{"id":38813,"date":"2020-05-14T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=38813"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:46:37","slug":"20-questions-with-the-samsung-solve-20-national-finalist-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-solve-20-questions-2020-national-finalist-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions with the \u2018Samsung Solve\u2019 20 National Finalist Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 20 teams of young scientists from public schools around the country that advanced to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/2020-samsungsolve-contest-awards-20-schools-national-finalist-stem-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national finals of the 2019-2020 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition<\/a> have put the finishing touches on their projects \u2013 projects that have already made a difference at their schools and in their communities. The contest, which challenges 6<sup>th<\/sup> through 12<sup>th<\/sup> graders to solve a problem in their community using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), has brought out the inner engineer in every participant. Now, they\u2019re telling their story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39158\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/14092056\/2020-Samsung-Solve-20-Finalist-Highlights.2020-05-13-18_21_41.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the final phase in this year\u2019s contest, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/-virtual-samsung-transforms-final-events-national-stem-competition-solve-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the pitch event<\/a>, in which each team presents their STEM solution to a panel of judges, Samsung U.S. Newsroom posed 20 questions to the 20 national finalist teams about their Solve for Tomorrow journey. Read on to get to know each team and their innovative ideas for bridging STEM skills with social impact.<\/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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Finding Their Spark<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Did you surprise yourself by participating in Solve for Tomorrow?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">If you had told me at the beginning of the school year that I would create an app that uses Bluetooth to work with another device, I would not have thought it was possible.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Carty W. <\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Team Central Magnet student <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Carty and her teammates at Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro, TN tackled the problem of distracted driving because their state was named number one in the nation for distracted driving in 2019. The students designed an app to monitor driving distractions with the goal of helping drivers recognize situations that distract them and make a change in their driving habits. Watch the Central Magnet School team\u2019s video below showing their STEM solution in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Central Magnet School, TN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JtZNTsKtKag?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How do you encourage students to pursue STEM?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Make sure that the learning reflects the real world and applies to their lives outside the school building.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Robert Turner<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Omro High School science and engineering teacher<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>In Omro, WI the team found a more unique problem to address: Keeping winter ice fishing enthusiasts safe on the ice each year. The team decided to use robotics and soundwaves to measure ice thickness and send the data to the app they built called \u201cStat-Ice.\u201d Watch below to see all the hard work and learning team Omro accomplished to reduce accidents while enjoying one of their community\u2019s most popular sports.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Omro High School, WI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceaclmx6aGw?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What was your team\u2019s ultimate goal for your project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">By designing a device that is safe, simple and secure, we could prevent one more youth suicide, save one child\u2019s life. <\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Solve for Tomorrow team<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Goddard High School<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Team Goddard invented a safe lock notification system intended to be an extra layer of security for gun safes that, statistics show, too many young people gain access to. In the team\u2019s video describing their project they explain how they wanted the device to be simple to use, easy to install and refrain from altering the safe in any way. But the STEM skills they employed to come up with a working prototype are far from simple! Take a look.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Goddard High School, KS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fAuUt_166Y?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What is one of your team\u2019s unique characteristics?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Diversity. We\u2019re all different, but we all want to save lives.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Juan A.<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Team Ashland student <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Ashland Middle School, now a three-time National Finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest and a National Winner in 2018 is pursuing their second Grand Prize win with a device to help mobility-impaired students escape a multi-level building in a fire, and an app to alert school officials of their location that is now in use across their school district. See the app and mobility chair in action in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Ashland Middle School, KY\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3XbqBY-Pp8?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What changes have you noticed in your team, other students, parents and your community through your team\u2019s participation in Solve for Tomorrow?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">The team has become significantly more motivated each step of the way. Parents have taken a more supportive role, and our community has taken notice. More students have requested to be part of the team for next year.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Kevin Woolridge<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Blue Ridge Junior High School teacher<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>In Arizona, drought is a harsh reality and requires costly maintenance of water catchment tanks by the Arizona Game and Fish Department to ensure wildlife has the water they need. See how Blue Ridge Jr. High students designed a low-cost sensor to monitor water levels in the tanks and help decrease time and cost associated with managing the wildlife water program.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Blue Ridge Junior High School, AZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OmOGNkG12o?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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Getting Motivated<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What was your team\u2019s motivation in designing this project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We want to honor our veterans and help many other people.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Solve for Tomorrow team<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- George Junior High School <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Did you know Arkansas ranks as one of the highest states for amputation and 72% of amputees suffer from Phantom Limb Pain? As the team from George Junior High School describes it, Phantom Limb Pain occurs when the nerves that the brain associates with the limb remain, and the damage to these nerves results in the person feeling pain. Motivated by a desire to help veterans, the students from Springdale, AR, developed a therapeutic virtual reality experience to help alleviate the Phantom Limb Pain that veterans and other amputees suffer from. See the results of the team\u2019s STEM project in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: George Junior High School, Arkansas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6btVqRCvp6k?