{"id":92655,"date":"2022-05-03T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=92655"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:56:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:56:24","slug":"mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Complete: Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren a Strong Win for STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Keegan Kearl tapped out calculations on his cellphone while Christopher Ashley and Rodrigo Alexander Veliz hunched over a laptop. All three, along with their&nbsp;Spotsylvania High School teammates, were intent on making a robot do their bidding.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_92657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92657\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/220430-n-iu059-0026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1930\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"(U.S. Navy photo\/Released)\",\"camera\":\"ILCE-1\",\"caption\":\"DAHLGREN, Va. \\u2013 From left, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, and University of Mary Washington\\u2019s Dr. John Burrow watch as a team from King George High School compete in the  Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The robotics competition featured 15 teams from 13 area public, private and governor\\u2019s high schools vying for a total of $5000 in cash prizes. (U.S. Navy photo\/Released)\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1651339709\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"32\",\"iso\":\"1600\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.008\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From left, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, and University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s Dr. John Burrow watch as King George high-schoolers Samantha Jones, Susan Randall and Ashton Jones compete in last year&amp;#8217;s debut of the  Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. Back right are UMW Assistant Professor of Special Education Kevin Good and Dahlgren Campus Director Michael Hubbard. The second annual event is set to take place March 31 to April 1, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo\/Released)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-300x226.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-1024x772.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"From left, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, and University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s Dr. John Burrow watch as King George high-schoolers Samantha Jones, Susan Randall and Ashton Jones compete in the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. Back right are UMW Assistant Professor of Special Education Kevin Good and Dahlgren Campus Director Michael Hubbard (U.S. Navy photo\/Released)\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-300x226.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-1024x772.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-768x579.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-2048x1544.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-1140x859.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0026-600x452.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, and University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s John Burrow watch as King George high-schoolers Samantha Jones, Susan Randall and Ashton Jones compete in the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. Back right are UMW Assistant Professor of Special Education Kevin Good and Dahlgren Campus Director Michael Hubbard. (U.S. Navy photo\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The teens were among more than 70 students representing 12 districts &ndash; from Richmond to North Stafford, and throughout the Northern Neck &ndash; at last weekend&rsquo;s d&eacute;but Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren, conceived as an annual event. Fredericksburg Christian School took home the top prize &ndash; $3,000, a ginormous trophy and a year&rsquo;s worth of bragging rights &ndash; in the two-day robotics-style competition aimed at boosting STEM learning.<\/p><p>&ldquo;This is an opportunity to show how important these skills and capabilities are,&rdquo; University of Mary Washington College of Business Lecturer John Burrow told the competitors at the start of the contest, held at UMW&rsquo;s Dahlgren Campus. &ldquo;Your goals are important to the nation, the region and the community.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Fifteen teams from 13 public, private and governor&rsquo;s schools employed a collection of skills &ndash; Python coding, sensor integration, navigation, detection, command and control &ndash; to establish communication with an &ldquo;EV3&rdquo; robot on wheels. Their charge was to program the mechanism to maneuver a mat, navigating the &ldquo;sea,&rdquo; avoiding &ldquo;land masses&rdquo; and &ldquo;civilian freighters,&rdquo; and detecting, acquiring and acting on a target.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/03\\\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/img_5256\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92664\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"4\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS REBEL T5\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1651223881\",\"copyright\":\"Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.\",\"focal_length\":\"27\",\"iso\":\"3200\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-scaled.jpg?w=730&amp;h=487&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5256-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Ethan Kane (left) and Jameson Scott work in the foreground on coding, while their team leader, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Doug French, who heads the JROTC program at Lancaster High School. Photo by Paige Shiplett.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Ethan Kane (left) and Jameson Scott work in the foreground on coding, while their team leader, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Doug French, who heads the JROTC program at Lancaster High School, watches. Photo by Paige Shiplett. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/img_5245\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92663\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"3.5\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS REBEL T5\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1651225577\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"18\",\"iso\":\"3200\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.004\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-scaled.jpg?w=362&amp;h=242&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5245-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"King George High School teammates Susan Randall (left) and Stephen Haugh (center) work with their team advisor. Photo by Paige Shiplett.