On Saturday April 8th 2017, students gathered to participate in MindHack, an event focused on tackling mental health issues along with a variety of mental health focused activities in Hunt Library and on Centennial campus. Participants were split into teams and came up with a solution to a case study related to mental health. They spent the day developing an idea that they later presented in front of a panel of judges, competing for a series of prizes given to the first and second place teams. Before teams began brainstorming their product to help the subject of the case study, a fictional character in college struggling with depression and anxiety, they were guided through the innovative process by team members* of Paradigm Innovation + Design, a Raleigh-based company.The winning team created an idea for a app called First Step that provided gamified way to keep track of the user’s mental health. Spondon Kundu, a graduate student studying electrical engineering, Sriya Madapusi Vasudevan, a junior studying computer science, Elizabeth Alberto, a junior studying computer science, and Eman Alhajji, a junior studying materials science and engineering, received the grand prize and the opportunity to develop their idea with advice and consultation from Paradigm Innovation + Design
To learn more about our innovative solution, please view our google slides