Building on what students are learning in TAME Clubs, this year’s challenge focuses on water transport
Since the start of the school year, TAME Clubs across Texas have been diving deep into learning about water, water purification, and the essential role that engineers play in bringing the world clean water.
As TAME’s competition season kicks off, students will shift to focus on how to transport water to the places where it’s needed most.
Beginning on February 3 and continuing through early April, 14 TAME Competitions will take place across the state (see dates below).
If you have attended past TAME Competitions, this year’s events may feel a bit different. We’ve added two new elements to the scoring rubric. In addition to being scored on the prototype challenge, teams will receive a score for documentation and design proposal.
Also new in 2023, special Judges Awards will be given to students and teams that exemplify TAME’s 5 Cs of Engineering. These are words that describe an engineering mindset and characteristics of TAME students:
- Curious – reflecting on how things work and interconnect
- Creative – thinking about new ways to solve problems
- Collaborative – knowing that two heads – or three or four heads – are better than one
- Committed – showing persistence because engineering design requires many iterations
- Contributive – offering ideas and energy to benefit the project and the group
DATES FOR 2023 TAME COMPETITIONS
- Amarillo – March 25
- Capital Area – April 1
- Corpus Christi – March 4
- Dallas – April 1
- East Texas – February 9
- Fort Worth – March 25
- Golden Triangle – February 4
- Gulf Coast – April 1
- Lubbock – February 13
- San Angelo – February 18
- San Antonio – February 18
- Rio Grande Valley – March 4
- West Texas – February 3
- Wichita Falls – February 25
Join us in wishing luck to the more than 2,100 middle and high school students from across Texas, from 126 TAME Clubs, who are gearing up to compete in the 2023 Engineering Design Challenge!
TAME would also like to extend our deepest thanks to the 2023 TAME Engineering Competition season partners, General Motors, Halliburton Foundation, NI, The Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, and Silicon Labs! We’re grateful for their generous funding support for this year’s engineering challenge that started with the Diving Deep into Water TAME Clubs curriculum and is coming alive throughout this TAME Competition season!
As the competitions wrap up, TAME will post the results on our blog – so stay tuned.
