{"id":33969,"date":"2026-05-21T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=33969"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:10:30","slug":"hacking-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/hacking-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Hacking the future\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">One of the biggest student-led events of the year\u00a0at\u00a0the University of Washington Bothell\u00a0is the annual hackathon, where students are challenged to put their minds together in\u00a0teams\u00a0to\u00a0build something new around a central theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2026\u202f\u201cUWB Hacks: The Future\u201d\u202fevent\u00a0\u2014\u00a0which\u00a0marked the 10th anniversary since the first campus hackathon \u2014\u00a0participants took on the role of visionary innovators to shape\u00a0the world of tomorrow through creativity,\u202ftechnology\u202fand collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat makes hackathons such a great format is they can cater to a large audience,\u201d said Jonah Uellenberg, a senior majoring in Computer Science &amp; Software Engineering. \u201cYou&#8217;ll have people who want to leave with a cool project, others who enjoy the competition and meeting new people, and those who want to network and learn something new through a workshop&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;and it all comes together in a single event.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hackathon attracted more than 310 attendees from 13\u202fcolleges and universities, ranging north\u202fto\u00a0the University of British Columbia near Vancouver, Canada, down south to the University of Southern California in\u202fLos Angeles\u00a0and\u00a0as far east as Northeastern University in Boston.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From an app that protects against attacks from AI agents to a browser extension that shows the estimated carbon footprint of online purchases, students completed 70 projects over the course of\u00a0a\u00a0three-day weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0f4c45981bf&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0f4c45981bf\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"33975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/7-hackathon-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"People on a stage.\" class=\"wp-image-33975\" 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As president of the Association for Computing Machinery\u202fat UW Bothell, the club that first started the campus hackathon, Uellenberg was one of this year\u2019s lead organizers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to highlight that UWB Hacks is entirely student-led, and I\u2019m proud of what everyone has been able to accomplish,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve\u202fhad so much fun working with and learning from everyone who helped make this hackathon a success.\u202fThey\u2019re\u202fsuch incredibly talented people who have poured their time into UWB Hacks alongside their classes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student\u00a0teams\u00a0submitted\u00a0projects across three tracks: Cities &amp; Societies, Human Experience and Avanade Business Solutions (sponsored by longtime hackathon community partner, Avanade). Winners\u00a0in\u00a0each track were able to select from a curated set of prize options with a total value of up to $2,400.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Uellenberg\u2019s favorite projects was Gridlock, a spatial simulation platform that helps city planners untangle transit networks and predict foot-traffic dispersion. It was a finalist for the Cities &amp; Societies prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs someone who frequently rides the light rail, this is near and dear to my heart, and it\u2019s wonderful seeing students combining mathematical modeling with visualizations that are accessible to those without that background,\u201d he said. \u201cBridging this gap is critical for officials to make informed decisions, and this project executed it exceptionally.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0f4c459afc8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0f4c459afc8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" 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children<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human Experience track\u2019s\u00a0winning project was\u202fRoRadar, a tool to help combat online child grooming and predation on Roblox, a popular online gaming platform. RoRadar\u202flets parents access their children\u2019s Roblox activity to view connections and experiences marked as suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew talking about child safety could be a good topic,\u201d said Arianajoy De Castro, a UW Bothell sophomore majoring in Applied Computing who was\u00a0on the winning team. \u201cAll three of us had been super into Roblox as kids, but we knew there had been a lot of stories of creeps taking advantage of children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Roblox,\u00a0those\u00a0younger than 13 account for 35% of age-checked daily active users, while another 38% are ages 13 to 17. \u201cAfter looking into it deeper, we realized how big the problem actually was and noticed that Roblox had done little to nothing to combat it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s how\u202fRoRadar\u202fcame to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app\u202fprovides parents with a structured snapshot of public risk signals for the accounts it screens \u2014 flagging 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The\u00a0dual-sided infrastructure scanning platform\u00a0allows both personal users and business professionals to find structural damage to homes and buildings through different scanning functions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users can choose between four different scanning types:\u00a0terahertz, hyperspectral, thermal infrared and a comprehensive scan that combines all methods into one full diagnostic report. 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