2025 Nittany AI Challenge Results
MVP Phase Winners
Congratulations to the following teams, which have been awarded funding in the final phase of the 2025 Nittany AI Challenge.
$5,500 Winner: PooPal
PooPal provides an automated, privacy-focused solution for stool monitoring and analysis.
Team Members:
- Jared Daniel, College of Engineering, Penn State World Campus
- Alysse Deterville, College of Engineering, Penn State World Campus
$3,500 Winner: SlideSmart
SlideSmart is a software tool that allows users to upload PowerPoint presentations and PDFs to automatically generate study guides.
Team Members:
- Jace Anderson, College of Engineering
- Brayden Pettigrew, College of Engineering
- Will Wunsch, College of Agricultural Sciences and College of Engineering
$2,500 Winner: Prognosis
Prognosis is a platform designed to predict dengue outbreaks using satellite imagery, weather data and cloud patterns.
Team Members:
- Imisha Juneja, College of Engineering
- Aryan Mehta, College of Engineering
- Suhani Nimje, College of Engineering
- Abhimanyu Sareen, College of Engineering
$2,000 Winner: EDUAI
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 Arora, College of Information Sciences and Technology
- Stephanie Bowles, College of Education
- Keshav Khandelwal, College of Engineering
- Julia Lenge, College of Engineering
- Mantavya Mahajan, College of Engineering, Eberly College of Science
$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
- Zimeng Shao, College of the Liberal Arts