Female Utah students win $12k in tech for school through national STEM contest

TOOELE, Utah — A group of young women in Tooele and their teacher are trying to pave the way for other women in STEM, which is continually male-dominated.

The students just won the first round of a nationwide STEM contest, sponsored by Samsung, scoring $12,000 in technology for their school. Belknap was just one of four women who graduated with a physics degree from Brigham Young University in 1999. "Samsung said; ‘find this problem in your community and then come up with a solution for it,'" Belknap explained."We’re trying to remove the invasive lake weeds called phragmites from the lake," said Ashton Shields, a freshman at the school."Our plan right now is to put vinegar on them to discourage new growth.”

The girls know how the lake impacts the community as they've grown up there and spent time at the park in all seasons.Out of more than a thousand applications, the young ladies from Tooele High were named one of 50 state finalists, which earned their school $12,000 in new technology.

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