Help Texas students sleep well and dream big—donate at tame.org/paypal. TAME Ambassador Taylor Johnson joined a TAME club in 7th grade. She’s now majoring in biomedical engineering. We’re proud of her – and we’re happy to see that even a hi-tech arm can use a little blue tape. When TAME students like Taylor collaborate on […]
STEM Competition
How does a sleeping bag… make a wind turbine spin?
Help Texas students sleep well and dream big—donate at tame.org/paypal. When TAME students collaborate on an engineering design challenge, they’re not thinking about gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic differences. They’re thinking about how to make a better wind turbine, how to maximize wing span, or whether a spitball can qualify as an air-powered vehicle. They’re thinking […]
State STEM Update: Ziplines, Event Conflict, & 11/7 Deadline
Ready, set – register your TAME Club! The 34th annual State STEM Competition, presented by ConocoPhillips, is scheduled for April 27th, 2019 in the greater Houston area. To participate, please register your TAME Club (tame.org/club2018) and students (tame.org/student2018) by 11:59 pm on November 7th. Clubs and students must register every year to participate in the Divisional […]
TAME Engineering Adventure: Wind Turbine State Challenge
Welcome to TAME Engineering Adventures! Our goal is to help you challenge your students with hands-on learning. Wind it up! This Engineering Adventure is to design and build the rotor for a wind turbine. We’re offering a classroom adaptation of the Engineering Design Challenge from the 32nd Annual TAME State STEM Competition sponsored by Boeing and hosted by […]
Marathon Oil Donates $10K for San Antonio STEM Competition
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) is pleased to announce that partner Marathon Oil has generously awarded $10,000 to empower Texan students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The funding sponsored the 2018 San Antonio Divisional STEM Competition. Learn more about our annual STEM Competitions, which celebrate achievement in math, science, […]
STEM club creates opportunities for underrepresented groups
by Isabella Bradberry, News Editor of the Panther Prowler of Pflugerville High School The TAME meeting filled the entire lecture hall with students. The guest speaker, an entrepreneur, brought in a device that connected the optic nerves of the student who wore it, allowing researchers to test how well these nerves functioned for the student. […]