Winners of 2023 Congressional App Challenge in West San Gabriel Valley

Students on the steps of teh Capitol (Photo – congressionalappchallenge.us)

On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) announced the winners of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for middle and high school students in the West San Gabriel Valley.

By News Desk

This annual computer science competition, hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives, encourages students to learn how to code and inspires them to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields.

A record 46 apps were submitted to this year’s competition. The winner, Qinzhi (Louis) Li of Arcadia High School, submitted an app “QuickQuill” designed to edit STEM-related documents so that users can write and edit mathematical equations quickly and efficiently. The app will greatly help with taking notes, creating tests, or writing scientific papers.

Rep. Judy Chu issued the following statement:

I was thrilled to host my 5^th Annual Congressional App Challenge Competition and highlight the increasing importance of STEM education in our country.  STEM grows more valuable for our nation’s youth, and the powerful skills gained from coding and programming will ensure that our nation remains at the forefront of technological progress and advancements.  All our submissions came from talented young coders who worked collaboratively to fix problems facing the world. I’m proud of all our winners and everyone who participated in the competition. Congratulations to each one of them!”

List of winners

Here’s the list of winners:

• First Place:
  QuickQuill by Qinzhi (Louis) Li
  

• Second Place:
  Factorial! by Daniel Miao and Junyu Liu
  

• Third Place:
  Allergy Alert by Daniel Hacobian
  

• Fourth Place: speechHub_ by Christine Xu, Gwendolyn Culbert, and Amishi Mahadev
  

• Honorable Mention:
  EasyReader by Alex Zhou and Darren Ma
  

• Honorable Mention:
  News Map by Daniel Kahdian
  

• Honorable Mention:
  Fruitful by Alexa Chang and Brett Chang
  

Honorable Mention:
Red-11 by Drexel Ngo and Alina Ramos

The winners were chosen by a panel of expert judges from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Caltech, who made their decisions based on the app’s purpose, concept, technicality, creativity, and design.

The winning app, QuickQuill, will be displayed on the Congressional App Challenge Website and on a digital display in the Capitol Building.