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How do you think your project can improve the world?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We hope that by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to educate about recycling, we can make a difference for tomorrow\u2019s generation, one person at a time.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>The students at North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham, NC got motivated to put their STEM skills to work to improve recycling rates and make a positive impact on the planet. Using artificial intelligence, the group built an app that can help users identify recyclables properly with the goal of reduce waste contamination at recycling sites that often causes all of the waste to be sent to landfills. Watch team North Carolina\u2019s video describing their Solve for Tomorrow project below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: North Carolina School of Science and Math, NC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sq2Wf0FYFUA?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What have you learned from participating in the Solve for Tomorrow challenge and how are you feeling about working on your team\u2019s project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">So far I have learned in more detail of the molecular, electricity, and coding as well as fast prototyping and I\u2019m excited, inspired and thrilled.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Michael M. <\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Team Chawanakee student <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Students at Chawanakee Academy Charter School in O\u2019Neals, CA are all too familiar with poor air quality resulting from wildfires. After learning that more than 40% of residents in their community report health problems based on the air quality, they set out to create a \u201csmart mask\u201d that uses an alert system to warn of hazardous chemicals and health risks in the air due to wildfires. Check out the team\u2019s work below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Chawanakee Academy Charter School, California\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZG7y7Qs0pw?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What do you hope your Solve for Tomorrow project will achieve?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We hope that with our device, kids with ADHD can have a better relationship with their teachers and fellow students, making them more included, rather than excluded, because of their condition.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Addressing a prevalent disability for many students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the students at North Pole Middle School in Alaska wanted to find a non-medical solution to help increase focus in students struggling to concentrate on their studies. Check out their video to see how they built an app for a wearable device to help mitigate distractions and keep them more engaged in learning.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: North Pole Middle School, AK\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KH1fhvSNxDc?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How have you intended your project to help support people\u2019s mental health?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">This project gives students access to an outlet that many of us can\u2019t get with therapy.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>According to the team\u2019s research, 80% of children with diagnosable anxiety disorder are not treated medically, despite anxiety being a treatable condition. Due to lack of access to treatment in smaller communities, the Solve for Tomorrow team at Edward C. Reed High School in Sparks, NV designed a 3-D printed soothing device that uses sensors to send signals to an app with tools to help calm someone down during an anxiety attack. Check it out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Edward C. Reed High School, NV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xDRiwTVL8s?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<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How do you intend your STEM project will help save lives?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Our STEM solution increases the safety of pedestrians in any community by proactively and interactively reminding drivers how to stop properly and safely.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>The students at Loudoun Valley High School hope to put an end to drivers running stop signs in their community and identify higher risk intersections. To do so, they used STEM skills to design a solar-powered smart stop sign that gives an approaching driver visual feedback on their speed to encourage a complete stop. See how they even went a step further with Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping software to allow authorities to assess which intersections pose the greatest risk to pedestrians simply by logging all the stops made for analysis by authorities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Loudoun Valley High School, VA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5Xz0OgIZzk?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<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR LIFE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What do you hope to achieve for your own personal development by the end of the contest?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">I hope to continue to believe in myself and know that I can accomplish tasks bigger than I once thought possible.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Ahulya N.<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Team Center Grove student <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>For their STEM project, the students at Center Grove High School in Greenwood, IN wanted to help low-income families save on energy costs, so they developed a portable, low-cost and easy application insulation solution to be applied to walls in mobile homes to ensure better heat retention. See how the product can help decrease heat loss by more than 60%.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Center Grove High School, IN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R4sB2GD0LNc?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\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\/-virtual-samsung-transforms-final-events-national-stem-competition-solve-tomorrow\/\" 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\/05\/15104153\/SFT_ClearCreek.png\" alt=\"As Schools Go Virtual, Samsung Transforms the Final Events in its $3 Million National STEM Competition\">\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>As Schools Go Virtual, Samsung Transforms the Final Events in its $3 Million National STEM Competition<\/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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What would your school do with the Solve for Tomorrow grand prize?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We don\u2019t have technology available for every student. This opportunity would allow us to offer technology to every student in middle school for use at home and school.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Andrea Narvaez<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Newark Charter School science teacher <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>For their STEM project, focused on saving lives, the young scientists at Newark Charter School in Newark, DE designed a backpack wearable device to share real-time alerts with students in the event of an emergency. Using a 3-D printer, circuits and micro bit technology the team programmed the device to send a radio signal and activate the alert system at the press of a button by a school administrator or teacher. Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Newark Charter School, DE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_LCBb6KerY?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<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>TEAMWORK AND PROCESS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What are some of your favorite elements of your Solve for Tomorrow team\u2019s process?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We are proud of our smart-helmet design and our collaborative and creative process. We also listened to and engaged with our community to bring our idea to life.