CrisisHack- 9th EmP Hackfest

CrisisHack was hosted at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in 2025 from September 6th to September 7th. It was our ninth event.

The theme was: Develop a solution that supports natural disaster relief and recovery.

There were 42 participants, making up 12 teams

CrisisHack Devpost

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The 9th EmP Hackfest has concluded!

Thank you so much for everyone who competed, judged, or volunteered!

Keynote Speaker - Stanley Chan

Thank you to our Keynote Speaker!

Stanley Chan is a renowned award winning science fiction author, particularly for The Waste Tide and his acclaimed short stories. This video was played during the opening ceremony of CrisisHack.

Project Winners

Room 1

1st Place - Team 2B

Emily Ma, Ella Su, Navya Bhandari, Riya Kulkarni, Jennifer Gao

2nd Place - Team 1E

Ameer Mohammad, Nikhil Vinent, Isa Rashid

3rd Place - Team 2E

Sean Liu, Jerry Zhang, Harry Yang

Room 2

1st Place - Team 3B

Alan Zhang, Richard Zhai, Alexander Yu

2nd Place - Team 3C

Jeffrey Luo, Nithilan Selvakumar, Felix Pang, Ryan Tang

3rd Place - Team 2A

Hongyu Zhu, Eason Liu, Mark Liu

Sponsor Awards

Be(a)st Solvers, sponsored by AoPS Bellevue and Redmond Academies

Team 3E

Hugo Huang, Varshith Reddy Satti, Ishan Sharma, Tejas Panja

Best Presentation

Team 1C

Tyler Ortiz, Dylan Ortiz, Parnitha Parachuri, Zeyu Li

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