Julia Suozzi was 350 miles from Charlottesville and working as a programmer in New York City when she learned that she was the national winner of theAmerican National Standards Institute'sseventh annual student paper competition. The contest raises awareness about the “strategic importance of standards and conformance among U.S. undergraduate and graduate students,†according to apress releaseon the institute's website. The award came with a $2,000 check and recognition at the organization's annual awards dinner Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C. Suozzi graduated in May with a degree in computer engineering from the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Her first-place essay, “When Mundane Objects Become Smart: Challenges of Standardizing the Internet of Things,†is adapted from her undergraduate thesis, written during the spring 2018 semester as a requirement for STS 4600: Engineering Responsibility and Ethics in a Global Context.