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[Media Alert] 2016 Solve for Tomorrow Pitch Event
3/8/2016
As one of 15 National Finalist schools the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, students from Brooklyn Technical High School in New York, Alison Collard and Benjamin Spiegel, present their smart watch app that warns pedestrians of oncoming traffic to a panel of judges on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the contest’s Pitch Event at Samsung 837 in New York.
WHAT:
Students and teachers from 15 public schools across the nation will convene at the brand new Samsung 837 in the Meatpacking District to pitch their STEM-driven community-building ideas to a live panel of judges. From outfitting wounded warriors with prosthetics to filtering contaminated drinking water, these students and teachers are tackling big problems. They represent the 15 National Finalist schools in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest – a competition that challenges students and teachers to tap into their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills to innovate a solution to an issue affecting their communities.
Selected from more than 4,100 applicants nationwide, each school has spent the past several months planning and executing their projects. The 15 National Finalists will present their projects to judges on Tuesday, March 15 for a chance to be named one of five National Winners and receive an estimated $120,000 in technology. Three grand prize winners will be chosen by the judge’s panel; a fourth will be chosen by Samsung employees; and a fifth, the Community Choice Award winner, will be determined by a public vote on Twitter and Instagram. Online voting is open until 11:59 p.m. ET April 1, 2016.
WHO:
Event attendees and participants available for interviews include:
- National Finalist students and teachers (available March 14 through March 16)
- Ann Woo, Director of Corporate Citizenship, Samsung Electronics America
- Bree Falato, Manager of the Solve for Tomorrow contest
WHEN:
Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2016, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
(NOTE: Recommended time for best photo opportunities is 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
WHERE:
Samsung 837 (837 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014)
MEDIA RSVP:
Please RSVP to SamsungSFT@allisonpr.com by Friday, Mar. 11, 2016.
FINALIST AND PROJECT DETAILS:
| School | City, State | Project Overview + Video |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County High School | Moulton, Ala. | To save the local bee population, students designed bee hives that remove harmful pathogens from bees as they enter (video) |
| Mission Valley ROP/ James Logan High School | Freemont, Calif. | Countering the cost to charge Electric Vehicles (EVs), students designed a solar charging station in the U.S. city with the most EVs (video) |
| Horizon Middle School | Aurora, Colo. | Designed prosthetic enhancements for a local wounded veteran in the community (video) |
| Northeast High School | Oakland Park, Fla. | In response to the number of deaths due to dangerous rip currents, the school created a rip current detection system (video) |
| Anoka Middle School for the Arts | Anoka, Minn. | Used donated materials to construct tiny homes for the 1,000+ homeless youth in the community (video) |
| Ridgewood Middle School | Arnold, Mo. | Reinforced cardboard to make stable classroom furniture for elementary school students with disabilities (video) |
| South Jones Elementary | Ellisville, Miss. | To counter the problem of cars running stop signs attached to school buses, students implement an alarm system that warns riders of oncoming traffic (video) |
| East Duplin High School | Beulaville, N.C. | To mitigate invasive species in local waterways, students designed a boat washing system with an automated sensor (video) |
| Dr. Michael Conti School PS5 | Jersey City, N.J. | To reduce the amount of pollutants entering the school from idling cars, students created a magnetic window screen (video) |
| Brooklyn Technical High School | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Responding to deaths from car accidents, students created a smart watch app that warns of oncoming traffic (video) |
| Wewoka Middle School | Wewoka, Okla. | Due to a need for clean water, students designed a cost-efficient water filtration system for a small community (video) |
| East Greenwich High School | East Greenwich, R.I. | To counter the use of and litter from plastic materials, students engineered biodegradable plastics from renewable sources (video) |
| Loudoun Valley High School | Purcellville, Va. | Due to hikers getting lost or injured with no cell reception, students designed a wireless, solar-powered and weatherproof safety alert system for a hiking trail (video) |
| Waterville High School | Waterville, Wash. | For snow and ice safety, students developed a solar-powered heated sidewalk system (video) |
| Lincoln Middle School | Kenosha, Wis. | Due to rock salt harming the local ecosystem, students researched alternative methods to melt ice on the roads (video) |
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