Mobile App Showcase
Attention High-School Students and Teachers (Event Cancelled)
September 24, 2015
The Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC) at Western Michigan University will host The 2nd Livable and Sustainable Community Mobile App Challenge. The focus of this challenge is to design and develop mobile applications that can help improve livable and sustainable transportation options for communities in Michigan with special attention to non-motorized travel, public transit, safe routes to school and “smart” transport technologies. To register, please send an email to TRCLC (trc-info@wmich.edu) no later than January 31, 2016 at 5 p.m. (EST), including names of all team members, representative’s email address, along with a brief description of your mobile app idea. Important dates and deadlines are provided below. All the questions need to be directed to trc-info@wmich.edu. Please see detailed information at here.
- Registration Deadline (January 31, 2016): We request interested high-school students to send an email to TRCLC (trc-info@wmich.edu) along expressing interest along with a brief description of your mobile app idea. The email should include names of all team members and the teacher's email address. Due to space limitations we suggest early registration.
- Submission Deadline (April 29, 2016): Each team should submit a 10-page PowerPoint file containing background, technical details, expected outcomes of the proposed app.
- Award Ceremony (Tentatively May 7, 2016): Participants will be invited to Western Michigan University to showcase their mobile apps. Winning teams will receive awards at the ceremony. Selection of finalist projects will be performed by a committee of high school teachers, industry experts and university faculty members.