Rep. Smith Announces Ninth District Winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today released the following statement announcing the 2022 Congressional App Challenge winner from Washington's Ninth District. The Congressional App Challenge is a competition aimed at encouraging middle and high school students to learn how to code by creating their own apps. This year, the winner from Washington's Ninth District is Subhadra Vadlamannati for the creation of her app EduLang, a multilingual library app aimed at bridging the language gap through storytelling.
"The Congressional App Challenge is a great way to promote STEM and computer science education among our youth, and to highlight the immense coding talent across the country. This year, I'm thrilled to recognize Subhadra Vadlamannati from Mercer Island High School for her impressive app, EduLang, which is intended to help non-English speaking families learn English through storytelling. Computer science and coding offers new and innovative ways to solve challenges and support vulnerable groups - Subhadra's work is an excellent example of this exciting possibility. Thank you to all the students who participated in this year's challenge. I encourage more young people to pursue these important skills and I look forward to seeing what more can be accomplished in the computer science and coding sectors."
See below for more information about this year's winning app and honorable mentions.
Winner
EduLang
Subhadra Vadlamannati, Mercer Island High School, 11th Grade
EduLang, a multilingual library app, bridges the language gap through storytelling. EduLang's personalized book library provides learners with culturally sensitive, relatable, and learning level appropriate content. The app uses interactive multilingual books to help learners in grades K-5 from non-English speaking families learn English. Edulang is targeted towards low-resource language speakers with an aim to enable English language learning while continuing to preserve the learner's native language proficiency.
Honorable Mentions
Doczilla
Ryan Chen, Phillips Academy, 11th Grade
Jaewon Kim, GCS Education, 11th Grade
Doczilla is a web-based telemedicine application that combines electronic medical record keeping (EMR) with direct video-to-video communication between patients and healthcare providers. By keeping medical records of prior treatments, the next physician to treat the patient is familiar with prior diagnoses and recommendations. By maintaining both video conferencing and EMR on the same app, information and privacy of accounts are streamlined.
Waterly
Aarnav Bhat, Interlake High School, 9th Grade
Piyush Acharya, Interlake High School, 9th Grade
Nishant Vikramaditya, Interlake High School, 9th Grade
Waterly is a water calculator that asks questions to determine a person's water use in gallons per year and also estimates your bill based on your residence. Based on your responses to the questions, you will receive personalized tips to help you create a more sustainable environment. Credible resources are provided to assist the user in gaining more knowledge and becoming more aware of their surroundings, as well as to assist the user in learning about their water footprint and the small steps they can take to learn more.
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