Results

MVP Phase Winners

Five teams have been awarded funding in the final phase of the 2025 Nittany AI Challenge.

PooPal — $5,500 Winner

PooPal team members pose with their award check.

PooPal provides an automated, privacy-focused solution for stool monitoring and analysis; team members were Jared Daniel and Alysse Deterville.

Team Members:

  • Jared Daniel 
    College of Engineering, Penn State World Campus
  • Alysse Deterville College of Engineering, Penn State World Campus

SlideSmart — $3,500 Winner

SlideSmart is a software tool that allows users to upload PowerPoint presentations and PDFs to automatically generate study guides.

SlideSmart team members pose with their award check.

Team Members:

  • Jace Anderson
    College of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Brayden Pettigrew 
    College of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Will WunschCollege of Agricultural Sciences and College of Engineering, Penn State University Park

Prognosis — $2,500 Winner 

Prognosis team members pose with their award check.

Prognosis is a platform designed to predict dengue outbreaks using satellite imagery, weather data and cloud patterns.

Team Members:

  • Imisha JunejaCollege of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Aryan MehtaCollege of Engineering, Penn State University Park 
  • Suhani Nimje
    College of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Abhimanyu Sareen
    College of Engineering, Penn State University Park

EDUAI— $2,000 Winner 

EDUAI team members pose with their award check.

EDUAI is a hyper-personalized interactive educative assistant designed to optimize how students learn, connect and achieve their goals; team members included Divyam Arora, Stephanie Bowles, Keshav Khandelwal, Julia Lenge and Mantavya Mahajan. 

  • Divyam AroraCollege of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University Park
  • Stephanie BowlesCollege of Education, Penn State University Park
  • Keshav Khandelwal College of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Julia LengeCollege of Engineering, Penn State University Park
  • Mantavya Mahajan
    College of Engineering, Eberly College of Science, Penn State University Park

Academic Compass — $2,000 Winner

Academic Compass, which aims to support undecided undergraduate students in discovering potential majors.

Team Members: 

  • Xiaozheng Dai
    College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University Park
  • Zimeng Shao College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University Park