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Oppit: Fall 2025 Burton D. Morgan Finalist
Oppit placed second in Purdue's Fall 2025 Burton D. Morgan Venture Concept Competition with a low-cost approach to monitoring legacy manufacturing equipment.
Historical finalist profile — Fall 2025. This page was published in 2026 from founder and competition sources.
Oppit placed second and won $7,000.
Team: Liam Scherb and Quinten Lane
What Oppit was building
Purdue's competition recap describes the Fall 2025 pitch as a low-cost wireless sensor plus real-time data dashboard for mid-sized manufacturers, designed to bring legacy machines online for visibility, predictive maintenance, and labor optimization.
Liam Scherb's post after the final describes the same core problem and adds founder context around reducing unplanned downtime and supporting pilot deployments.
That framing is specific: the team was not selling "IoT" in the abstract; it was addressing downtime and retrofit cost.
Why the concept stood out
Oppit's value proposition combined:
- compatibility with existing equipment;
- lower-cost deployment than major retrofits; and
- useful real-time operating visibility.
Scherb's result post also referenced manufacturers supporting pilot deployments, indicating the team was already working beyond classroom-only validation.
Sources
- Liam Scherb's second-place announcement
- Purdue's 37th competition recap
- Purdue Fall 2025 final event