Datathon Events and Participants

First Place ( Data Cats Team)

The DataCats team of Insiya Raja, Jeeya Tanna, Luci Ngui, & Chioma Akaluso were awarded first place for their presentation: Identifying Higher Education Growth Hubs in Texas: What Drives Their Success?

Second Place ( Arjun Gyawali )

Arjun Gyawali presented his project: A Data-Driven Investigation of Gender Bias in Academic Promotions

Third Place ( Bias Busters )

The Bias Busters team of Sumit Sah, Pujan Lamsal, Shreejal Bhattarai, and Samrakshan Rijal presented a project called: Behind the Ratings: Investigating Biases in the Student Evaluation on Rate My Professor.

First Place ( The Dorminator Team )

The Dorminator team of Saksham Adhikari, Kusum Bhattarai Sharma, Ajay Bethireddy, and  Raghav Ojhi presented a project called: Optimizing Parking at TXST: Identifying Ideal Locations and Smart Allocation Strategies.

Second Place ( The Bonsai Team )

The Bonsai team of Ragib Shahariar Ayon, Abdullah Al Safi, and Vaseem Ahmed presented a project titled: Suicide Prevalence in the US: Identifying Risk Factors and Taking Data Driven Decisions.

Third Place ( DataWiz Team )

The DataWiz team of Heali Mehta, Raj Dudhat, Dikshya Gurung, and Marwa Azizi presented on Geospatial Insights for Spatial Distribution of Healthcare Facilities.

Undergraduate Student Group Competitors

• Ashis Shrestha
• Aayush Raj Sah
• Ritiz Adhikari
• Yugesh Bhattra
• Bala Parthasarathy
• Swathi Vallabhaneni
• Ashley Villareal
• Angela Noronha
• Nikola  Markovic
• Troy Eloff
• Pilar Valdez
• Prashant Panta
• CJ Faircloth
• Ryan Fitzgerald
• Sapnil Basnet
• Saurav Rijal

Graduate Student Group Competitors

• Ana Zia
• Muazz Alam
• Yahya Bhara
• Zunain Nazir
• Levina Owusu
• Saumya Talla
• Joseph Mallari
• Sam Arshad
• Mayesha Maliha Rahman Mithila
• Md Shahriar Kabir
• Yamini Gaddeti
• Akshitha Addagtla

First Place ( Jennifer Gross and Max Garza )

The team of Jennifer Gross & Max Garza selected the Educational Technology challenge topic and presented: Educational Technology Resources, Challenges, And Effects on Student Learning in K-12 Schools.

Second Place ( James Pavlicek )

James Pavlicek selected the Open Data Solutions for Bobcat Community challenge topic and presented: Analyzing Texas State Public Universities Retention Rate.

Third Place ( Taylor Ranson and Evan Ortiz )

The team of Evan Ortiz and Taylor Ranson chose the Open Data Solutions for Bobcat Community topic and presented: From Texas to the Cosmos: The James Webb Telescope, Open Source, and the Bobcat's Stellar Journey.

• Shivendra Bhagat 
• Samrakshan Rijal 
• Shreejal Bhattarai 
• Sumit Sah 
• Ashley Ogbolu 
• Emily Guajardo 
• Blessing Adeyinka
• Ryan Faxigue 
• Diego Lechuga 
• Chioma Akaluso 
• Alex Syzov 
• Kusum Bhattarai Sharma 
• Saksham Adhikari 
• Bonny Amin