{"id":15574,"date":"2017-09-27T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T13:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=15574"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:56:52","slug":"picking-up-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/picking-up-steam-samsung-sft-solve-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking up \u2018STEAM\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"press-release-open\">When Grayson Fast<\/span>, a student at Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO, first started working on a school project aimed at designing an artificial limb for a local military veteran, she knew it would have a significant impact on the recipient\u2019s life \u2013 but she didn\u2019t realize it would gain national attention and alter the future of custom prosthetics for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Engineers in the Making: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Winner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yu-klpxzkgU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fast, who is the daughter of\u00a0a veteran, had the opportunity to work with her classmates as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/five-public-schools-using-stem-make-difference-communities-named-winners-samsung-solve-tomorrow-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest<\/a> to design, develop and 3D-print an artificial limb for a local veteran who had lost his leg during service \u2013 a cause that is close to her heart. The hard work of Horizon Middle School paid off, as the class was named a national winner in the contest, leading to a flurry of national attention, a trip to the White House, and an influx of inquiries from outside organizations seeking advice and guidance on how to construct the prosthetic limbs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6606\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/14202718\/5E5A7338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6606\" class=\"wp-image-6606 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/14202718\/5E5A7338-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"From L to R: Simon-Peter Frimpong and Grayson Fast of Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO, present their prosthetic enhancements for local wounded veterans during the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Finalist Pitch Event on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in New York.\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/14202718\/5E5A7338-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/14202718\/5E5A7338-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From L to R: Simon-Peter Frimpong and Grayson Fast of Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO, present their prosthetic enhancements for local wounded veterans during the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Finalist Pitch Event on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in New York.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Originally, I wasn&#8217;t sure what kind of impact this project would have, but when I saw how the community responded to our project, everything changed,&#8221;<strong> Fast explained.<\/strong> &#8220;It&#8217;s been really nice to see all of the work we are doing be recognized and to be able to help improve somebody&#8217;s life. It&#8217;s life-changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When students have the opportunity to witness the positive and direct impact of their project, it inspires enthusiasm for learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest \u2013 it\u2019s more than just a school project,\u201d <strong>said Ann Woo, Director of Corporate Citizenship for Samsung.<\/strong> \u201cIt awakens something deeper in students \u2013 tapping into their natural skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and getting them involved in the local community to reignite their passion for learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15602\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14150344\/pic-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15602\" class=\"wp-image-15602 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14150344\/pic-6-950x530.png\" alt=\"Students of Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO work together to design and 3D-print custom prosthetics\" width=\"730\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14150344\/pic-6-950x530.png 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14150344\/pic-6-600x335.png 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/14150344\/pic-6.png 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO work together to design and 3D-print custom prosthetics.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/tag\/solve-for-tomorrow-sft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Solve for Tomorrow contest<\/a>, now in its eighth year, made the shift last year from STEM to STEAM to encourage student involvement and creative problem solving. By increasing the emphasis on STEAM, Solve for Tomorrow is helping schools recognize the strong connection across academic subjects, while addressing the growing chasm between education and career opportunities. With the inclusion of art, STEAM subjects are more approachable to students, allowing them the freedom to imagine, create, and explore different outcomes. This engages the larger student body \u2013 beyond the math-minded individuals \u2013 and unites students of all skill levels to rally together for a greater cause.<\/p>\n<p>With a focus on the arts, students competing in the Solve for Tomorrow contest experience hands-on learning and create tangible solutions that will have a lifelong impact on both the students and the larger community. As Horizon Middle School proved, one small school project has the potential to snowball into ideas that inspire future advancement, and our future scientists, technologists, engineers, artists, and mathematicians truly have the power to create meaningful change in the world.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest or to apply online, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/solve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.samsung.com\/solve<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Grayson Fast, a student at Horizon Middle School in Aurora, CO, first started working on a school project aimed at designing an artificial limb for a local military veteran, she knew it would have a significant impact on the recipient\u2019s life \u2013 but she didn\u2019t realize it would gain national attention and alter the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719,17563],"tags":[20862,34,730,35,26197],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-15574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","category-corporate-education","tag-10-years-solve-for-tomorrow","tag-education","tag-solve-for-tomorrow-sft","tag-stem","tag-stem-education"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/30110727\/pic-61.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/30110727\/pic-61.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1026,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15574"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=15574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}