A team of CSW juniors will represent the First State at the 15th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition.
Pictured above (left to right) are Aishwarya Reddy, Asvika Gobinathan, Elaine Zuo, Anna Huang, Arya Anilkumar, Subiksha Srinivasan Vidya, and Niharika Addagada with Dr. Reginald Johnson, President and Dr. Maura Triebenbacher, Vice President. The team is moderated by math and National Board Certified Teacher, Mrs. Cindy Tanzer.
What project did the team focus on? According to Subiksha, "In our home state of Delaware, a worsening physician shortage has left the federally underserved counties of Kent, Sussex, and parts of New Castle without quick access to healthcare. In these areas, wait times from primary care visits have skyrocketed by nearly 200% in the past 20 years, jumping from 8.2 days to a staggering 23.5 days, and this delay is only expected to grow with increasing physician shortages. As a result, it’s important to develop new forms of medical assistance that can alleviate the work of hospitals. Thus, this project proposes a smart hydrogel bandage and app that aids patients in attending shallow wounds. The hydrogel bandage, which has a sensor system, will be able to sense different biomarkers and regulate medication output to fight any infections. The different biomarkers levels can be viewed on the app which gives personalized wound care advice based on the data that is collected by the bandage. "
"We are extremely proud of our students,” said Dr. Johnson. Not only for their brilliance, but their willingness to share that brilliance in order to create solutions for the benefit of others."
“We are thrilled and incredibly proud, though not surprised, that a team of exceptional students from The Charter School of Wilmington has been selected to represent Delaware in the prestigious Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition,” added Kendall Massett, executive director of the Delaware Charter Schools Network.
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