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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, St. John Neumann Catholic School in Maryville
3strongly supports STEM education by encouraging students to
4participate on the Scrambled Gears Robotics Team; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Scrambled Gears Robotics Team has
6continuously competed at an international level and was
7nominated for the Global Innovation Award in 2018 in the FIRST
8LEGO League; and
 
9    WHEREAS, On February 28, 2019, the Scrambled Gears Robotics
10Team applied for a patent on their invention of the WaterSpark,
11a hydroelectric generator that uses rainwater to charge small
12electronics and can be used as an emergency power source
13globally in regions with an unreliable electric grid; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The patent for the Scrambled Gears Robotics Team's
15WaterSpark became publicly available on September 5, 2019, and
16the students are continuously working toward new initiatives,
17such as finding solutions to mobility barriers that prevent
18wheelchairs from going over uneven terrains; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
20HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we congratulate Coach Karen Conness and the Scrambled Gears

 

 

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1Robotics Team for their continued success, and we wish the
2students the best of luck in their future educational endeavors
3and as the next generation of engineers and scientists; and be
4it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to Coach Conness and all members of the Scrambled
7Gears Robotics Team as a symbol of our respect and esteem.