Five Wichita State University student teams are competing in the final round of the
Koch Innovation Challenge from 9-10:45 a.m. Friday, May 10, in Room 338 of the Experiential
Engineering Building.
Media are welcome to attend.
The business pitch competition, sponsored by Koch Industries, is an annual competition
supporting the WSU College of Engineering in fostering a culture of creativity, innovation,
entrepreneurship and teamwork among students. Cross-disciplinary teams of new freshmen
and transfer students studying engineering, art and design, business and other disciplines
compete for funding and scholarships to invent products and technologies via a freshman
introductory course.
Friday's event is the subsequent and final competition as part of the course. It determines
which team will be awarded a travel grant to attend the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs'
Organization Conference next semester and compete in the Global Pitch Competition.
In addition to the naming of the overall winning team, the People’s Choice Vote team
will be crowned. This team was selected by the community through an online voting
portal and receive an extra judge’s vote during the Grand Champion Competition.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:
9-10:15 a.m. Big Idea Pitch to judges -- The five multidisciplinary teams have eight minutes to
pitch their big idea to judges 10:15-10:45 a.m. Judges deliberate 10:45 a.m. Awards Ceremony and winning team announced
The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the
greater public good. Wichita State is a doctoral research university enrolling nearly
15,000 students and offering 59 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas
of study in seven undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers 45 master's and
12 doctoral degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas. Wichita State's Innovation
Campus is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories and mixed-use
areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and businesses have access to
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