Winners Announced for Boeing “Behind the Next Big Thing” T-Shirt Design Contest
(Austin, TX) The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering is pleased to announce the winner of the Boeing “Behind the Next Big Thing” T Shirt Design Contest for the 32nd Annual TAME State STEM Competition. TAME students across Texas submitted a record number of entries, impressing judges with artistic creativity and design.
Congratulations to Siddhant Puranik of TAME’s Gulf Coast Chapter! Mr. Puranik of the T&T TAME Club is the first student from the Gulf Coast Chapter to win the contest in five years. He will receive a special invitation to the State STEM Competition on April 8th, hosted by CPS Energy at La Villita Assembly Building. At State Mr. Puranik will be presented with a $100 prize and a gift from our sponsor Boeing. His design will be unveiled on the day of the event, where it will be featured on the t-shirts, event programs and other materials that will be distributed to hundreds of participants.
TAME recognizes the artistic skill and hard work of students who placed in the contest. Your artwork will be featured in the event program at the State STEM Competition.
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS
| Student | Chapter | TAME Club | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siddhant Puranik | Gulf Coast | T&T Club | 1 |
| Hilwna Balche | Dallas | Lloyd V. Berkner High School | 2 |
| Rishav Chakravarty | Capital Area | Chisholm Trail Middle School | 3 |
| Isaac G. Escalón | Valley | Longoria Middle School | 4 |
| Charis Santer | Amarillo | Ascension Academy | 5 |
| Pranavi Kolli | Capital Area | Canyon Vista Middle School | 6 |
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST HONORABLE MENTION
| Student | Chapter | TAME Club |
|---|---|---|
| Adithya Sreenivasan | Capital Area | McNeil High School |
| Andrew Rigney | Valley | Longoria Middle School |
| Cristina Miwon Knight | Valley | Longoria Middle School |
| Damien Galindo | West Texas | Falcon Early College High School |
| Emily Tran | Gulf Coast | Ole Middle School |
| Empress Webster | Gulf Coast | Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy |
| Gonzalo Delgado | Valley | Longoria Middle School |
| Isabella Summers | Amarillo | Bonham Middle School |
| James Addison III | Golden Triangle | Abraham Lincoln Middle School |
| Joaquin Ozuna | Valley | Longoria Middle School |
| Nicholas J. Silva | Valley | Longoria Middle School |
To view past winning students and designs dating back to 2005, please visit TAME’s T-Shirt Design Contest page.
STATE STEM COMPETITIONS
The annual TAME State STEM Competition brings together hundreds of high-performing students, grades 6-12, to challenge their science and math skills and connect with a network of peers and mentors across Texas and beyond.
Students qualify for invitations to this event by being active members of a registered TAME Club, and by competing in Divisional STEM Competitions across Texas in the spring semester each year.
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS
TAME’s 2017 Competition partners include Boeing (presenting sponsor), Halliburton, ConocoPhillips, BASF, Raytheon, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Emerson Process Management, and Texas Instruments. Shell Oil Company is the sponsor of the ‘Outstanding Senior’ Award, and the ‘Judges’ Choice’ Award for the engineering design challenge is sponsored by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
