KCT

After completing their field visits and gaining first-hand insights from the ground, student teams are now applying systems thinking to work on the district’s priority challenges:

1. Tourism & carrying capacity management
2. Solid and wet waste management
3. Invasive species mapping
4. Tribal livelihoods & market access
5. Regulated use of heavy machinery
6. Geo-spatial risk scoring for construction approvals

With continuous inputs from domain experts, teams are being guided to look beyond surface-level fixes and move toward practical, implementable solutions. These expert interactions are helping students refine their approach, validate assumptions, and identify clear pathways forward.

Teams are fully immersed — hacking through the day, iterating on ideas, and steadily progressing toward solutions that can work in the real world.

This phase marks a critical shift from understanding the problem to building solutions with impact.