Tulsa Engineering Challenge – TECh

TECh–Tulsa Engineering Challenge Started in 1989, this event continues to attract more than a thousand youth from northeast Oklahoma. It is a hands-on opportunity for youth to explore problem solving, designing and construction of devices that accomplishes tasks. It is open to grades 4 – 12.

Students compete in activities such as Toothpick Bridge, Rubber-Band Powered Vehicle, Ping-Pong Ball Launcher, Robot, Chemical Switch, Electric Motor, Paper Airplane Distance and Duration, Wacky Wonder Works, Aluminum Boat, Extreme Engineering Challenge, Digital Poster,  Mini-Math Challenge, and Academic Olympiad.

Host organizations are AIChE, ASCE, ASME, AWS, IEEE, OSPE, SAME, SME, SWE, and the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance (TRSA) as well as AAON, AEP/PSO, and CEC.  Major sponsors are The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation, Google, and AAON, Inc.