IN South Fayette Fall 2019 | Page 46

Students Present at Stanford University I n May 2019, several students participated in the first national running of Project Invent, which aims to empower students to design for social good by completing a year-long intensive design project. South Fayette was one of 20 schools nationwide invited to participate. The team of Suraj Bokil, Pranav Dantu, Alisa Gealey, Prateek Jukalkar, Shreyas Raikhelkar, Swathi Senthil, and Parv Shrivastava, advised by High School English teacher, STEAM Club and TSA Advisor James Hausman, presented their invention, SMARThex, before a panel of Silicon Valley venture capitalists at Demo Day at Stanford University’s newest building, Denning House, on Saturday, May 19, 2019. SMARThex is an intelligent pill dispenser that reminds patients via their phones to take their medicine so they remain adherent. Project Invent also provided opportunities for the students to receive private tours of Apple, Facebook, and Stanford’s world-famous d.school. South Fayette was again invited to participate in Project Invent foe 2019-2020. 44 SOUTH FAYETTE