On February 3 at Odessa College, 92 middle and high school students from six TAME Clubs in the west Texas area came together for the 2023 TAME West Texas 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 eighteen 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 Longevity Awards and Senior Awards to the graduating seniors that have been most committed to learning through TAME’s programs.
A huge and heartfelt thanks to the West Texas TAME Chapter Leaders: Kim McKay and Elma Reyes.
TAME would like to thank the 2023 TAME Engineering Competition season partners, General Motors, Halliburton Foundation, NI, The Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, 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:
- Crockett Middle School
- Fort Stockton High School
- Odessa Collegiate Academy
- Pecos High School
- Stanton High School
- The STEM Academy
ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE RESULTS
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | 6th Place |
Team 12 | Team 6 | Team 9 | Team 7 | Team 15 | Team 4 |
Team L.O.W | H-2-Oh Yeah! | Water Evolution | Team Drake | V-Back | The Avengers |
Ana Eguino | Diana Delgado | Charles Viray | Aideliz Rios | Ava Simmons | Christian Flores Velasquez |
Cayla Polvon | Joseph Sirois | Clinette Garzon | Drake Brown | Bridney Ortiz | Cruz Rocha |
Fernando Corrales | Josephina Corral | Karen Serrano | Gregorio Arenivas | Courtney Rodgers | Julian Sanchez |
Rhean Lei Antipuesto | Maryam Akram | Marina Baeza | Isaiah Ramos | Kanyapak Ngampimolsri | Pilar Carrasco |
Ryan Valenzuela | Milian Therese Morales | Sofia Khan | Roxanna Martinez | Vsevolod Kalmazan | Zoebella Kraemer |
JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARDS
Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice | Judges’ Choice |
Team 1 | Team 13 | Team 2 |
Newbies | Cowboy TREX | Team SEA |
Andrea Santiago Soto | Alexandra Nhecole Luchavez | Betanya Hailu |
Carolina Sauceda | Hadlee Stalvey | Bradyn Burleson |
Ivan Mata | Jadon Castaneda | Eliza Oglesby |
Jurian Smith | Salma Zobaa | Yeimy Gomez |
Yolanda Zapata | Samuel Amaya | |
Sophia Cabuco |
LONGEVITY AWARD
- Fernando Corrales
SENIOR AWARDS
- Carolina Sauceda
- Fernando Corrales
- Isaiah Ramos
- Jazmin Juarez
- Miracle Carroll
- Victoria Soto