is teaming up with the to inspire solutions to Lake Erie鈥檚 biggest problems.
The university helped launch today, a competition which will feature teams of coders, developers, engineers and water experts who will participate in a series of hack-a-thons.
The teams will come up with ideas or 鈥渉acks鈥� to solve Lake Erie problems like and .
Sandra Morgan is the communications director at Kent State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥淚t is identifying the next generation of engineers, scientists and creative thought leaders that are really interested in water and the role that water plays in every aspect of our lives.鈥�
The winners of the event will be announced during a two-day Cleveland summit in May and will receive $100,000 in prizes and startup assistance for their ideas.