SHS students are identifying and solving real world problems! Students from Lee DeGraff’s Capstone Engineering class recently had the chance to present their work at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition. Of the seven groups who presented, three of these groups came back with prizes.
The class, which consists of SHS seniors, were tasked with coming up with their own real world problem and designing a viable solution to solve the problem. The three groups who came back with prizes were:
NYS Semi-Finalists - Dev Bhatia, Collin Fisk, Prathik Gullapalli - Multi-Directional Microphone to Detect Victims in Disaster Situations
The team created a beamforming rescue device, using microphones and AI to create a narrow, steerable audio beam that filters out background noise and isolates human or animal sounds. The solution allows firefighters to pinpoint a person’s location with extreme accuracy through walls and debris, turning slow searches into rapid, targeted rescues.
This team also won the Your AI Horizons Challenge award from the CTE Momentum AI Challenge.STEM Innovation Award - Joanna Kang and Shayla Mieu and Sirihamsika Kothagundla - Adaptive Aromatherapy Device to Reduce Agitation and Support Emotional Well-Being in Dementia Patients
The team created an aromatherapy device for dementia patients, which aims to reduce agitation, anxiety, and frustration. It releases specific scents based on heart rate patterns, recorded by a wristband, to stimulate brain activity and reduce agitation.STEM Innovation Award - Fahim Fida, Sanjana Kolli, and Caleb Meade - Interactive Bilateral-Stimulation Mattress Topper For PTSD
The team created a cost efficient, passive mattress topper that integrates bilateral stimulation to help calm those with PTSD when they are triggered by mimicking REM sleep.
Congratulations to our students on this accomplishment! We can't wait to see what you do next!
