Gwinnett student wins 2021 Congressional App Challenge

SNELLVILLE, Ga. — 1 Brookwood High University junior designed an application that would eradicate the quite a few visits to the Department of Motor Motor vehicles (DMV), building having a license simpler, and received an award from a congressman. 

Niheer Patel created ‘Georgia DDS Checklist and was named the 2021 Congressional App Challenge winner by Congressman Hank Johnson.

Patel is one particular of the 7,000 college students across the nation who competed in the obstacle and the winner of the problem in the 4th Congressional district of Ga.

The winning app is created to get ready teens or others going to the DMV to receive a Class CP, Class C or Course D license.

The Snellville teenager drew on his have activities taking the driver’s check when he developed the app. Patel said he desired to simplify the DMV procedure immediately after listening to about friends’ ordeals. 

“I had read from a whole lot of my mates how tough that can be,” he explained. “So I truly desired to make confident that that process was as quick for me and all other folks as probable.”

The U.S. Residence of Associates formally introduced the app levels of competition in 2015 this nationwide hard work allows learners to compete in opposition to their peers by creating an app or game for cellular phones, tablets or computer system gadgets.

The annual competitiveness was created to encourage students to study how to code by developing their individual applications, a ability that Patel is utilizing to solve true-everyday living problems. 

“I identified that personal computer science was a great way for me to appear at issues in my have lifetime and see how I can address people with laptop or computer science or how I can extend that to other individuals,” Patel explained. “I eventually landed on something because I was about to turn out to be qualified for my driver’s license, it was an application that would assistance men and women with that method.”

The application will be showcased in the nation’s Capitol setting up and on http://Household.gov. To watch the profitable app, click right here.