On April 1st at the University of Houston, 129 middle and high school students from four TAME Clubs in the Houston area came together for the 2023 TAME Engineering Competition!
The day was a flurry of creative exploration and collaboration as teams worked to develop a prototype for water transport, as well as the documentation and design proposal. The TAME Competition theme of water transport aligns with what many TAME Clubs have been learning about all year: the essential role of engineers in helping the world access clean water.
The TAME Competition had 22 mixed-age teams. The top six scoring teams were recognized at the event. Special Judges’ Choice Awards honored students who exemplified TAME’s 5Cs of engineering (Curious, Creative, Collaborative, Committed, Contributive). TAME also gave out Senior Awards to the graduating seniors that have been most committed to learning through TAME’s programs.
A huge and heartfelt thanks to the Gulf Coast TAME Chapter Leaders: Dr. Jennifer Luna-Singh, Competition Coordinator, and Astra Zeno, Chapter Chair.
TAME would also like to extend our deepest thanks for the generous funding support for this competition and for TAME Club programming from Chevron Phillips Chemical and PPG.
TAME would also like to thank the 2023 TAME Engineering Competition season partners, General Motors, Halliburton Foundation, NI, The Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, ASCE Texas Section, 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!
Congratulations to all our hardworking competitors!
PARTICIPANTS
The following TAME Clubs participated in the event:
- Academy of Accelerated Learning – Bellfort
- Academy of Accelerated Learning – Chimney Rock
- Austin High School
- Coding with a Twist: iCan STEM
- Energized for Excellence Academy, Inc. MS Science Club
- Energized for STEM TAME Club
- Energized MS Robotics & STEM Team
- Kerr Engineering Club
- MacGregor Metropolitan 4-H
- Missouri City
- Olle Middle School
- Pearland Manvel Fresno Kappa League
- Pearland NSBE Jr
- PREPPY STEM
- South Houston NSBE Jr.
- Stem Magnet Academy TAME Club
- The Rice School STEM Club
- Untamed Knights
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place |
Team 8 | Team 20 | Team 4 | Team 6 | Team 13 | Team 12 |
Team 8 | Capybara | Waterbenders | Team 6 | Rice Krispy | Minions |
Asmaau Tunis | Eyob Demess | Allison Rodriguez | Donovan Thomas | Alexandro Bazan | Alice Medina Avila |
Keila Tol | Isai Rodriguez | Asim Abidi | Grace Bankole | Cristian Galindo | Elijah Rafiki |
Lawson Taylor | Kameron Scott | Dione Ebong | Joshua Williams | Kyndall Thomas | Julieta Chaparro |
Mohammad Faisal Ibrahim Khel | Meredith Chavez | Hilton Gray | Leonardo Gabriel | Maximus Amaya | Princy Shah |
Rehema Musa | Nayeli Garcia | Kiara Medina | Madison Hornsby | Melissa Tiguila | Rashon Roquemore |
Yosgarth Martinez | Ruben Chavez | Roman Medina-Avila | Miguel Huezo | Seriah Smith | Roxanne Barron |
JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARDS
Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice |
Team 15 | Team 3 | Team 7 |
Class of the Elite | TAME 3 | Team 7 |
Emerson Gray | Aaron Granados | Dylan Lemond |
Jackeline Cruz | Alexsander Martinez | Elizabeth Jones |
Jase Lane | David Randolph | Gael Nunez |
Jordan Lane | Emmanuel Ajaegbu | Issis Fuentes |
Keilin Tomas | Jayden Lewis | Seth Draper |
Nasya Nwanguma | Raul Vazquez | Shoaib Fnu |
SENIOR AWARDS
- Aneefah Babs-Kazeem
- Daniel Guerrero
- Lawson Taylor
- Leea Metoyer
- Naylie Leal
- Roman Medina-Avila
- Stacia Frank