Tikkun Olam Makers, the student organization for which Dr. Davami is the faculty advisor and Jesse Park is the president, just hosted the first-ever Pitch-a-thon on March 1st, 2025, in collaboration with The Cube, The Kennemer Center, Innovate Alabama, and The Engineering Entrepreneurship Program! Working solo or in up to teams of 5, participants were given 5 different case studies of people with disabilities and had 2.5 hours to ideate a solution to help one of them. Participants presented their ideas to judges with a mix of presentation slides and prototypes. With access to monitors, craft supplies, and whiteboards, groups had a plentitude of resources to ideate — one group even 3D printed a part during their presentation time! Congratulations to the top 3 teams that won $500 in prize money along with their very own plaques!
