On January 27th, at the Kaffie Middle School, 107 middle and high school students from the Coastal Bend TAME Region – 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 Kaffie Middle School had 28 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 is 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:
- Collegiate High School & Harold T Branch Academy
- Cunningham Middle School at South Park
- Falfurrias Junior High School
- Foy H. Moody High School – Citgo Innovation Academy
- Grant Middle School
- Kaffie Middle School
- Martin Middle School
- Miller Metro Prep School of Design – Middle School
- Pawnee ISD
- Roy Miller HS and Metro School of Design
- St. Mary’s Academy Charter School
- Veterans Memorial High School
- West Oso Junior High
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place |
Team # 13 | Team #19 | Team #15 | Team #20 | Team #17 | Team #10 |
Gio Estrada | Greyson Olivarez | Victoria Shaw | Marivel Recio | Jace Lopez | Edgar Alanis |
Grace Friant | Lilyana Perales | Drake Zamora | Joseph Juarez-Tamayo | Isaiah Valadez | Cole Garza |
Salina Ramirez | Mariella Infante | Nevaeh Colunga | Phantom Long | Rene Perez | Jason York |
Sam Smithwick | Mikayla Cada | Wrigley Mitchan | Lauren Aguilar | Zedekiah Bridgeforth | Matthew Ramos |
ENGINEERING MINDSET AWARDS
Team 7 | Team 33 | Team 30 |
Antonio Herrera Mednoza | Derek Hernandez | Isabel Infante |
Chrissiah Reyes | Adrian Fonseca | Kairi Spencer |
Katalina Huerta | Ryan Rocha | Kamryn Macrum |
Dante Gonzalez | Troy Anes | Rolando Castro |
SENIOR AWARDS
- Alaina Sanchez
- Dominique Garcia-Hernandez
- Elizabeth Hercl
- Gabriella Perez
- Joshua Castaneda
- Mariella Infante