{"id":37665,"date":"2020-03-02T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=37665"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:14:25","slug":"mentoring-young-scientists-as-they-solve-for-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/2020-samsung-solve-mentoring-young-scientists-solve-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring Young Scientists as they \u2018Solve for Tomorrow\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yolanda Vicente was happy to talk about the extraordinary young scientists she\u2019s mentoring in the 2020 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow<\/a> STEM contest, which challenges public school 6th<\/sup> to 12th<\/sup> graders to solve a pressing problem in their community using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).<\/p>\n

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The Solve for Tomorrow STEM contest team with Samsung employee mentor Yolanda Vicente (center, back row) from Belleville High School, a New Jersey state winner in the Samsung competition that challenges public school 6th to 12th graders to solve a problem in their community using science, technology, engineering and math.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cTheir ideas are brilliant,\u201d declared Vicente, a Sr. Manager of Business Development for the Mobile Business at Samsung Electronics America.<\/strong> She\u2019s the Samsung employee mentor to two New Jersey state-winning teams: Belleville High School<\/a> and Bergenfield High Schoo<\/a>l which have already won $15,000 in Samsung technology and supplies for their schools as a result of their efforts. \u201cI love working with the younger generations and sharing how technology can affect our lives for the better,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Solve for Tomorrow project-in-process: Belleville High School team members Cesia D. and Alejandra R. developing the storyboard for the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Belleville\u2019s students brainstormed ideas on how they could assist their community for the detection and geolocation of lead levels in water. After speaking with the mayor and several experts, the students came up with a plan that would allow for a smartphone to be turned into a dark field microscope.\u00a0 This detection system will be used to quantify lead levels in water and allow residents to make informed water usage decisions.<\/p>\n

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Joshua N. presents Team Bergenfield\u2019s research into reversing antibiotic resistance to the Bergenfield Board of Health, while a classmate videotapes the presentation for the video they will submit to advance to the final phase of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Team Bergenfield\u2019s research into reversing antibiotic resistance to bacterial illnesses like pneumonia aims to raise awareness of the potential benefit of putting natural resistance back into the human body with foods like olive oil and chlorophyll supplements. A presentation by the Bergenfield Solve team of two and the local Board of Health helped get the word out of the students\u2019 research and learnings and secured them an invite to a future community health fair in an effort to increase awareness of the learnings within the community.<\/p>\n

As part of the STEM competition, both teams and 100 state winners across the nation<\/a> have turned their STEM projects into prototypes with an accompanying video submission in a bid to be named a National Finalist and a shot at one of five grand prizes — $100,000 in Samsung technology and supplies for their schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what Samsung is doing is amazing, considering the future of STEM and STEM-based careers and there\u2019s such a shortage of scientists,\u201d said Anu Thadani, STEM teacher at Bergenfield High School who is guiding the students through the competition. \u201cI think competitions like will entice more students to go into these fields. It\u2019s what our country gravely needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Vicente is supporting the teams with weekly video chats, asking them each time, \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d She is guiding their brainstorming process to help focus each project as well as helping the students get the most out of meetings with community members and experts, and ensuring all team members have a voice in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope my mentor role can help them establish a closer relationship with Samsung,\u201d said Vicente,<\/strong> unknowingly calling to mind the company\u2019s desired effect of the decade-old competition conducted by Samsung in the U.S. and now held in 30 countries around the world.<\/p>\n

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Samsung Electronics America Sr. Manager Yolanda Vicente, right, with one of the students she\u2019s mentoring in the 2020 Solve for Tomorrow STEM contest, Joshua N. (center) of Bergenfield High School and STEM teacher Anu Thadani (left), after presenting his team\u2019s project to the Bergenfield Board of Health.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cSamsung Solve for Tomorrow began out of a desire to enable younger generations through education and inspire students to learn much-needed STEM skills through problem-based learning in order to build the technology workforce of the future,\u201d explained Ann Woo, Sr. Director of Corporate Citizenship for Samsung Electronics America.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which is why Vicente and her colleagues are a critical part of the contest\u2019s activities. Vicente loves working to build technology for good and is very familiar with tech applications aimed at assisting the user. She worked at Samsung Spain on a groundbreaking app that detects dyslexia<\/a> in younger students and, as an MBA Candidate, on a geolocation app that helps people with moderate Alzheimer\u2019s disease to live more independently and safely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see science and technology as a good way to understand the world, and that\u2019s a good starting point for solving problems,\u201d said Vicente<\/strong>, whose expertise is in creating value for users through apps deployed in connected devices. She has a Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering, and a Master of Business Administration degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids are following the same innovation method that we use in the real world \u2013 identify the need, brainstorm solutions, research, test, fail, learn \u2013 all while creating a huge impact in their community,\u201d Vicente said.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m proud to work for a company that is investing time and resources into student innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year marks the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition, for which Samsung has doubled the number of schools awarded in each phase of the contest as well as increased the overall prize pool to $3 million.* National Finalist teams will be announced on March 5th<\/sup>, 2020 and will compete for one of five grand prizes and a community choice award by pitching their projects to a panel of judges on April 1st<\/sup> in New York City.<\/p>\n

*$3 million prize is based on an estimated retail value.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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