{"id":37608,"date":"2020-02-26T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=37608"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:47:05","slug":"samsung-solve-tomorrow-alumna-blazes-engineering-trail-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-solve-for-tomorrow-alumna-blazes-an-engineering-trail-at-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Alumna Blazes an Engineering Trail at College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Samsung <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/solvefortomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solve for Tomorrow<\/a> contest empowered me as a young woman to study engineering,\u201d said Shannon Stever, an engineering student at Florida International University and a 2016 national finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM contest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Alumna Blazes Engineering Trail at College\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HnU6PnQ7-tY?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>Shannon\u2019s team from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.browardschools.com\/northeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northeast High School<\/a>, in Oakland Park, Florida designed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8aXzEJt3p3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designed technology to detect rip currents and warn swimmers of nearby danger<\/a>, which earned the team a berth in the 2016 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow final competition. While they didn\u2019t walk away with a grand prize, they did win $50,000 in technology for their school and along with all the intangible gifts Stever said she acquired from participating in the contest \u2013 confidence, purpose, collaboration \u2013 she also seized on a surprise offer of a four year scholarship to Florida International University that the institution had extended to select students on the Solve for Tomorrow team.<\/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\/student-stem-champions-shine-inspire-samsung-contest\/\" 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\/06\/14102631\/2019-samsung-solve-for-tomorrow-sft-pitch-event-837-JON_70621-e1554246831807.jpg\" alt=\"Student STEM Champions Shine, Inspire in Samsung Contest\">\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>Student STEM Champions Shine, Inspire in Samsung Contest<\/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<div id=\"attachment_37620\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083751\/Shannon-FIU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37620\" class=\"wp-image-37620 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083751\/Shannon-FIU-e1582724608391-950x441.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon Stever\" width=\"730\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083751\/Shannon-FIU-e1582724608391-950x441.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083751\/Shannon-FIU-e1582724608391-600x279.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083751\/Shannon-FIU-e1582724608391.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 Solve for Tomorrow alumna Shannon Stever is pursuing civil engineering at Florida International University and currently works as an intern at Eastern Engineering Group.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt first I felt out of place as one of only a few women in my  department, but I know I\u2019m here for a reason. I just hope that young girls feel inspired, encouraged and unafraid to go after what they love to do,\u201d Stever said.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s pivoting between her engineering classes and her internship at Eastern Engineering Group, which specializes in civil and structural engineering.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37623\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083757\/Shannon-Internship.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37623\" class=\"wp-image-37623 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083757\/Shannon-Internship-e1582724693727-950x487.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon Stever Solve for Tomorrow\" width=\"730\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083757\/Shannon-Internship-e1582724693727-950x487.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083757\/Shannon-Internship-e1582724693727-600x308.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083757\/Shannon-Internship-e1582724693727.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stever at her engineering internship, which she landed during her Junior year studying civil engineering at Florida International University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cInternships are great because they give you hands-on experience in the field, and you get to learn engineering outside of the classroom,\u201d Stever said. She\u2019s encouraged subsequent Solve for Tomorrow contestants, too. Stever was the alumni mentor to a 2019 Solve team from <a href=\"https:\/\/ohs.dutchmen.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Owensville High School<\/a>, in Owensville, Missouri, which went on to win a grand prize for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eQ3bkoOzrCY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intruder lock<\/a>, a simple-to-use door lock that quickly secures a classroom during a safety event at school.<\/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\/2020-samsung-solve-for-tomorrow-contest-stem-education-kick-off\/\" class=\"recommended-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/29110443\/Solve-For-Tomorrow-Logo-Hero.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Launches Annual $2 Million Solve for Tomorrow Contest Engaging Virtual and In-Person Classrooms in STEM Education\">\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\">Communities (COVID-19)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Samsung Launches Annual $2 Million Solve for Tomorrow Contest Engaging Virtual and In-Person Classrooms in STEM Education<\/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>Team Owensville, and Stever\u2019s own Team Northeast, learned through participating in Solve for Tomorrow \u201cwhat teamwork really means and what it takes to design and invent something from nothing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37624\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083800\/Shannon-Working_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37624\" class=\"wp-image-37624 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083800\/Shannon-Working_2-950x534.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon Stever Solve for Tomorrow\" width=\"730\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083800\/Shannon-Working_2-950x534.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083800\/Shannon-Working_2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/26083800\/Shannon-Working_2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stever studying for her structural engineering class at FIU, &#8220;Engineering can really make a difference in people&#8217;s lives,&#8221; Stever said.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d wanted to work on global issues like poverty, hunger and clean water, and now I\u2019ll do that with STEM. Engineering can really make a difference in people\u2019s lives,\u201d Stever said.<\/p>\n<p>She applauded Samsung for helping students create innovative solutions for so many real-world issues. And she credits some incredible high school teachers with a mantra that has resonated with her ever since: Engineering is solving problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur lives are touched by engineering every day,\u201d Stever said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest empowered me as a young woman to study engineering,\u201d said Shannon Stever, an engineering student at Florida International University and a 2016 national finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM contest. 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