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> King George High School teammates Susan Randall (left) and Stephen Haugh (center) work with their team advisor. Photo by Paige Shiplett. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/img_5230\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92662\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"3.5\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS REBEL T5\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1651231722\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"18\",\"iso\":\"1600\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-scaled.jpg?w=362&amp;h=241&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5230-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"From left, King George high school students Sonny Martin, Keegan Kearl and Christopher Ashley, work alongside team mentor MITRE Software Engineer Ariel Burdette, and teammates Sean Bless and Rodrigo Alexander Veliz during the first annual Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren. Photo by Paige Shiplett.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> From left, King George high school students Sonny Martin, Keegan Kearl and Christopher Ashley, work alongside team mentor MITRE Software Engineer Ariel Burdette, and teammates Sean Bless and Rodrigo Alexander Veliz during the first annual Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren. Photo by Paige Shiplett. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always wanted to try something like this,&rdquo; said retired Air Force Master Sgt. Doug French. He&rsquo;s a JROTC instructor at Lancaster High School, which took second place, winning $1,500 to invest in their school&rsquo;s STEM initiatives. &ldquo;If you get students interested in programming, who knows?&rdquo; French said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of jobs out there.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Microprocessing kits were delivered to participating schools, and mentors from STEM professions were assigned to teams. A host of elected officials, school board members, business leaders and other VIPs were on hand to cheer on the teams.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_92661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92661\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/img_5227\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"3.5\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS REBEL T5\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1651232462\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"18\",\"iso\":\"3200\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.00625\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Competing teams of high-schoolers established communication with an &ldquo;EV3&rdquo; robot on wheels, programming it to maneuver a mat, navigating the &ldquo;sea,&rdquo; avoiding &ldquo;land masses&rdquo; and &ldquo;civilian freighters,&rdquo; and detecting, acquiring and acting on a target. Photo by Paige Shiplett.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Competing teams of high-schoolers established communication with an &ldquo;EV3&rdquo; robot on wheels, programming it to maneuver a mat, navigating the &ldquo;sea,&rdquo; avoiding &ldquo;land masses&rdquo; and &ldquo;civilian freighters,&rdquo; and detecting, acquiring and acting on a target. Photo by Paige Shiplett.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/IMG_5227-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competing teams of high-schoolers established communication with an &ldquo;EV3&rdquo; robot on wheels, programming it to maneuver a mat, navigating the &ldquo;sea,&rdquo; avoiding &ldquo;land masses&rdquo; and &ldquo;civilian freighters,&rdquo; and detecting, acquiring and acting on a target. Photo by Paige Shiplett.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;I realized that science was all around me,&rdquo; Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Technical Advisor Candi Hudson &ndash; who won the 2021 Women of Color STEM Award &ndash; said as she gave a touching account of her childhood discovery of technological disciplines. &ldquo;Do not be afraid to seek solutions and make progress. These analytic skills will be our future.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Judging assessed presentation, navigation, creativity and more. Bridging Communities Governor&rsquo;s School in New Kent took third place, earning $500.<\/p><p>&ldquo;It has given me experience I wouldn&rsquo;t have been able to get otherwise,&rdquo; said Susan Randall, a student at King George High School and Chesapeake Bay Governor&rsquo;s School. Her team worked to navigate issues &ndash; turn radius, stopping distance, performance time &ndash; and complete the mission.<\/p><p>&ldquo;The first day was challenging, but we finally started figuring things out,&rdquo; said Stephen Haug, also part of the King George team, which contemplated making their robot sing &ldquo;Happy Birthday&rdquo; to meet the creativity criteria.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/03\\\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 579px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"579\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 710px; height: 579px;\" data-original-width=\"710\" data-original-height=\"579\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/mission-complete-innovation-challenge-dahlgren-a-strong-win-for-stem\/220430-n-iu059-0038\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"706\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"575\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92660\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/220430-N-IU059-0038-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2087\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"4\",\"credit\":\"(U.S. Navy photo\\\/Released)\",\"camera\":\"ILCE-1\",\"caption\":\"DAHLGREN, Va. \\u2013 Fredericksburg Christian School\\u2019s robotics team placed first at the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. The team earned $3,000 for their school\\u2019s STEM program. 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The team earned $500 for their school&rsquo;s STEM program. (U.S. Navy photo\/Released)\" style=\"width: 386px; height: 268px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Bridging Communities Governor&rsquo;s School robotics team placed third at the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. The team earned $500 for their school&rsquo;s STEM program. (U.S. Navy photo\/Released) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>Public and private industries &ndash; UMW; the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division; MITRE Corporation; and the Fredericksburg Regional Military Affairs Council &ndash; came together to make the event possible. 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