IT Quackathon

The CIO Advisory Committee and the Division of Information Technology are hosted a Quackathon during the Spring 2025 semester.  

What is the Quackathon? 

The Quackathon brings elements of a traditional hackathon and innovation expo together. Students formed a team to solve a Stevens centric problems with Microsoft AI technology. 

Quackathon Teams

Debugging Ducks – 1st Place Winner 

Ru Jia, Nuoyi Pei, Bin Xiao, Saud Millwala, Yian Chen 

“Our solution to navigate Stevens' digital platforms was combining software engineering with the Azure AI Foundry that streamlines a number of administrative tasks so students can easily retrieve user's course data from Canvas or Workday, auto-directed to designated Workday locations, and answer and analyze specific Stevens' course queries,  all in one convenient browser extension chatbot so you can use those services anytime you’re on the web.” 

DuckOps – 2nd Place Winner 

Aditya Champaneri, Rushi Lunagariya, Charmil Patel, Nikhil Shihora 

“DuckBOT is a multi-agent AI assistant designed to help students at Stevens Institute of Technology navigate campus life with ease. It features dedicated agents for handling admissions, faculty and research inquiries, resume and interview prep, and general campus questions. The system delivers accurate, student-focused responses while ensuring sensitive topics are flagged and routed appropriately. DuckBOT aims to offer seamless, accessible 24/7 support for both international and domestic students.” 

Error 200: All’s Well – 3rd Place Winner 

Arun Kashyap, Sai Preetham Pamisetty Chandrashekhar, Vrushali Khatane, Foram Panchal, Rohit Tiwari 

“CampusCalm is your AI-powered companion, designed to turn college chaos into clarity—helping Stevens students navigate stress, build resilience, and find balance every day. We believe the best solutions come from collaboration, and we joined Quackathon to build something impactful together.” 

Geomancers 

Yasaswini Vasireddy, Kamakshi Padma Vritika Mandapaka, Siddharth Raju Vysyaraju, Sriharsha Chinta, Vidhi Kansara 

“We’re excited to share SmartCampus, an AI-powered mobile app designed to enhance campus life at Stevens Institute of Technology. The solution includes 3D campus navigation, a smart shuttle booking system with a queue that allows students to pre-book 2.5 hours in advance, and an integrated emergency contact feature for improved student safety and convenience. Our goal is to help students move smarter, safer, and faster across campus.” 

Team Lost

Jaden Fernandes, Ryan Vaseem, Ryan Raymundo, Harishan Amirthanathan, Zaid Kaz

"A personalized guide to social outings and events on-campus, in Hoboken, and NYC—helping you find activities and match with friends for your next adventure."

Crazy Coders 

Siddharth Upadhyay, Shubham Jain, Hena Kharwa, Prutha Trivedi

“Our project, AI Connect, is an AI-powered alumni engagement system designed to help institutions build lasting and meaningful relationships with their alumni. By leveraging AI for intelligent profiling and segmentation, the system enables personalized communication, automated job and mentorship matching, and predictive research funding campaigns. It’s built using a robust tech stack including React, Node.js, Python, and Azure OpenAI. The solution empowers institutions to boost donations, strengthen alumni networks, and enhance engagement through real-time insights.” 

The AI Ducklings

Noor Kanaan, Sankalp Khira , Elina Rezaeian, Amy Arias Ramirez

"A personalized study plan and to-do list that syncs Canvas assignments with Google Calendar, Google Sheets, and Notion—designed to create a smarter, stress-free way to stay on top of your work."

Data-Driven Ducks

Olajide Yusuf, Yogarajan Sivakumar, Nicholas Ofoe, Longzhao Gong, Shrishgovind Revankar

"An intelligent system that analyzes student responses alongside Stevens' curriculum, alumni insights, and faculty expertise to provide tailored academic and career guidance. It will recommend majors, courses, projects, and tasks aligned with students' career and life goals. Ultimately, the system may be integrated into DuckLink, Canvas, and Workday as a personalized chatbot for seamless support."

The Backpropagators

Priyank Shah, Harshil Patel, Tanishq Jain

"An AI-Powered Virtual Academic Advisor that will provide personalized course recommendations, study strategies, and career guidance for Stevens students using NLP and ML algorithms. Integrated with Stevens' academic systems, the tool will evolve alongside each student’s academic journey to enhance success in line with the Stevens 2032 vision."