MHacks is an

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student-run

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held by the

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. The 36-hour event brings students from everywhere to develop solutions with the technology, including both

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and hardware-based solutions. MHacks is open to students of all majors and requires no prior coding experience.

History

Founding

MHacks was founded by Michelle Lu, Thomas Erdmann, Adam Williams, Dan Friedman and Dave Fontenot, who were inspired to create the event after attending a PennApps hackathon.

Organizing team

The core MHacks team currently consists of Adviti Mishra, Spencer Goodwin, Harry Sanders, April Feng, Blaire Pang, Brian Travis, Derek Miller, Desola Fujah, Kevin Wang, Meghan Joshi, Mihir Arya, Phoebe Oh, Renée Thomas, and Zain Zai. MHacks 16 was run by V1 Michigan.

References

{{Reflist University of Michigan Hackathons 2013 establishments in Michigan Recurring events established in 2013