On January 20, 2024 at The University of Texas Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering, 143 middle and high school students from two TAME Regions – Capital Area and San Antonio – came together for the 2024 TAME Regional Engineering Competition and clean energy challenge!
The day flew by as teams of TAME Engineers worked together to plan and design creative solutions to replace carbon-based fuel sources with clean, affordable and renewable sources of energy. The Regional Competition theme of clean and affordable energy is based on Lesson 7 of TAME’s 2023-24 curriculum and aligns with global goals for sustainable development, outlined by the United Nations.
The TAME competition at UT Austin had 36 mixed-age teams.
- The top six scoring teams were recognized at the event.
- Engineering Mindset Awards honored students who exemplified TAME’s 5Cs of engineering (Curious, Creative, Collaborative, Committed, Contributive).
- TAME’s Senior Awards were given the students and graduating seniors that have been most committed to learning through TAME’s programs.
TAME would also like to extend our deepest thanks to the partners and funders that supported the 2024 Capital Area and San Antonio Regional Competition, including Northrop Grumman, PPG and The University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering.
We’re also extremely grateful for the generous statewide funding for TAME’s 2024 Regional Competitions, Clubs and Scholarships provided by Boeing, ConocoPhillips, Constellation, Drax, Emerson, General Motors, HEB, Halliburton, NI, and Silicon Labs.
Congratulations to all our hardworking competitors!
PARTICIPANTS
The following TAME Clubs participated in the event:
- Austin Youth River Watch
- Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
- Brentwood STEAM School of Innovation
- Canyon Vista Middle School
- Cedar Valley Middle School
- Connally High School
- Dwight Middle School
- Growing with STEMs
- Park Crest Middle School
- Pflugerville High School
- Ronald McNair Middle School
- Round Rock High School
- The WEX Foundation
- Westwood High School
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS
| 1st Place Middle School | 2nd Place Middle School | 3rd Place Middle School | 4th Place Middle School | 1st Place High School | 2nd Place High School |
| Team 9 | Team 27 | Team 4 | Team 18 | Team 38 | Team 39 |
| The Niners | T | UT Longhorns | Electric Cosmos | Barbie & Ken | Purple |
| John Joseph | Braden Noonan | Avani Mahadevu | Dhaani Gohel | Ahana Suresh | Isabella Garza |
| Jordan Gaona | Jaiden Canedo | James Lewis | Nate Miller | Edwin Bautista Duron | Lela Thornhill |
| Sarabella Avalos | Gabriel King | Julissa Covarrubia | Pranshi Mehta | Liam Crooker | Minh Le |
| Varenyaa Srivatsan | Katie Reed | Krishn Bhatia | Will Fitzmaurice | Mihika Puvvena | Madison McArthur |
ENGINEERING MINDSET AWARDS
| Team # 11 | Team #32 | Team #35 |
| SuperNOVA | Longhorns | High Graders |
| Lasya Medikonduru | Benita Narula | Anirudh Puvvada |
| Jeffry Sailer | Juan Rojas | Cahal Crooker |
| Kevin Lin | Liana Forster | Ernest Dietzmann |
| Marcos Juarez | William Cho | Dalilah Velasquez |
SENIOR AWARDS
- Gunner Harpole
- Juan Rojas
- Liana Forster
- Marium Halal
- Michael Moore
- Sierra Fridley
SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE COMPETITION HERE
