Canada, the field was especially competitive this year.
Part 3 winners
The competition in Part 3 was extraordinarily tough. A special congratulations to all of the teams who were talented (and brave!) enough to tackle the very difficult Part 3 challenges. Part 3 winners are:
1st place (trip to Nintendo in Redmond, WA and Nintendo Wiis)
The A-Team from Marywood University
Members are Wesley Fagen, Julie Gavin, Michael Jozaitis and George Zimmerman. Dr. Rex DumDum is the sponsoring professor; Brian Kelly is the co-sponsoring professor.
2nd place (each team member received a Nintendo Wii)
Team Wii from University of Oklahoma
Members are Airey Baringer, Derek Herrell, Chris Humphreys and Chase Pritchett
Part 2 winners
The top 5 winning teams each received a 4GB Apple iPod Nano. These winning teams are as follows:
iSeneca from Seneca College in Ontario
Ali Pourmoghaddam, Saeid Soltani and Kinturaj Vaghela. Russell Pangborn is the sponsoring professor.
The A-Team from Marywood University
Wesley Fagen, Julie Gavin, Michael Jozaitis and George Zimmerman. Dr. Rex DumDum is the sponsoring professor; Brian Kelly is the co-sponsoring professor
Computing Sense from Neumont University
Kyle Herzog, Helen Klimovich, Benjamin Meyers and Ekaterina Stepanova. Paul Coleman is the sponsoring professor.
ACM Hammer from North Dakota State University
Abram Jackson.
Hi-JAC from Florida A&M University
Chantel Bowie, Andre' Cunningham and Jasmine Harris.
Part 1 winners
Congratulations to all of the Part 1 winners! We hope you are enjoying your new threads. The following students also received either an Amazon or iTunes gift certificate.
- Amy McCarty, University of Pittsburgh
- Budy Winandar, Drexel University
- Mark Diaz, Florida International University
- Yasmary Hernandez, Florida International University
- Rolando Vicaria, Florida International University
- Kyle Herzog, Neumont University
- Helen Klimovich, Neumont University
- Benjamin Meyers, Neumont University
- Ekaterina Stepanova, Neumont University
- JeRone Gant, Florida A&M University
- Richard Marcus, Florida A&M University
- Ronald Stevens, Florida A&M University
- Jermaine Stewart, Florida A&M University
- Juan Tezanos, Florida International University
- Chong Li, Syracuse University
- Ryan Abreu, Neumont University
- Thomas English, Neumont University
- Mike Gromer, Neumont University
- Scott Varcoe, Neumont University
- Adam Woods, Purdue University
- Joseph Ramirez, Purdue University
- Feras Hirzalla, Purdue University
- Edward Pluta, University of Nebraska-Omaha
- Megan Heenan, University of Pittsburgh
- Duane Littleton, University of Pittsburgh
- Michael McBrearty, University of Pittsburgh
- Airey Baringer, University of Oklahoma
- Derek Herrell, University of Oklahoma
- Chris Humphreys, University of Oklahoma
- Chase Pritchett, University of Oklahoma
- Reed Shea, Boston College
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