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Among the many events that marked the IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) honor society’s 120th anniversary last year was its first international hackathon. Organized by a group of 10 HKN students and led by recent graduate Christian Winingar from the Gamma Theta chapter at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, the hackathon required more than seven months of planning. The idea originated from students who attended the society’s 2023 Student Leadership Conference to continue fostering international collaboration among the society’s chapters. “It seemed a natural fit to organize it as a way to celebrate the society’s anniversary,” says Serena Canavero, one of the event’s organizers and the 2025 HKN student governor. To tie the hackathon to the establishment of the society, the organizing committee created mathematical and engineering problems around saving the eight founders of HKN from...