WELCOME TO THE Product Redesign CHALLENGE

Welcome to the Spring 2025 Product Redesign Challenge! The top Cornerstone Design I teams (as picked in preliminary in-class competitions across 30 sections) showcased their final solutions and competed for prizes in an in-person digital poster pitch competition. The semester’s problem was “Personal, User Group, Community Product Redesign” where we were seeking opportunities to to make existing stuff more useful to more people and less wasteful. Consider opportunities to identify problems with currently available, in need, defunct, or in use products in any community or user group, be it in personal, local, regional, or global settings. With emphases on social dimensions of the problem and the socio-technical intersection, the brunt of solutions are technical in nature, but may touch on any technical field: electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental, computer science, chemical, geological, materials, mining, industrial, etc. (read the full Call For Proposals here).

Teams compete for cash prizes, including a special Subject Matter Expert Pick. Below you can see the grand prize winning teams as well as all of our finalists. Check out their poster presentations next to the team information below. For more information on Design I, click here.

THE WINNING TEAMS

1ST PLACE: yhealth

Problem Statement: How might we improve the effectiveness of traditional health education in the US?

Team Members: Renn Gilbert, Jaylene Khourn, Matthew Xiong, and Anthony Xu

Instructor: Jack Bringardner, Section M2

2ND PLACE: Team UnFourGettable

Problem Statement: How might we prevent cross contamination in public restrooms?

Team Members: Liam Holan, Nina House, Ivan Lopez Rubio, and Misha Sosin

Instructor: Donna Bodeau, Section C2

2nd PLACE: ReForm

Problem Statement: How might we create a more accessible way for both beginners and experienced gym-goers to learn proper techniques to avoid common exercise mistakes and reduce injury?

Team Members: Sophia Harper, Grace Luka, Noah Warren, Cody Wyman, and Jin Kim

Instructor: Cindy Athanasiou, Section K1

SME AWARD: Jumping Frogs

Problem Statement: Hear and Now: How might we improve the sound selection and accessibility of hearing aids to encourage their usage?

Team Members: Andrew Morrissey, Logan Bliss, Wyatt Kalish, Michelle Lau, and Victoria Wilson

Instructor: Kate Youmans, Section J1

THE FINALISTS

More information on all of the finalists coming soon!