For two decades, the Innovation Days competition allowed hundreds of UW-Madison undergraduates to express their ingenuity. Students amazed competition audiences with their outstanding ideas, prototypes and presentation skills. The College of Engineering would like to sincerely thank alumnus Richard Schoofs (BSChE '53), for his creativity and generosity in sponsoring the annual Schoofs Prize for Creativity; and the Tong Family Foundation, Peter (MSEE ’65) and Janet (MS ’65) Tong for their generous support of the Tong Prototype Prize.
The Schoofs Prize provides a platform whereby undergraduate students are encouraged to explore/conduct self-directed research, outside the classroom environment. Students are encouraged to exploit, on their own and with complete freedom, the array of talent and resources that are so readily available to them. The intent is to awaken students to the potential embedded in their own talent, and thereby encourage creativity and entrepreneurship.