The Cornell Cup is an annual college-level embedded design competition created by Cornell Systems Engineering and hosted by

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. The competition was an initiative originally created by Cornell University and

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, and now partnered with

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, to "empower student teams to become the inventors of the newest innovative applications of embedded technology". The competition is designed to allow college students the opportunity to transform ideas into real products with actual results. Various awards are given with a range of prizes between $1,000 and $10,000.

History

The competition was announced in late 2011 by Intel as a way of finding and encouraging college students to develop ideas and transform them into robust products. The competition is built based on the highly successful Intel Cup China that attracts over 26,000 students annually.

Qualification

To qualify for the application stage, a team must be formed with the following requirements: * The team must be between 3 and 5 students * Each student must be enrolled full-time in any accredited U.S. university * Students must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or masters * Students must be engineering, science, or computer science students * Students must complete the application stage by the designated deadline

Competition summary

Young Guru speaking at the Cornell Cup USA 2014

The competition involves two stages: an applications stage and a finalists stage.

Applications Stage

The application stage typically takes place in the months the previous year of the competition. Teams must complete an application which includes a team interest form, a competition integrity form, and a 7 application questions form by the designated deadline. Applications are reviewed by the Cornell review team which in turn selects up to 35 of the top application submissions. The selected team can then participate in the final competition.

Finalists Support

Finalists are given an array of support as they work through their plan. * Hardware - Each team is given the latest Intel Atom board. The board is equipped with an Intel Atom, an FPGA, and a large array of I/O. Additionally various other equipment is provided from secondary sponsors. * Funding - Each team is provided $1,500 in financial support to aid their project and team. * Access - Each team is given direct access to Intel technical leaders other sponsoring companies' experts who are designing and developing embedded hardware and application commercially. * Training - Cornell Systems Engineering offers an online guide system to hone students professional design skills * Invitation - Teams are invited to the public expo

Finalists Stage

The top application submissions that have been chosen have roughly half a year to make their project come to fruition. The teams are responsible for following through their application. A final report is required to be submitted by the deadline. The competition holds an all-day public

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during May where judges hear a six-minutes pitch, asking questions, examining posters, and checking out the demos. Each team undergoes a more in-depth, private review process. During the final day of the expo, the winners are announced and awarded first, second, or third place in various categories. Various other sponsors may potentially offer special awards to various teams in addition to these awards. The expo takes place at

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in May.

Awards

During the expo a number of awards will be given away in addition to the grand prize award.

Cornell Cup USA, presented by Intel Grand Prizes

The top 3 highest total score winners will be awarded first, second, and third Cornell Cup USA, presented by Intel Grand Prizes respectively. Winners are typically announced during the final day of the expo. The grand prize winner will receive $10,000. Second place team will receive $5,000. Third place team will receive $2,500.

People's Choice Award

During the Cornell Cup Expo, all competition participants will be able to have a single vote for their choice of team. These votes will determine the winning team. People's Choice Award will go to the team receiving the most participants' votes but did not win one of the 3 grand prizes.

Wild Card Award

Teams that have successfully submitted an application, but were not chosen as finalists are allowed to submit a final report. Their final report must follow the same rules and guidelines as the finalists. The Wild Card Award is given to a team who were deemed strong enough by the review judges.

Media Award

Each of the finalist team must create an On-line Chronicle blog using the template provided by the competition. They must also generate

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and media buzz by publishing updates on various channels. The Media Award are judged by members of the media, which is based on team blogs, online channels, and their presentation at the expo. The top two teams will receive $1,000 awards.

Entrepreneurship Award

In 2014 the competition added a new award, the Entrepreneurship Award, where teams can create a business plan around their Cornell Cup project which could be pitched to

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s. The award was created due to a great interest by past teams that wanted to turn their creative competition inventions into

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opportunities after the Cup's final expo. The winner of the Entrepreneurship Award will receive $2,500.

Past Winners

Cornell Cup 2012

* Cornell Cup Grand Prizes # First Place - IVS,

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decad ...

# Second Place - HAWK,

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

# Third Place - Team Squirtle,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

* People's Choice ** Kinecthesia, University of Pennsylvania * Wild Card ** Blind Assist,

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...

* Honorable Mention ** Interactive Multi-Control Wheelchair,

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a Private university, private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 ac ...

** Team DART,

Seattle Pacific University Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private Christian university in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seat ...

** Hot Dawgs, Southern Illinois, University at Carbondale ** Sentinel,

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, San Diego ** Solar Drone, University of California, Berkeley ** SWARM,

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

** Audio(G)Fusion,

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in s ...

** GT Accessors, Georgia Institute of Technology ** The Incredible HUD,

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

** JouleCycle Team, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Cornell Cup 2013

* Cornell Cup Grand Prizes # First Place - Titan,

# Second Place - Cyber Physical Systems,

# Third Place - Intracell,

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* People's Choice ** Team BioBot, University of Massachusetts, Lowell & Padmasri Dr. B.V. Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) * Media Award ** Intracell, University of Colorado Denver * Honorable Mention ** MetroSwift,

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering c ...

** Team Sigma,

** Assistive Robotic Manipulator (ARM),

** ProtoDrive, University of Pennsylvania ** URead Braille,

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

** PandaCare,

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

** Team Lions,

** Salty Dawgs,

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University (SIU or SIUC) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois. Founded in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. The university enrolls students from all 50 st ...

** Team Ignitus, University of Houston ** Ouroboros, Columbia University

Cornell Cup 2014

The 3rd annual award was held on May, 2014. * Cornell Cup Grand Prizes # First Place - Smart Robotic Prosthetic Hand,

# Second Place - SAFE,

# Third Place - Submersibles, Penn State * Data Analytics Award ** Submersibles, Penn State * People's Choice ** SmartCollar,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

* Media Award ** Synergetech,

* Entrepreneurship Award ** VDAP,

University of Akron The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classifie ...

* Honorable Mention ** Mr. Meds, University of Massachusetts-Lowell ** Motion Safe Systems,

** Flux Excursion, Oregon State University ** NAO Navigators, Arizona State University ** VDAP, University of Akron ** SEMG,

** FANGS,

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

** Team Envision,

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Cornell Cup 2015

The Cornell Cup 2015 winners will be announced on May 3, 2015.

References

External links

Cornell Cup USA Homepage

Mathworks Intel Cornell Cup
{{Intel Intel Challenge awards Robotics competitions Recurring events established in 2011