Winning Teams

European Champions

Event Project Name University
2016 EU International Champion DysHelper Web Accessibility Testing and Personalisation for Users with Dyslexia Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2015 EU International Champion Accessible SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
2014 EU International Champion PAVE PDF Accessibility Tool ZHAW Zurich University for Applied Sciences, Switzerland
2013 EU International Champion Braille Keyboard for Mobile Devices Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
2012 EU International Champion Accessible Event Guide Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

Asian Champions

Event Project Name University Team Members
Makers Fair 2016 Asia International Champion SpecBuddy IOT-enabled device for blind/low-vision users General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka Perera Hettikankanamlage Pavithra
Gajanayaka Sidath Chandima
Weda Thanthrige Viduranga Lahiru Gunarathne
SS12 2016 Asia International Champion Team IRIS Wearable Haptic Navigation App University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Charith Dushantha Panangala
Kondarage Achintha Iroshan
Hareen Udayanath
Wishwa Perera
SS12 2013 Asia International Champion Voice Operated Chess Srm Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India Kartikk R. Pandian
Anand G.
D. Vydeki (Mentor)

American Champions

Event Project Name University Team Members
SS12 #8 – 2015 Grand Champion StealthFly – Endless Runner Game for Persons with Visual Impairment USC Kate Glazko
Akhilesh Saklecha
Roy Zheng
SS12 #8 – 2015 Campus Champion LightsOut Wearable Tech Game for Persons with Visual and/or Audio Impairment CSUN Shayan Bozorgmehri
Alex Paiva
Jamey Dogom
Collin Cierlak
SS12 #7 – 2014 Campus Champion CareTaker App Medicine Reminder and Fall Detection for the Elderly USC Francesca Nannizzi
Lauren Wong
SS12 #7 – 2014 Grand Champion Camera for the Blind CSUN Kristoffer Larson
Stefan Eng
Leonard Tatum
Noah Anderson
Javier Pimentel
SS12 #7 – 2014 Campus Champion Accessible In-Flight Entertainment System UCLA Howard Lee
Steven Ly
William Seto
Simon Zou
SS12 #6 – 2013 Grand Champion Audio Alert Notifying a Person with Hearing Impairment of Sirens and Smoke Alarms CSUN Kyeong Hoon Jung
Matthew Newbil
Chris Cederstrom
Ismael Gonzalez
Joshua Licudo
SS12 #6 – 2013 Campus Champion Audio Alert Notifying a Person with Hearing Impairment of Sirens and Smoke Alarms USC Cathy Ji
Ruyan Chen
Douglass Chen
SS12 #6 – 2013 Campus Champion Student/Teacher Homework Project Schedule Planner for Students with ADHD UCLA Calvin Chan
Aman Agarwal
James Wu
SS12 #5 – 2012 Grand Champion Dijkstra’s Den Game Escape Room App Using Haptic Feedback (Vibrations) USC Divya Varadarajan
Srikanth Nori
SS12 #5 – 2012 Campus Champion LockPick Mobile Game Using Haptic Feedback (Vibrations) CSUN Norvan Gorgi
SS12 #5 – 2012 Campus Champion Accessible Sudoku with Screen Reader Compatibility UCLA Damon Alexander
Roger Call
Kyle Morton
Maria Pavlovskaia
Inchara Shivalingaiah
SS12 #4 – 2011 Grand Champion Multi-Platform Flashcards CSUN David Brotz
Christopher Cederstrom
Barack Karavani
Hung Quoc Nguyen
Victor Perez
Mesrob Kyurkchan (Mentor)
SS12 #4 – 2011 Campus Champion Mobile Bus Route Tracker USC Ankit Sharma
Nilay Khandelwal
SS12 #4 – 2011 Campus Champion Audio Preview for Venues UCLA Zachary Policzer
Nicholas Wong
Brian Garfinkel
Kevin Takeshita
Jake Stothard
SS12 #3 – 2010 Grand Champion Mobile Currency Reader for Blind/Low-Vision Users UCLA Khai Nguyen
Sky Lin
Matthew Pham
Grace Park
Nishanth Alapati
Tim Carothers
Jeff Wilhelm
SS12 #3 – 2010 Campus Champion Double Dragons – Binary Input on GNOME Caribou Keyboard USC Matthew Michihara
James Myoung
John Kim
Justin Lei
Ben Walker
Michael Wei
SS12 #2 – 2008 Champion Barcode Reader for Blind/Low-Vision Users USC Tom Hauburger
Ritesh Kadmawala
Rajesh Doshi
Darryl Deweese
Taylor Malloy
Michael Crowley (Mentor)
Semester Project – 2008 Champion On-Screen Keyboard with Word Prediction v2.0 USC Brad Fol
David Richardson
Ji Ma
Prateek Tandon
Ruoruo Zhang
Michael Parker (Mentor)
SS12 #1 – 2007 Champion On-Screen Keyboard with Word Prediction USC Nitin Bhatt
Matthew Michihara
Ji Ma
David Luke Richardson
James Myoung
Michael Parker (Mentor)