Jamaica’s robotics staff clinched gold on the Robotics Olympics held in Singapore, proudly bringing house the celebrated Katherine Johnson Award for Engineering Documentation.
The competitors unfolded between October 7 and October 10, providing a worldwide stage for showcasing distinctive engineering expertise.
Honoring Katherine Johnson’s legacy
The Katherine Johnson Award is a venerable accolade named in honor of the esteemed African-American mathematician, whose exceptional contributions to aeronautics performed a pivotal position in safely navigating astronauts John Glen and Alan Shepard again to Earth from the boundless expanses of area.
The award is bestowed upon the staff that the majority compellingly illustrates the ingenious processes employed in establishing their robotic.
Staff Jamaica: A cohort of brilliance
Steered by the adept management of captain Johnathan Smith from Campion Faculty, Staff Jamaica is a constellation of prodigious minds.
The staff boasted skills like Shawn-Michael Ferguson, additionally from Campion Faculty, Duncan Stanley from Wolmer’s Boys’ College, Glenmuir Excessive College’s Terrance Grant, Kimmi Chan from Hillel Academy, and Taeija-Lee Corridor-Watts from The American Worldwide College in Kingston (AISK).
Celebratory cheers from the management
Within the wake of this golden achievement, congratulatory messages flooded in from the nation’s management.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness took to social media to increase his hearty congratulations to the victorious staff, expressing immense pleasure of their stellar accomplishment.
International Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith joined within the celebration, lauding the scholars, their devoted educators, and mentors for this excellent win.
Her sentiments underscored the immense untapped potential residing inside Jamaica’s youth, able to be harnessed in numerous fields, together with the fascinating realm of robotics.
She additionally expressed gratitude to the Union of Jamaica Alumni Affiliation (UJAA), who not solely sponsored the staff but in addition supplied invaluable help. By championing the staff’s quest for gold, they performed a pivotal position in securing this historic victory.
