{"id":28058,"date":"2019-05-10T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage-web-alb-2136653291.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/us\/?p=28058"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:48:07","slug":"student-engineers-take-award-winning-tech-innovations-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/student-engineers-take-award-winning-tech-innovations-to-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Engineers Take Award-Winning Tech Innovations to Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC, second from left) meets with the winning Samsung Solve for Tomorrow team from Holly Grove Middle School, in Holly Springs, NC, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, DC. From left: team teacher Debbie Schelin and students Buysimi A., Caroline P. and Jasper C.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s exciting and surprising that just from our small school project, we got to meet congresswomen and congressmen and senators,\u201d said Holly Grove Middle School<\/a> student Buysimi A., as he met his home state\u2019s senior senator, Richard Burr (R-NC), on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Buysimi and two of his Samsung Solve for Tomorrow<\/a> teammates were in Washington, D.C. to promote education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as one of the three Grand Prize-winning school teams in the national STEM contest, which challenges public school students in grades 6 through 12 to solve a problem in their community using STEM.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we brought $110,000 in technology back to our school,\u201d Buysimi said. \u201cA lot of surprising things have happened!\u201d Each winning team won $100,000 in Samsung technology and school supplies for their school and Holly Grove Middle School was awarded an extra $10,000 in Samsung technology for winning the contest\u2019s community choice award.<\/p>\n

The sixth graders from Holly Springs, NC designed a smart school bus stop sign<\/a>, which alerts drivers before a school bus arrives and reduces the number of pedestrian accidents. Their win was announced on April 2<\/a> on April 2. One week later, U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) introduced legislation<\/a> that could put the Holly Grove team\u2019s stop sign on the map.<\/p>\n

So on May 1, as all three Solve for Tomorrow champion teams went to Congress to meet their representatives in the House and Senate and show them their STEM project prototypes, the 12-year-old North Carolina student scientists also sat down with the Indiana congresswoman to discuss her bill aimed at eliminating deadly pedestrian accidents around school buses, as well as the kids\u2019 inventive technology.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Holly Grove Middle School in Holly Springs, NC met with Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) to discuss their winning STEM project idea, a smart school bus stop sign built to reduce stop-arm violations and decrease pedestrian accidents.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cThese students have found a way to create change, one step at a time,\u201d said Ann Woo, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America, during the meeting with Walorski in the Cannon House Office Building, just steps from the Capitol Dome. The STOP at School Buses Act of 2019<\/a> aims to do just that, through research and implementation of safety measures and prevention laws and by boosting safety technology and driver education.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cThe timing of the legislation is synchronous with what the students are doing, and that\u2019s because it\u2019s an important issue,\u201d Woo said. \u201cWe\u2019re hopeful the students will feel a unique sense of empowerment from both their hard work and the visibility they\u2019ve gained for such an important issue that affects not only their community but also so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Holly Grove Middle School in Holly Springs, NC met with Congressman George Holding (R-NC-2) to discuss their winning STEM project idea, a smart school bus stop sign built to reduce stop-arm violations and decrease pedestrian accidents.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Across the Capitol, the team of eighth-grade students from Deep Creek Middle School<\/a>, in Chesapeake, VA, got a special introduction to Washington when they met with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), in the majestic, marble-lined Russell Senate Office Building. Kaine, who was presidential candidate Hillary Clinton\u2019s running mate in 2016, discussed the spark for Deep Creek\u2019s project, \u201cSight for Tomorrow<\/a>,\u201d a web application and database that matches low-income students who have poor vision students with free eye exams and prescription glasses.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Deep Creek Middle School in Chesapeake, VA met with Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) to discuss their winning STEM project idea, a website and app that matches students in need and who have poor vision with free eye exams and prescription glasses.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re working with the school district to get school nurses involved and expand Sight for Tomorrow to all our schools,\u201d said team teacher Paula Labbe. Student Olivia L., said they\u2019ve already implemented the program in one elementary school, and the student participants in their own middle school are all experiencing improved grades, confidence and behavior now that they have the prescription glasses they needed.<\/p>\n

