The Tech Challenge

The Tech Challenge, presented by Zoom Video Communications, is a signature program of The Tech that 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 an inspiring two-day showcase in April where teams put their solutions to the test in front of judges.

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For more information about how your company can support this program with funding and volunteers, please contact Linda Antonopoulos at lanton@thetech.org. You may also view more information here.

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The Tech Challenge Events

Virtual Showcase: The big day! Your team will have the opportunity to show off all your hard work during a scheduled interview.
WHEN: April 24-25, 2021

Info Clinics: Online course and virtual Q&A sessions with our staff and head judges. This is a must for teams and advisers.

Adviser Training: Learn how to help guide your team to a rewarding Tech Challenge experience through our online course and virtual Q&A sessions. Please attend an Info Clinic before attending Adviser Training.

Team Workshops: Develop brainstorming, presentation, design, building and testing skills, and learn how to make an engineering journal. All our team workshops will be held virtually this year. There will be room for every team member who wants to attend! Workshops are for students only. The workshop is the same every time, so there is no need to attend more than one.

Test Trials: Attend our virtual Test Trials. Discuss your solution and get feedback from judges. Teams are encouraged to attend multiple test trials.

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Presenting: Zoom Video Communications

Scaling Partner: PwC Charitable Foundation

Founding: Arm, eBay, Barbara and Bill Heil, Intel, Seagate, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Principal: Accenture, Adobe, Amazon, Bank of America, EY, Ford Motor Company, Google, Lockheed Martin, Marvell, Mayfield, Park Habitat, Renesas, Xilinx

Underwriting: Akamai Foundation, AMD, Box, Deloitte, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Forescout Technologies, Goldman Sachs, Hathaway Dinwiddie, Hitachi Vantara, Juniper Networks, KLA Foundation, Microchip, The Moca Foundation, Palo Alto Networks, Star One Credit Union, Toeniskoetter Construction, Western Digital

Investing: Abracon, Eileen and Chris DiGiorgio, Flex, Christina and Mike Heald, IBM, Monolithic Power Systems, NXP Semiconductors, Sita Foundation, Synaptics, Tech CU

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