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The Tech Challenge presented by Dell

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What is The Tech Challenge?
This signature program of The Tech invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem. Participants spend months collaborating and becoming deeply engaged in the challenge while documenting their progress and designs. The program culminates in a thrilling two-day showcase in April when teams put their solutions to the test in front of judges.

The 2017 challenge: Rock the Ravine
Design and build a device to help explorers cross an ice field with multiple ravines.

Who: Students in Grades 4-12

What: A team engineering design challenge

Why: To develop creative solutions to a real-world problem

Showcase:
Saturday, April 29 • Morning: Grades 4-5 • Afternoon: Grade 6
Sunday, April 30 • Morning: Grades 9-12 • Afternoon: Grades 7-8

Register Now

The Tech Challenge is celebrating its 30-year anniversary with Rock the Ravine, a challenge inspired by the engineering of the first event in 1988.

2017 sponsors

Presenting: Dell

Innovator: Cisco Systems, Inc., SAP

Founding: Bank of America, Intel

Principal: ARM (Video Contest Sponsor), eBay, Genentech, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Underwriting: Accenture, Best Buy, Cavium, Ernst & Young, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Goldman Sachs & Co., Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.,  Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Samsung, Seagate, STMicroelectronics, Wells Fargo Bank

Investing: Barbara and William Heil, IDT, David H. Liu Foundation, ON Semiconductor, Tivo, Inc.

Team: Meriwest Credit Union

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