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Deep Creek Middle School\u2019s Solve for Tomorrow student team, Tia D., center, Hunter J. , Olivia L., along with David Martin, second from left, Strategic Communications Manager for Samsung Electronics America, meet with Lauren Marshall, left, legislative assistant to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).<\/p><\/div>\n

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The D.C. trip opened students\u2019 eyes not only to government in action but also to career options they might never have considered. Lauren Marshall, legislative assistant for education policy to Virginia Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), told the students from Deep Creek Middle School about how her college education opened doors to political internships that ultimately led to her position as a staff member in Warner\u2019s office. The students\u2019 whirlwind tour of the nation\u2019s capital also took them to a monumental art installation<\/a> by sculptor Alexander Calder in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building, where they paused for some team photos before dashing off to their next appointment on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never have imagined myself as an eighth grader talking about our project with senators in Washington,\u201d said Olivia. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting!<\/p>\n

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Solve for Tomorrow winning team Deep Creek Middle School on the steps of the U.S. Capitol (left) and in front of Alexander Calder’s “Mountains and Clouds art installation in the Hart Senate Office Building.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, in the famed Capitol rotunda, at the very center of the U.S. Capitol, the Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Owensville High School<\/a>, in Owensville, Missouri, was on a private tour guided by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). During the team\u2019s day in Washington, Hawley and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) each examined the team\u2019s innovative yet simple metal intruder lock<\/a>, designed by the group to be easily installed on classroom doors and help gain precious seconds for students and teacher to hide or escape in the event an armed intruder enters a school.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Owensville High School in Owensville, MO, demonstrates their door lock prototype for Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). The students won the STEM contest for their project idea that addresses school safety.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the House side of the Capitol, the Owensville teens sat down with the congressman from their own district, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3).<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a teacher, it\u2019s not just about teaching your students science, technology, engineering and math. It\u2019s about seeing your students work through their failures themselves. That\u2019s something you can\u2019t simulate in a textbook,\u201d said Kevin Lay, the Owensville students\u2019 teacher.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Owensville High School in Owensville, MO, met with Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to discuss their winning STEM project idea that addresses school safety.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Congressman Luetkemeyer agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s a real-world application,\u201d he said. \u201cPretty nifty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Missouri lawmaker queried the students about technical details of the design, such as strength testing, and was beaming with pride about their accomplishments. \u201cThrough your efforts, you have become examples to all other students,\u201d Luetkemeyer said.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Owensville High School in Owensville, MO, demonstrates their door lock prototype for Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3). The students won the STEM contest for their project idea that addresses school safety.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Following the teams\u2019 congressional visits they showcased their projects at the Consumer Technology Association\u2019s CES on the Hill<\/a> event and were recognized at a luncheon held in their honor with guest speakers Kris Brown, Deputy Associate Administrator of STEM Engagement at NASA and Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) as well as a congratulatory video message sent to the students from Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA-3).<\/p>\n

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Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA-4) meets with the Solve for Tomorrow winning team from Deep Creek Middle School in Chesapeake, VA during the CES on the Hill event in Washington DC on May 1, 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI was thrilled to be a part of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow celebration. The students from Holly Grove Middle School, Owensville High School and Deep Creek Middle School have done amazing work that has made an impact,\u201d said Brown. \u201cThese students are STEM superstars! Through their projects, they have discovered the power of STEM in creating possibilities that make a difference in people\u2019s lives. Using STEM to enable powerful efforts that benefit society and our communities is vitally important as we move forward into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In her remarks, Dr. Foxx emphasized the need for more schools to teach STEM subjects nationwide and thanked Samsung for making STEM a priority. The congresswoman called public-private partnerships like Samsung Solve for Tomorrow a \u201ccommonsense solution to develop STEM education around the country,\u201d adding \u201cWhat a pleasure to meet such brilliant students from all three schools today\u2026 The fact that you\u2019re all here shows your commitment to making the American workforce \u2013 and more importantly, the American worker \u2013 stronger for the future.\u201d
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