In this year's STEM Design challenge elementary and middle school students focused on Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (UN Sustainable Development Goal 9) by designing a prototype that addresses a real-world problem related to infrastructure, transportation, or urban development. The goal is to inspire students to think about how cities, roads, bridges, and systems can be built or improved to be more efficient, sustainable, and accessible.

JM Hill students built a vehicle that they call the Road Rover. This is a solar powered vehicle that charges during the day and operates at night, repairing potholes to avoid road closures during the day. It is driven by one person, eliminating the need to hire several construction workers. It also uses a Reverso filter (prototype design by Francisco Lara) which is a vehicle mounted filtering device that captures pollution in the air to help reduce harmful particles in the air.