Past CCIC Winners
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has partnered with the National Science Foundation to host the annual Community College Innovation Challenge since 2015. Please see below for press release, articles, and videos from past events to learn more about the competition and the types of projects represented.
PRESS RELEASES
2025 CCIC
AACC, NSF Announce Winning Teams of 2025 Community College Innovation Challenge
AACC, NSF Announce 12 Student Teams to Advance to Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
2024 CCIC
AACC, NSF Announce Winning Teams of 2024 Community College Innovation Challenge
AACC, NSF Announce 12 Student Teams to Advance to 2024 Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
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
ARTICLES
2025 CCIC
Wildfires inspire students’ STEM innovations (6/12/2025)
Snapshots: The 2025 CCIC poster showcase (6/12/2025)
12 student teams named CCIC finalists (4/29/2025)
Different approaches to CCIC mentoring (3/9/2025)
How one college became a CCIC finalist twice (2/3/2025)
Seeking student innovators (1/22/2025)
2024 CCIC
Students pitch their passion projects (6/13/2024)
12 Student teams named as CCIC Finalists (April 29, 2024)
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)
Competition fosters STEM ideas to address real world problems (1/16/2023)
SUBMISSION VIDEOS
2025 CCIC Finalist Teams
Bergen Community College, NJ
Project: Pop-Up Hydroponic Farms Made from Recycled Materials
Coalinga College, CA
Project: The Dream Team Burn Care Innovation
Dallas College, TX
Project: Team AVIADAR – Alerts VIA Detection and Ranging
Des Moines Area Community College, IA
Project: Smart Tapering Vaporizer with AI-Coaching – AI-CQD
Henry Ford College, MI
Project: SunSync – Smart Blind System for Comfort and Energy Saving
Holyoke Comunity College, MA
Project: Green Computer Processing – Reducing Data Energy Consumption
Houston Community College, TX
Project: The NanoSense Mask
Irvine Valley College, CA
Project: Defend LA – Automatic Fire Prevention System
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, VA
Project: Automated Street-Cleaning Robot
Middlesex Community College, MA
Project: InSight
Perimeter College at Georgia State University, GA (video not available)
Project: RoyaNest – Neonatal Thermoregulation Made Simple
Tulsa Community College, OK
Project: Portal – An Integrated Drone Delivery Solution
2024 CCIC Finalist Teams
Coalinga College, CA
Project: Got Calcium: The New Battery Innovation
Columbus State Community College, OH
Project: Aquavive’s Ripple Effect: Transforming Water Protection
County College of Morris, NJ
Project: Using Molecular Solar Thermal Systems as a Solar Alternative
Dallas College, TX
Project: Autonomous Monitoring for Blaze Emergency Response (AMBER)
Henry Ford College, MI
Project: Stay Vigilant with Source Alert
Houston Community College, TX
Project: The MaxCap Supercapacitor
Hudson County Community College, NJ
Project: S.E.E. (Sound Enabled Emplacement)
Itawamba Community College, MS
Project: ViruShield: Next-Generation Care for HIV Patients
Perimeter College at Georgia State University, GA
Project: Gorginea Care
Red Rocks Community College, CO
Project: Bloom Buster
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, AS
Project: IntelliCline – Smart Ramp
Virginia Western Community College, VA
Project: Plastic Up Cycling
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