PHASE 1 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1ST @ 5:00 PM

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
Ideas and Innovation Tournament Challenge (I2TC) is for aspiring Purdue students to form
interdisciplinary teams and propose ideas aimed at solving important societal problems, improving
people’s lives, and making the world a better place. The competition offers students a unique
opportunity for idea generation, teamwork, problem solving and value creation. The top three teams
will receive cash awards with the top prize of (per team) $5,000, runner-up of $3,000 and the third
place $2,000. In addition, the top three teams can receive an additional support to move their ideas
further along the innovation path through filing for a provisional patent and staring a company.

TOURNAMENT RULES
Tournament is open to all Purdue students, however, each team must include at least one ECE
undergrad. For other details regarding the tournament rules and submission format, please scan the
QR code below to see the website.

TOPICS
• Health and Wellness: sleep, food/diet, exercise, aging, diagnostics, therapeutics
• Food and Agriculture: agricultural sensors, automation data and information management,
robotics in food and agriculture, food safety, food packaging and logistics
• Automation and Robotics: robots soft and hard, automated and intelligent workplace, smart
cities, smart homes, smart farming, smart factories
• Energy and Environment: renewables, energy efficiency, energy storage, air and water
quality, pollution, remediation
• Transportation: autonomous vehicles, drones and balloons, aviation, rail transport, sea and
ocean shipping

To register: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/Academics/Competitions/I2T