Tech Allies, Cincinnati, and the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, held a two-day, mobile app development contest for the students at OU in March. The event challenged students to apply creative thinking, diverse collegial studies, and industry knowledge to develop an innovative mobile app for oil and gas companies.
During the event, 24 Hours of Mobile Innovation – Oil & Gas, students broke into small teams and were given 24 hours to brainstorm, research, design, develop, and present a mobile app to a panel of judges and mentors from sponsoring oil and gas companies. Industry specialists from sponsoring companies ConocoPhillips, Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Phillips66, Devon Energy, and Tech Allies mentored students as ideas flowed through their pipelines. Cash prizes were awarded to winning teams as well as invitations. The first and second place teams were invited to present their ideas at Devon Energy and Love’s, respectively.
Tech Allies and OU both have strong ties in the oil and gas industry and thought the event was a great fit to come together and use those ties to co-innovate for the future of mobility in the industry, the university, and students.
