Competition
ASU Energy Hackathon
Twenty-four hours, four tracks, and real challenge statements from people working in the industry. Students from any major build something that works, then defend it in front of judges on Sunday morning. The chapter ran the first one in April 2026 with the IEEE, ASME and Robotics student organizations.
01/The 2026 event
How it ran
- When
- 18–19 April 2026, from 10:00 AM Saturday
- Where
- EDC 117, ASU Tempe campus
- Format
- 24 hours, prototype-first, overnight room closure
- Tracks
- Four, with industry challenge statements
- Run with
- IEEE, ASME and Robotics at ASU
- Food
- Lunch Saturday, brunch during judging Sunday
02/Tracks
Four ways in
Teams declare a track and work against a challenge statement written by someone who deals with that problem for a living. You do not need to arrive with a team or an idea.
AI for Energy
Forecasting, optimisation and decision support — anywhere a model can do something a spreadsheet cannot.
Software for Energy
Tools for the people who run energy systems: monitoring, dispatch, markets, reporting.
Hardware for Energy
Something you can put on a table. Sensing, power electronics, storage, a working rig.
Energy Efficiency
Buildings and industry — auditing, retrofits, controls, and the unglamorous savings that add up.
03/The next one
How to be part of it
If you study here
Dates for the next hackathon go on the events page and to the chapter Discord first. Any major, any year — the strongest teams in 2026 were the mixed ones.
If you work in the industry
Set a challenge statement, judge, mentor for an evening, or back the prize fund. Partner with us sets out what that looks like, or write to aeeasustudentchapter@gmail.com.
Join
You do not need an energy background. You need to be interested.
Undergraduates, graduate students and PhD students from any major are welcome — engineering, sustainability, business, computing, science, policy. Show up to one thing and see whether it is for you.