MUDAC 2018


The Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition was held April 7-8, 2018 on the WSU campus.

MUDAC 2018 Quick Facts
  • About 130 students from all over the Midwest participated; they represented over 20 universities
  • About 20 academic advisers assisted the teams, volunteered to judge, etc.
  • About 40 working professional assisted with judging of the outcomes
  • Just short of 10 organizations participated in the job/internship fair
MUDAC 2018 Outcomes
  • WSU was able to bring three teams to MUDAC 2018.
  • There were 35 teams total – the top teams from Round #1 judging move into Round #2.  Two WSU teams made it to Round #2.  
  • Outcomes:  WSU Team 05 took FIRST PLACE OVERALL!  WSU Team 26 made it to round #2 but did not place.  WSU Team 12 was ranked #7 (out of 35), and just narrowly missed making it into Round #2.
WSU Teams
  • WSU Team 05 (1st place overall): Bradley Erickson; Uzma Ghanzanfar; Brad Hennes; Jimmy Hickey
  • WSU Team 26 (Top 5 finish): Thomas Gathje; Stacey Miertschin; Austin Ellingworth; Dalton Wardell
  • WSU Team 12 (7th place out of 35 teams): Kapil Khanal; David Stampley Jr; Mariah Quam; Reagan Buske