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Keeping bicyclists safe on the busy streets of New York City was the main goal of the Solve for Tomorrow STEM project for team Gregorio Luperon High School. See how the students designed a smart helmet and bicycle system to provide real time information to cyclists about their immediate surroundings using sensors, allowing them to be active participants in their own safety.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Math, NY\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eu40zmpyM5c?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What has your team\u2019s process been like since producing the prototype?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">The development didn\u2019t stop there. We presented our idea at the Climate Action Summit, where we received really useful suggestions from various tech and climate specialists.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Also located in California, the students at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon set out to find a way to potentially prevent wildfires based on weather conditions that can feed the flames. The team created a low-cost sensor that can detect wind speed, humidity, and temperature, indicating a possible risk of fire in a particular area. Watch the video below to see how the sensor can relay that information back to the local fire department.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Dougherty Valley High School, CA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUeVcKvz0wM?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<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How easy is your Solve team\u2019s device to use?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">h the help of local engineers, we designed a prototype that is small and able to fit on the back of our Samsung phone.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>As a returning National Finalist in the competition, students at Northern Cass School in Hunter, ND are no strangers to putting their STEM skills to work with the goal of saving lives. This year, the all-girl team decided to tackle the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning due to their community\u2019s harsh winters that can lead to snow piling up and blocking exhaust from being released into the air. See how the students designed a portable carbon monoxide detector that is affixed to smartphones to alert residents of high carbon monoxide levels wherever they go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Northern Cass School, ND\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sDJtbdFPzCA?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<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How has your community responded to your team\u2019s Solve for Tomorrow project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">It\u2019s an idea that makes the city safer.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Juan Carlos Bermudez<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Doral, FL Mayor <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Flash flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., according to research done by the team at Downtown Doral Charter Upper School in Doral, FL. That\u2019s why the students decided to tackle the problem with their STEM knowledge and create a device to detect sediment build-up that often leads to poor drainage during a flash flood. Check out their video to see how the device uses a LIDAR sensor and microcontroller to share real-time updates with local officials to ensure cleaning and maintenance is carried out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Downtown Doral Charter Upper School, FL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25euu95-u9Y?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">How did you engage community experts to help develop your project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">We conducted community focus groups to find out how we can make our project a success.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>With vaping a common problem across the nation and in their school, the students at Liberty Avenue Middle School in Brooklyn set out to create a solution that could help curb someone\u2019s vaping addiction. After a poll of their peers showed that more than 60% didn\u2019t know where to seek help if they became addicted to vaping, the students developed a sensor for vaping devices that tracks the amount of \u201cpulls\u201d daily, tests for harmful additives and provides education and cessation information. Check out the team\u2019s work below.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What\u2019s next for your Solve team\u2019s project?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Our local mayor asked us to speak about our project at the next city council meeting.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>At Fairfield High School in Ohio, the students worked on developing a new solution to prevent child fatalities due to pediatric heatstroke after being accidentally locked in a hot car. Their device detects an unknown weight remaining in the car seat of a vehicle, which connects to an app that alerts car owners before they move too far away from the vehicle. Watch how this group of students put their STEM skills to work to save lives.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Fairfield High School, OH\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZHH_xILdO9o?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<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>CHARTING THEIR FUTURE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">What are your team\u2019s plans for your project after the Solve for Tomorrow contest is over?<\/span><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">In the future, we hope to include citizen scientists as part of our project. We would like to create an open domain map for the public so its ease of use and data can be shared with everyone around the world.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Recognizing that lead levels going undetected in water is a serious problem in their community and across the U.S., the students at Belleville High School knew immediately that this was the problem they wanted to tackle as part of the Solve for Tomorrow contest. With added guidance from community experts and their <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/2020-samsung-solve-mentoring-young-scientists-solve-for-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung mentor<\/a>, they came up with an app to test for lead ions in water and help prevent lead poisoning. Check out their work below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019-2020 Solve for Tomorrow Student Video: Belleville High School, NJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_B-ONQR1PA?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<h6><em>*NOTE: The school is solely responsible for ensuring the proper handling and security of all data potentially shared and\/or collected as part of their students\u2019 Solve for Tomorrow projects. Samsung takes privacy very seriously and encourages all National Finalists to consider how information that is part of their project is being handled.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20 teams of young scientists from public schools around the country that advanced to the national finals of the 2019-2020 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition have put the finishing touches on their projects \u2013 projects that have already made a difference at their schools and in their communities. The contest, which challenges 6th through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25528,29719,17563],"tags":[20862,34,730,35,26197],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-38813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities-community-impact","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\/2018\/11\/14104220\/how-to-apply-to-samsung-solve-fo.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14104220\/how-to-apply-to-samsung-solve-fo.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":25528,"name":"Communities (COVID-19)","slug":"communities-community-impact","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25528,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Samsung continues to stand strong with the communities where we live and work.","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/communities-community-impact\/","term_path":"communities-community-impact"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38813","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=38813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38813"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=38813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}