The three-day event will be held from Friday, February 28 – Sunday, March 2, 2025. It begins at 5:00 pm MST on Friday, February 28, and concludes on Sunday, March 2, with final presentations in the morning and prizes awarded in the afternoon.
DASSH (Designing Actionable Solutions for a Secure Homeland) Student Design Challenge
Register for this Event Student teams will compete against other universities in the 3-day DASSH (Designing Actionable Solutions for a Secure Homeland) student design challenge. This annual event is co-sponsored by SENTRY and fellow Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE).
Teams will be presented with real-world problem scenarios related to homeland security and this year’s theme, “Security in an AI World.”
Subject matter experts mentor student teams as they design, build, and implement innovative solutions. Unlike other hackathons that focus on coding, this challenge emphasizes finding real solutions, regardless of the medium in which those solutions happen to be.
To conclude the event, proposed solutions will be presented to Department of Homeland Security leadership, and cash prizes will be awarded to the top teams.
Graduate and undergraduate students affiliated with SENTRY, CAOE, SENTRY partner institutions, or CAOE academic partners are invited to participate.