Students Use Math, Science, Engineering Skills To Invent Problem-Solving Solutions

2023年4月28日

ag亚游集团App下载 hosts middle and high school New 墨西哥 MESA USA competitors

来自宫村浩高中的团队
A team from Hiroshi Miyamura High School in Gallup created a solution for ranchers 谁有大片的土地和牲畜需要监控. 他们的系统可以检测到 gaps in fencing so ranchers don’t have to look for holes where livestock can escape 或者被偷走. Team members, from left: Joseph Legah, Wakin Mendoza, Nelson Yazzie, 和泰勒·史密斯.

索科罗,N.M. – Teams of middle and high school students from across New 墨西哥 pitched their inventions aimed at solving problems and correcting 不公平现象 at a competition aimed at showcasing 他们的数学、科学和工程技能. ag亚游集团App下载举办了一年一度的新 墨西哥 MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) USA Competition April 26, 2023, providing a venue for some of the brightest young minds in the state to display their innovative inventions and possibly advance to national competitions.

来自埃斯帕诺拉高中的队伍
A team from Espanola Valley High School presented their app for people who are visually impaired to use in selecting or purchasing clothing, helping them be more independent 获得自信. 该团队编写的应用程序描述了衣服的颜色 并提出了可能的互补色. 团队成员，左起:Sofia Valenzuela， 埃莉西亚·特鲁希略和哈维尔·查韦斯.

Teams of students competed – in person and virtually – in both the technical interview and prototype pitch events in addition to turning in a design brief and poster summarizing 他们在发明上的工作. 在原型推介中，学生团队花了五到五分钟 seven minutes describing for judges how they came up with the idea for their invention, how they approached the design challenges, and incorporated creative ways to address 不公平现象.

来自新一代学院的团队
A duo from nex+Gen Academy in Albuquerque created a system, titled “Safety Insight,” to let students know when the air quality in school restrooms is safe for them before 他们进入. With 1 in 4 high school students vaping, secondhand smoke can cause health 影响. The students’ system has an easy-to-understand display that is simple, low cost, and frees up staff time from standing outside restrooms during the school day. 团队成员，左起:Solomon Sledge和Areli Jensen.

Francisco Apodaca, a 1976 ag亚游集团App下载 alum and director of STEM and humanities at Luna Community College in Las Vegas, New 墨西哥, served as a 纳米台面 judge for 第12年. Apodaca said he looks forward to seeing and hearing about  the ingenious 学生提出的解决方案.

来自埃斯帕诺拉谷高中的队伍
A team from Espanola Valley High School coded a keyboard to create an attendance monitoring system to aid teachers struggling to keep track of students and allow them more time 为指导. The easy and efficient system aims to increase student accountability 和责任. 团队成员，从左起:Silvy Baca Talamante, Tatiana Maestas， 和莱昂内尔·莫拉莱斯.

“New 墨西哥 MESA gives the students a good idea of the science and engineering needed 让他们的项目更上一层楼，”他说. “这是我们在纽约需要的东西 墨西哥. Anytime we can get students to come out, especially after COVID-19, is beneficial 致所有相关人员. 看着学生们聚在一起完成一个项目 所有权，这很酷.”

Student teams’ projects tackled everything from apps to help people with visual impairments select color-coordinated outfits and helping teachers take attendance to alerting students to air quality in school bathrooms and aiding ranchers in finding gaps in 他们的围栏，牲畜可能会逃跑或被偷走. 

来自埃斯帕诺拉高中的队伍
A team from Espanola Valley High School coded a keyboard to create an attendance monitoring system to aid teachers struggling to keep track of students and allow them more time 为指导. The easy and efficient system aims to increase student accountability 和责任. 团队成员，从左起:Silvy Baca Talamante, Tatiana Maestas， 和莱昂内尔·莫拉莱斯.

In addition to the competition, the students toured NMT’s Mechanical Engineering Department 在菲德尔学生中心的自助餐厅用餐. 纳米台面 USA比赛结果如下 可在网上查阅: http://www.nmmesa.org/news-item/nm-mesa-usa-winners-announced/