Three Schools Named National Winners in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest for Using STEAM to Address the Opioid Epidemic, Concussion Detection, and Natural Disasters. The schools from Kentucky, New Jersey, and North Carolina won an award of $150,000 in technology.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem, N.C was named one of three national winners. The $2 million Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest by Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is a nationwide competition that challenges 6th through 12th graders to use STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) to address real-world issues and inspire change in their local communities.
The students spent months developing and pitching their solution to mitigate natural disaster response - a water sensor and barrier system that deploys when water reaches unsafe levels on roadways to prevent flood-related casualties.
This weekend, students Richard Little and Jake Gruver demonstrated their STEAM project to a panel of judges in New York City. The winners were announced on ABC's Good Morning America, Wednesday.
The other winning schools include Ashland Middle School in Ashland, Ky. and Cavallini Middle School in Upper Saddle River, N.J.