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Winner of Rep. Carney’s app challenge to be named at Feb. 18 Tech Meetup

Seventeen high school students are vying for a win.

Remember the app challenge from Rep. John Carney (D-Del.) for high school students? (To recap, he invited Delaware teens to submit apps they’ve developed, and the winning one will be featured on the U.S. House of Representatives’ website and in a U.S. Capitol exhibit.)
The time has come for him to announce a winner, and that’ll happen at next week’s Delaware Tech Meetup, Feb. 18 at the coIN Loft.
http://www.meetup.com/Delaware-Tech-Meetup/events/221498787/
Rep. Carney’s office received 13 applications from 17 students (there was a team of four on one project), said Albert Shields, a Carney spokesman. He said all students involved have been invited, and some of the pitch videos they had to submit will be shown at the meetup.
A panel of judges chose the winning app based on a number of criteria, Shields said, including the quality of the idea and its implementation, and the technical background of their creation. They’ve been invited to the meetup as well.
The judges:

  • James Collins, Delaware chief information officer
  • Dennis DeBevec, director of technology, Cyberwolf Software, Inc.
  • Mike Derins, CEO, The Archer Group
  • Dan Freeman, director, Horn Program in Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware
  • Todd Miller, chief experience officer, The Archer Group
  • Mona Parikh, adjunct professor, Horn Program in Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware
  • Sandeep Patel, associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware
  • Dana Rohrbough, Delaware Department of State
  • Rick Sommer, president, Intellitec Solutions
Companies: The Loft

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