(Edinburg, TX) – The 2017 TAME Valley STEM Competition was hosted by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Saturday February 18, 2017. The event, held free of cost to participants, brought together over 60 student competitors (grades 6-8) from across the region.
Students competed in individual math and science tests and were grouped into teams to participate in an Engineering Design Challenge. This year’s challenge was developed by engineers from Boeing. The top three students from each test and the top three teams from the Engineering Design Challenge were recognized. Two teams also received a special Judges’ Choice Award for creative problem solving.
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) is a statewide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 that enables Texas students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). In addition to testing student knowledge of math and science concepts, the competition promotes teamwork, leadership, and academic achievement.
More information on TAME’s STEM Competitions can be found here. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the leadership for the Valley Chapter.
Congratulations to all our competitors!
SHARING PHOTOS
If you took photos at the event, please consider sharing pictures of the 2017 Divisional STEM Competitions with the TAME State Office. We will share selected pictures on the TAME Facebook page and with corporate and university partners who have ensured that the competition is offered free of cost to participants.
You can email pictures to programs@tame.org or upload them to Google Drive below.
MATH & SCIENCE TEST RESULTS
| Test | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Grade | Seokhyun “Alex” Kim | Krishna Grandhe | Kavita Kohli | Kevin Yu | Ishan Dasgupta | Manika Aggarwal |
| 7th Grade | Eric Xu | Aman Tewari | Grace Li | Siddh Bamb | Ruben Flores | Shoumik Roychowdhury |
| 8th Grade | Andrew Yao | Ethan Garcia | Raymond Sun | Anouka Saha | Anuja Uppuluri | Rohan Polavaram |
| 9th Grade | Nikhil Lyles | Himanshu Reddy | Aditya Desai | Janssen Fang | Apoorva Amudhan | Sudharsan Ramapriya |
| 10th Grade | Jenny Zhang | Jessica Ding | Adithya Sreenivasan | Amritavarshini Mayavaran | Kevin Qi | Maya Lyles |
| 11th Grade | Shubhanga Ballal | Vinh Ton | Claire Mathieu | Sumin Son | Jaden Fang | Samuel Perales |
| 12th Grade | Kyle Sheth | Sindhura Sridhar | Joelle Abdallah | Cathy Nguyen | Sahaj Shah | Andrea Orji |
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team O | Creativity | Underdog | Team LIGHT (Luminescent Ingenious and Glorious, for a Higher Tomorrow) | Pandanaut Express #41 | TAME 674 |
| Giselle Rivera | Leah Ankutse | Anjali Mandala | Ethan Garcia | Elizabeth Horsey | Amritavarshini Mayavaran |
| Jake Gollub | Sahaj Shah | Daveon Douglas | Jaden Fang | Janssen Fang | Ishanvi Mishra |
| Samit Deshmukh | Utsav Nimavat | Gabriela Aguirre | Rishav Chakravarty | Namish Kukreja | Crystal Agwuncha |
| Sanjana Sivaiah | Zoe Brewer | Jenny Zhang | Sophia Louie | Phillipe Reyna | Bao Tran |
| Vinh Ton | Paawan Desai | Tiffany Tran | Aylin Tanriverdi |
