Rep. Clyde Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winners

GAINESVILLE, GA - Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia's Ninth District.

This year's competition featured six talented student submissions from across the District, each creating original software applications that reflect creativity, problem-solving, and a commitment to innovation. After a competitive evaluation process, the following winners were selected:

• First Place: Krish Tripathy's "Pulmo Lens " | Woodward Academy
• Second Place: Michael Wang's "Ten8Link" | North Gwinnett High School
• Third Place: Lihn Do's "Ace AP STEM" | Fulton Science Academy

"Congratulations to Krish on winning first place in this year's Congressional App Challenge! His innovative design provides an effective way for patients and health care professionals to improve detection of pneumonia, showcasing how coding can address real-world challenges," said Clyde. "I'd also like to congratulate Michael and Lihn for their impressive skills and creativity, as well as to thank the team at Strategic Logix for serving as this year's judges for the Ninth District."

First Place: Pulmo Lens by Krish Tripathy

Krish Tripathy, a Sugar Hill resident and senior at Woodward Academy, was inspired to create Pulmo Lens when a family member was hospitalized for pneumonia after the infection had gone undetected. Pulmo Lens is a deep learning-based web application that helps health care professionals detect pneumonia from chest X-rays faster and more accurately. When a user uploads an image, the app processes it in seconds and displays both the original X-ray and a heatmap that highlights the areas most likely to contain pneumonia.

"Pulmo Lens represents my vision of combining coding and compassion," said Tripathy. "Pulmo Lens strives to help doctors act sooner, save more lives, and make early detection easier and reliable for everyone."

Tripathy's app will be exhibited at the 2025 #HouseOfCode celebration in Washington, D.C., where students from across the country gather to share their work with Members of Congress, technology leaders, and industry professionals.

Second Place: Ten8Link by Michael Wang

A junior at North Gwinnett High School, Michael Wang was inspired to create Ten8Link after learning how time-consuming and inefficient daily operations can be while working a part-time job as a property manager. With Ten8Link, property managers can message tenants, receive maintenance requests, and track issue resolution automatically through one streamlined platform.

Third Place: Ace AP STEM by Lihn Do

Lihn Do, a Buford resident and junior at Fulton Science Academy, designed Ace AP STEM to help high school students taking AP STEM courses. The platform not only helps students solve individual problems, but it also strengthens their conceptual understanding, critical thinking, and long-term mastery of AP STEM subjects.

Background

First launched in 2014, the Congressional App Challenge is the official computer science competition of the U.S. House of Representatives. The competition encourages students to create and submit their own app for the opportunity to receive national recognition.

Students may participate as individuals or in teams of up to four. Congressional App Challenge winners will have their app featured on a display in the U.S. Capitol and put on the U.S. House of Representatives' website. Additionally, winners will receive an invitation to the #HouseOfCode celebration on Capitol Hill.