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Project Report | Aug 27, 2015
The Tech Challenge - Seismic Engineering in Action, Presented by Cisco - Fun 2015 Video Summary

By Miki Masuda | Development Coordinator

This year's event days for The 28th Annual Tech Challenge - Seismic Engineering in Action, Presented by Cisco were amazing! To give you a better idea of how the 2000 students’ months of hard work paid off during the event days that followed, please watch our three minute video.  You will definitely smile and feel the innovative and inspirational energy of their hands-on, team engineering design experience.

https://youtu.be/mVBXMc1TuXQ

Maybe your school is represented in this year’s winners, from 4th Grade through High School!

4th - 6th Grade

 

Best Overall 1st Place

Tectonic Dudes

Team # 414

Hyde Middle School

 

Best Overall 2nd Place

Endless Potato

Team # 486

 

Best Overall 3rd Place

Kung Fu Penguin

Team # 549

Bullis Charter School

 

Outstanding Engineering Journal

Unbreakables
Team #176
Mission Valley Elementary

Science Monkeys
Team # 74

Building Starz
Team # 70
Alexander Rose School

 

Outstanding Engineering Design Process

The TecTonic Plates

Team # 72

Castilleja

Tech-Tonics

Team # 248

Oak Elementary School

The Tectonic Tortoises

Team # 266

Cousins

 

Outstanding Device Performance

Shaken Not Stirred

Team # 571

Schafer Park Elementary School

Tier Fyre

Team # 468

Madera Elementary School

Team Asian

Team # 608

William Sheppard Middle School

 

Judges Inspiration Award

Presented by Greg Brown

Rambertechies

Team # 295

George Miner Elementary

 

Video Contest: Best Early Video

Presented by ARM

Team Name: Tri-Seismologists

Team: #296

 

Best Teamwork

Zalzala

Team # 548

Stratford School

 

Best Team Safety

Niles Tectonix

Team # 437

Niles Elementary School

 

Best Costume

KLS Construction Warriors

Team # 603

Khan Lab School

 

Best Sportsmanship

Periodic Coffee Tables

Team # 179

St. Martin of Tours

 

Most Creative

The Powerpurrfect Girlz!

Team # 94

Group of Friends

 

Judges Choice 

Evil Gluers

Team # 220

Lincoln Elementary School

 

Judges Choice  

A and K Modern Inventions

Team # 310

Gardner Bullis Elementary

 

Judges Choice 

The Flying Pigs

Team # 240

Charter School of Morgan Hill

 

7th and 8th Grade

Best Overall 1st Place

Power Builders 

Team # 243

Hopkins Junior High School, Gomes Elementary School, Livermore Valley Charter School

 

Best Overall 2nd Place

SJV Impact

Team # 429

St. John Vianney School

 

Best Overall 3rd Place

Cookie

Team # 436

Hyde (Warren E.) Middle School

 

Outstanding Engineering Journal

Technically Challenged

Team # 276

Castilleja School

Quaker Oats

Team # 484

St. John Vianney 

EarthQuacks

Team # 214

St. John Vianney School

 

Outstanding Engineering Design Process

Rubble Rousers

Team # 27

Rancho and Russell Milpitas Middle Schools 

Wind Lords

Team # 231

Warren E. Hyde Middle School

Shock Waves

Team # 304

St. John Vianney School

 

Outstanding Device Performance

The Quakers

Team # 479

Shockwave!

Team # 246

Magnolia Science Academy

The Shockwaves

Team # 465

 

Judges Inspiration Award

Presented by Greg Brown

The Ring of Fire

Team #661

Homeschool

 

Video Contest 1st Place

Presented by ARM

Team Name: EarthQuacks

Team #214

School: St. John Vianney

 

Video Contest 2nd Place

Presented by ARM

Team Name: Rijnorponex

Team #224

School: Ocean Grove Charter School-Homeschool

 

Best Teamwork

MMs

Team # 228

Discovery Charter School

 

Best Team Safety

{Bad Pun about Earthquakes}

Team # 274

Synapse School

 

Best Costume

TMNT Engineering Squad

Team # 103

Centerville Junior High School

 

Best Sportsmanship

Bad News Bears

Team # 186

St. Martin of Tours

 

Most Creative

Wild Makers

Team # 536

Boys Girls Club of the Peninsula

 

Judges Choice 

Chowmein Ninjas

Team # 127

Peterson Middle School

 

Judges Choice 

The Traffic Cones

Team # 203

St. Joseph of Cupertino Elementary School

 

Judges Choice 

iSolve

Team # 359

 

High School

Best Overall 1st Place

Half Moon Bae

Team # 478

Cupertino High School

 

Best Overall 2nd Place

Girls on Fire

Team # 21

Christa McAuliffe Alums at Monta Vista, Lynbrook and Cupertino High School

 

Best Overall 3rd Place

Quake Busters

Team # 481

Lynbrook High School

 

Outstanding Engineering Journal

Capricakes

Team # 626

Cupertino High School and Lynbrook High School

 

Terraemotus Vici

Team # 565

Carlmont High School

Quake Busters

Team # 481

Lynbrook High School

 

Outstanding Engineering Design Process

Seismic Xperts

Team # 405

Cupertino High School

 

Nihil & Co.

Team # 728

Monta Vista High School

Zero K

Team # 302

Cupertino High School

 

Outstanding Device Performance

Riff’s Raffs

Team # 408

Cupertino High School

 

Kh(Anh)

Team # 663

Oak Grove High School

H2Owned

Team # 551

Cupertino High School

 

Judges Inspiration Award

Presented by Greg Brown

The Fault Liners

Team # 221

Saratoga High School

 

Best Teamwork

Stress

Team # 494

Cupertino High School

 

Best Team Safety

Mischief Managed

Team # 346

Cupertino High School

 

Best Costume

Duct Tape Towers

Team # 298

Boy Scouts of America

 

Best Sportsmanship

Groundbreakers

Team # 435

Cupertino High School

 

Most Creative

Team Tactical Techtonic Tickles

Team # 321

Wilcox High School

 

Judges Choice 

The San Andreas Faultliners

Team # 623

Cupertino High School

 

Judges Choice 

Seismic Survivors

Team # 5

Milpitas High School

 

Judges Choice

The Quakers

Team # 547

Cupertino High School

Thank you so much for your support of this signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation!

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