Engineering Students in IIT CEO Group Successful in Innovation Competitions

The Illinois Tech Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) student group has announced the accomplishments of its members in innovation and entrepreneurship competitions. Two Armour College of Engineering student entrepreneurs have won competitions through the organization.

Sufian Kaki Aslam (M.S. EE candidate) won the Derby Hacks competition in April of this year. At the competition Aslam and his team developed a health monitoring platform that allows patients to connect with healthcare professionals remotely. The group was able to wire up a device that measure a person's vital signs and uploads the data to the cloud.

Corey Hornbeck (BME, 4th year) won a competition run by the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers – Regional Leadership Program. Hornbeck and his team we charged with creating a device that integrates a historical lesson with a scientific principle targeted at students between fourth and sixth grade. They designed an educational, electronic board game that teaches the history of circuits while participants build their own circuits.

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