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The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) held the 2023 and 2022 CCIC competitions as in-person events and the 2021 CCIC as a virtual competition. Prior to 2021, the CCIC was held from 2015-2018 managed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with AACC.
Please see below for photos and articles from past events and to obtain ideas from the types of projects represented.
PRESS RELEASES
2023 CCIC
AACC, NSF Announce Winning Teams of 2023 Community College Innovation Challenge
AACC, NSF Announce 12 Student Teams to Advance to 2023 Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
2022 CCIC
AACC, NSF Announce Winning Teams of 2022 Community College Innovation Challenge
AACC, NSF Announce 12 Student Teams to Advance to Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
ARTICLES
2024 CCIC
PTK Blog Post: PTK Webinar Pitches the Community College Innovation Challenge (02/22/2024)
Snapshots: A look back at CCIC 2023 (02/21/2024)
CCIC can open new paths, opportunities for students (02/12/2024)
‘They can do big things’ (02/5/2024)
Whoop, whoop! Rallying teams to compete in CCIC (01/24/2024)
A call to community college student innovators (1/22/2024)
2023 CCIC
Practical Ideas for Real World Challenges(6/15/2023)
12 Teams Advance to Innovation Challenge Finals (4/26/23)
Championing the Innovation Challenge (2/16/2023)
Phi Theta Kappa blog post — CCIC Lifts 2022 Competitors (2/15/2023)
2022 CCIC
Final pitches and the CCIC winners (6/16/2022)
In Photos: The CCIC Poster Showcase (6/16/2022)
Boot Camp Prepares Teams for Competition (6/13/2022)
In Photos: Opening Day of the Boot Camp(6/13/2022)
12 college teams named CCIC finalists (4/28/2022)
MNT-EC Principal Investigator Is a Fan of the Community College Innovation Challenge (2/7/2022)
CCIC opens opportunities for participants (1/31/2022)
Thumbs up: Mentors recommend CCIC to colleagues (1/31/2022)
Calling Student Innovators (1/16/2022)
Fostering STEM innovations (6/18/2021)
AACC Offers Extraordinary Opportunity for community college Students (PTK Blog)
Finalists selected for Community College Innovation Challenge (5/11/2021)
AACC Launches Community College Innovation Challenge (2/18/2021)
The Community College Innovation Challenge returns (2/17/2021)
SUBMISSION VIDEOS
2023 CCIC Finalist Teams
College: Bergen Community College, NJ
Project: Electric Go-Kart Design Challenge
College: Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY
Project: AgeWell App – An Intelligent Solution for Dementia Care
College: Central Wyoming College, WY
Project: New Voices In Climate
College: Cleveland State Community College, TN
Project: Bottle to Model – PET Plastic Solution
College: Feather River College, CA
Project: Making our MARK with the EVA-I
College: Henry Ford College, MI
Project: Take A Moment to Focus
College: Houston Community College, TX
Project: Project Eagle Rescue
College: Hudson County Community College, NJ
Project: Color Filaments
College: Red Rocks Community College, CO
Project: w(aut)ch
College: Virginia Western Community College, VA
Project: Sort-A-Tab
College: West Hills College Coalinga, CA
Project: Cr-3 Battery
College: Woodland Community College, CA
Project: Location Emitting Emergency Ring
2022 CCIC Finalist Teams
College: Bergen Community College, NJ
Project: ScanCan – The Intelligent Recycling Bin
College: College of Central Florida, FL
Project: True Wireless ECG
College: Columbus State Community College. OH
Project: Columbus Kinesthetics’
College: Des Moines Area Community College, IL
Project: The Social Student
College: Front Range Community College, CO
Project: The Orca Oil-Separating & Bio-Filtration Vessel
College: Linn-Benton Community College, OR
Project: The Portable Air Shield System
College: Middlesex Community College. MA
Project: STEM-finder
College: Ohlone College, CA
Project: Wave Riders
College: Polk State College, FL
Project: Osmotically Reversing the Effects of Microplastics
College: San Antonio College, TX
Project: Ocular Horizon
College: Santa Monica College, CA
Project: Team Antiviral
College: SUNY Orange, NY
Project: Solar Absorption Repository (SAR)
Submission Videos from 2021 CCIC Finalist Teams
College: Austin Community College, TX
Project: OASIS – Officer Aptitude & Stress Information System
College: Bergen Community College, NJ
Project: Electric Vehicle Conversion Project
College: Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY
Project: Designing VR Application for Autistic Children
College: Columbus State Community College, OH
Project: Greenago – Turning Colleges Green
College: Henry Ford College, MI
Project: Maskkito: A Sleek Nano Cleanser Mask
College: Itawamaba Community College, MS
Project: Achelous
College: Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, IN
Project: ViruScan – The Pandemic Defender
College: Johnson County Community College, KS
Project: Increased Accessibility for Mobility Device Users
College: Nashua Community College, NH
Project: EnviroMask
College: Pasadena City College, CA
Project: The NanoBio mAB: A Nanoparticle-Antibody Cancer Therapeutic
College: Tarrant County College, TX
Project: In-Hive Mushroom Cultivator
College: Virginia Western Community College, VA
Project: Community Coral Project
Are you a student trying to recruit a team? Are you a faculty member, administrator, family member, or friend of a student who would be perfect for entering the CCIC? Do you attend a college who has a team or teams entering and want to help support your school? Below are some resources that may help you to get the word out.
Download CCIC Flyer (PDF)
Download CCIC Post Card (PDF)
Download Outreach Toolkit (PDF)
Evaluation Resource: The EvaluateUR method enables community colleges to improve student outcomes by incorporating evaluation directly into the undergraduate research process. The method yields:
Evaluate-Compete (E-Compete for short) is one of the EvaluateUR variants. Its outcomes (general and competition-specific) align with the rubrics used during competitions, so adding E-Compete can give your CCIC team a competitive edge. To read more about the method, click here or download the 2024 E-Compete fact sheet.