UW-Platteville Students Take Top 3 Places at WiSys Prototype Hackathon

WiSys Innovation On-Ramp, a five-week interactive online course encouraging students to build their innovative thinking skills had 12 UW-Platteville students involved. Students had the opportunity to work on their projects throughout the fall with support from WiSys staff and UW-Platteville faculty. The online learning was also open to UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout and UW-Green Bay students. Senior Jayden Trocke, won 1st prize with his presentation titled “Engineering the Study of Musical Instruments.” With his win at the competition, Trocke receives the $1,000 top prize and qualifies for the WiSys Big Idea Tournament, which will be held in April. Freshman Gillie Suarez earned second place and $500 for his SpotStem pitch. Sophomore Austin Lee, received third place and $250 for his project “Autonomous Soil Sampling Solutions (AS3).”