{"id":34387,"date":"2019-09-27T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=34387"},"modified":"2022-05-03T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:11:48","slug":"samsung-solve-tomorrow-stem-contests-10th-year-launches-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-solve-tomorrow-stem-contests-10th-year-launches-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Contest\u2019s 10th Year Launches from Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Student scientists joined U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill to kick off the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/solvefortomorrow?cid=int-cha-cha-cha-082919-102319-112149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung Solve for Tomorrow<\/a> contest\u2019s 10th year, calling on 6th to 12th graders in public schools to solve a pressing problem in their community using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solve for Tomorrow 10th anniversary Kickoff Event\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pGUwPbizggA?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>Celebrating a decade of student-led progress in STEM, past contest winners, future contestants and their inspiring teachers mingled with members of the U.S. House and Senate from both parties, as well as the top White House official for technology, Michael Kratsios, at Samsung Electronics America\u2019s Washington D.C. headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>With a view of the U.S. Capitol\u2019s dome, it was a fitting setting to launch the Solve for Tomorrow challenge to young engineers-in-training.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34389\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34389\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34389\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200128\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0005-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200128\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0005-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200128\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0005-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200128\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0005.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the past winners of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM contest gather at Samsung Washington headquarters, on Capitol Hill, for the launch of the 2019-2020 Solve challenge, which marks the contest\u2019s 10th year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a way to engage with your community to make a real difference on issues like school safety, human health and climate change, this is a program that jumpstarts that engagement,\u201d <strong>said Saad Amer, a Solve for Tomorrow <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/solve-for-tomorrow-past-winner-now-rocks-the-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2011 national winner<\/a> who is now an environmental scientist, activist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npca.org\/people\/saad-amer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lobbyist<\/a> and an advisor to the United Nations on global environmental justice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with  Solve helped prepare me for the issues we\u2019re seeing today on a national and global scale,&#8221; Amer continued.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines of the kickoff event, Amer said the program\u2019s interdisciplinary, problem-based learning approach offers unique opportunities for students to shine. \u201cIt validates their creativity and ideas and cultivates their ability to present well-designed, well-researched solutions from the ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34394\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34394\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34394\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200743\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0024-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200743\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0024-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200743\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0024-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27200743\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2011 national winner Saad Amer, right, visits with his Patchogue-Medford High School science teacher, Robert Borowski, left, at the Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 launch, on Capitol Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fischer.senate.gov\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE)<\/a>, who serves on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee<\/a>, said Samsung\u2019s STEM contest provides the crucial spark that can lead to a meaningful career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can capture a child\u2019s attention in any STEM field, there\u2019s a greater chance that they\u2019ll continue that interest throughout their lives,\u201d <strong>Fischer said<\/strong>, speaking during a panel at the launch event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34405\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34405\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34405\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202903\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0157-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202903\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0157-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202903\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0157-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202903\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0157.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), left, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), center, discuss diversity in STEM education and tech careers with Samsung Electronics America Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs David Steel, at the launch of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 STEM contest.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)<\/a>, who in her previous career designed mainframe database systems, told the panel that her tech training prepared her for policy-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use my STEM background each and every day,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cAs an engineer, you have to look at a system in its entirety.\u201d Legislating requires the same thing,<strong> Rosen added<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen and Fischer are sponsors of the bi-partisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fischer.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2019\/3\/rosen-colleagues-introduce-bipartisan-bicameral-building-blocks-of-stem-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Blocks of STEM Act<\/a>, proposed STEM education legislation that would create National Science Foundation research grants to grow girls\u2019 participation in computer science.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34398\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34398\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34398\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27201859\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0331-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27201859\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0331-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27201859\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0331-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27201859\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0331.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), center, meets with constituents Kiana W., right, a Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2018-2019 national finalist, and her science teacher Kirstin Bullington, of Columbia\u2019s Richland Two Institute for Innovation, at the Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 kickoff in Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The contest \u201copened up a lot of opportunities&#8221; <strong>for student Kiana W., a 2018-2019 Solve for Tomorrow national finalist from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gJvMVsGHiE8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richland Two Institute of Innovation<\/a>, in Columbia, South Carolina.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cActually seeing where it can get you \u2013 seeing so many people involved in STEM \u2013 helps drive home the importance of STEM.\u201d Kiana was joined at the launch by her science teacher, Kirstin Bullington.<\/p>\n<p>Participation in the contest has a significant multiplier effect, according to Harry Preston, a 7th and 8th grade science teacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorecityschools.org\/schools\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James McHenry Elementary\/Middle School<\/a>, in Baltimore, MD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ajvbhrumHzE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a state winner<\/a> in the 2018-2019 contest year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34402\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34402\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34402\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202403\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0050-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202403\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0050-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202403\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0050-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27202403\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0050.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Preston, left, science teacher at Baltimore\u2019s James McHenry Elementary\/Middle School, with some of his past and current students, at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 STEM contest kickoff event, at Samsung Washington D.C offices on Capitol Hill. Preston\u2019s team was a state winner in the 2018-2019 contest year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese students become a beacon for other kids, showing them what\u2019s possible,\u201d <strong>Preston said<\/strong>. His professional passion is getting youth of color involved in STEM, which he accomplishes as a teacher and as a leader of after-school and summer-camp STEM programming for kids in his school\u2019s inner-city neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norman.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)<\/a>, also a panelist, said scientific, problem-based learning gives students tools to evolve with and understand the fast-changing world around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to be the masters of technology, and not the servants to it, we need STEM to be at the center of education, and we need wide access  such that every child, regardless of background, can live prosperous lives in our digital age,\u201d <strong>Norman said<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34406\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34406\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34406\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203155\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0249-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203155\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0249-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203155\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0249-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203155\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0249.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC), left, and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), center, discuss STEM education policy with Jennifer Cetta (right), Vice President of Government Relations for Samsung Electronics America, during the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 STEM contest launch in Washington D.C.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Norman and his colleagues, who also included <a href=\"https:\/\/sherrill.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)<\/a>, spoke enthusiastically about boosting gender and racial diversity in STEM learning and careers, while the keynote speaker, U.S. Chief Technology Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/people\/michael-kratsios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kratsios<\/a>, said the White House shares those goals and concerns.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-solve-for-tomorrow-offers-3-million-public-schools-stem\/\" class=\"recommended-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/03175758\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0380-1-e1570139889849.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Offers $3 Million to U.S. Public Schools Who Use STEM to \u201cSolve for Tomorrow\u201d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-category\">Corporate<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Samsung Offers $3 Million to U.S. Public Schools Who Use STEM to \u201cSolve for Tomorrow\u201d<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Speaking of the \u201cimportance of building a strong foundation of STEM literacy,\u201d <strong>Kratsios said<\/strong> the White House is prioritizing diversity in STEM as well as apprenticeships and other training programs to equip the future workforce with the tech skills necessary for jobs \u201con the factory floor and in the halls of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34409\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34409\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34409\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203508\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0380-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203508\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0380-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203508\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0380-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27203508\/20190912_20190912_Samsung_S4T_0380.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios delivered the keynote address at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2019-2020 kickoff event, in Washington. Kratsios said STEM diversity and tech workforce training are White House policy priorities.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student scientists joined U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill to kick off the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest\u2019s 10th year, calling on 6th to 12th graders in public schools to solve a pressing problem in their community using science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). 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