The Shobe Prize for dub Entrepreneurs
Discover | Design | Develop
The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) is pleased to announce the second annual design competition for the Shobe Prize.
Student teams competing will submit a proposal for a tech-focused or software-based design project to a panel of judges in winter quarter 2012. The winning design could be a web service, mobile device app, or another service for personal computing and communications.
Judges will select a winning student team that receives $10,000, office space, and one-on-one mentorship for three months over the summer, in order to develop their project into a prototype and a sales pitch.
At the end of the summer, students will have the opportunity to pitch their idea to a judging panel of professors and industry representatives. The student team will benefit by receiving guidance and mentoring, getting professional feedback on their final presentation, and having the opportunity to take their idea to the next step toward realization as a product.
| Phase 1. Start with your group’s awesome idea. Develop the idea into a proposed project. Submit your group’s proposal to the Shobe Prize committee by December 9, 2011. Pitch your proposal to the judges in January 2012. You are the winner! Receive $10,000, office space, and one-on-one mentoring from faculty and industry in Summer 2012. |
| Phase 2. Spend the summer developing your group's project idea. Demo your hard work to the judging panel at summer's end—get guidance on commercializing your product for real! |
Eligibility: All matriculated (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD) students enrolled in classes in any of the UW departments involved in dub
Deadline: December 9, 2011
The application for the Shobe Prize is now closed. Thank you for your interest.
Download a PDF of the contest announcement [PDF, 600 KB]
Contest Judges
- James Fogarty, Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
- Beth Kolko, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
- Matt Shobe, Chief Design Officer, BigDoor.com
- Jennifer Turns, Associate Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Discover your
entrepreneurial side
Design something new
for the tech world
Develop your design into a sales pitch & prototype
About Matt Shobe
Matt Shobe, Human Centered Design & Engineering alumnus, graduated with a Master’s of Science in Technical Communication (now called HCDE) in 1996. He is currently Chief Design Officer at bigdoor.com, a Seattle startup. Matt has also served as a mentor to Seattle-area startups in the 2010 TechStars and Startup Weekend programs.
