Prize pool

3,574 USD

HackRU Spring 2025

Prize pool

3,574 USD

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Hackathon Tags

Student

Platform technology

MongoDB

Terraform

HackRU

HackRU Spring 2025

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Winners!

Congratulations to our winners!

Social Good

Winner Prize

BridgeSense

BridgeSense uses a digital twin to analyze wind-induced vibrations and detect anomalies with AI. A real-time dashboard integrates Unity simulations and predictive analytics for proactive bridge maintenance.

Runner Up Prize

EarlyTrace.ai

Early dementia detection through the power of AI

Education

Winner Prize

Decode

To organize the world's coding knowledge and make it intuitive and easy to learn programming.

Runner Up Prize

InstructifAI

InstructifAI aims to revolutionize pitching and teaching by analyzing audience engagement in real time. It empowers speakers with AI-driven insights to refine delivery, enhance impact, and ensure ideas are effectively communicated and understood.

Maverick

Winner Prize

MacroMind Super App

Your AI-Powered Fitness, Nutrition & Cognitive Trainer. Smash limits, track progress, and optimize life with futuristic analytics. Fuel your mind and body like never before!

Runner Up Prize

SnapChef

SnapChef aims to revolutionize the way people discover, create, and visualize recipes by leveraging AI and automation.

Best Solo Hack

Winner

MacroMind Super App

Your AI-Powered Fitness, Nutrition & Cognitive Trainer. Smash limits, track progress, and optimize life with futuristic analytics. Fuel your mind and body like never before!

Best Failure to Launch

Winner

proactive emergency medicine information system

A semi-autonomous assistive tool that allows for hands-free medical documentation and information management before patient arrival

Best Newbie Hack

Winner

MegaMind

Our project utilizes artificial intelligence to transcribe video lectures into concise summaries and notes for students to learn from. The application also provides quizzes based on the lectures to test students' knowledge and track progress.

Best UI/UX Hack

Winner

Echo

Giving a voice to the voiceless through AI, restoring lost speech and reconnecting people to the world.

Best Security Hack sponsored by Nord Security

Winner

RuNourished

We generate recipes for people that are struggling with what to make with the ingredients they have on hand, while also allowing them to specify the range of nutrients they want. We also assist in the reverse situation.

Wakefern Food Challenge

Winner

Frantry

We want to mitigate food waste. As such, we created a pantry management app that recommends recipes for ingredients that will expire soon.

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

Winner

TrackGigs - AI Job Application Tracker

As grad students overwhelmed by job applications and updates, we built a smart AI tracker to act as a personalized assistant, consolidating applications across platforms with a fast, intuitive dashboard for clarity and control in the job hunt.

Best Use of Terraform

Winner

NutriCart

NutriCart is a smart cart system that tracks not only prices but also macronutrient and calorie values, helping shoppers manage their nutrition in real-time.

Best Use of AI powered by Reach Capital

Winner

InstructifAI

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

Winner

Talk Tuah Spirit

Talk-Tuah-Spirit is a digital memorial platform that lets users create AI-powered tributes for loved ones. Built during HackRU, it combines modern web tech and AI to enable meaningful interactions and conversations with those who have passed.

Best Use of Gen AI

Winner

RuNourished

iCIMS Bounty Project

Winner

Personify

Automation of job tracking