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1. TSA Competitions Layton High TSA
2. Competition Type: Turn-In Team Member Limit: 3 People per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants demonstrate knowledge of mechanical and control systems by designing, fabricating and controlling an animatronics device that will communicate, entertain, inform, demonstrate and/or illustrate a topic, idea, subject or concept. Sound, lights and a surrounding environment must accompany the device. Related Fields: Electronics Technician Special Effects Engineer Industrial Designer Toy Developer Robotics Technician Animatronics
3. Competition Type: Turn-In / Interview Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants develop a set of architectural plans and related materials for an annual architectural design challenge and construct a physical, as well as a computer-generated model, to accurately depict their design Related Fields: Appraiser Architect Construction Manager Interior Designer Urban/Regional Planner Architectural Renovation NEW EVENT
4. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: 2+ People per Team Chapter Entries Limit: Unlimited Competition Description: Participants select a contemporary biotechnology problem (that relates to the current year’s published area of focus) and demonstrate understanding of it through documented research, the development of a solution, a display, and an effective multimedia presentation Related Fields: Bioinformatics Processor Food Scientist Microbiologist Radiographer Quality Control Analyst Biotechnology Design
5. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: Individual Event Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants research technology-related careers designated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as falling in the top ten employment growth areas in the near future. As part of the research for the careers noted in the current conference year, students prepare a resume and cover letter for each career. Semifinalists participate in an on-site job interview related to one of the careers. Related Fields: Participant’s Choice Career Preparation
6. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 6 People per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants take a written parliamentary procedures test in order to qualify for the semifinalist level of competition. Semifinalist teams perform an opening ceremony, dispose of three items of business, and perform a closing ceremony within a specified time period Related Fields: N/A Chapter Team
7. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Event Chapter Entries Limit: 3 Entries per Chapter Competition Description: Participants create representations, such as foundation and/or floor plans, and/or elevation drawings, and/or details of architectural ornamentation or cabinetry Related Fields: Architect Automobile Designer CAD Professional Architectural Designer Machine Designer CAD – 2D Architecture
8. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Event Chapter Entries Limit: 3 Entries per Chapter Competition Description: Participants create 3D computer model(s) of an engineering or machine object, such as a machine part, tool, device, or manufactured product Related Fields: Design Engineer Mechanical Engineer Machinist CAD – 3D Engineering
9. Competition Type: Prepare and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: 2 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants design, fabricate, and demonstrate their ability to use a CNC machine to produce mousetrap car parts. The assembled entry is evaluated for the distance it travels and proper documentation Related Fields: Commercial and Industrial Designer Engineer Mechanical Engineer CNC Programmer/Operator Computer Numerical Control Production NEW EVENT
10. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 3 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 2 Entries per Chapter Competition Description: Participants work together to prepare for a debate against a team from another chapter. Teams are instructed on site to take either the pro or con side of a subtopic (which falls under a general topic) that is designated annually Related Fields: Lobbyist Management Executive Motivational Speaker Politician Public Policy Specialist Debating Technological Issues
11. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Event Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description: Participants produce a notebook containing a news release, a three-column newsletter, and a poster. All participants (not just semifinalists) work to solve an on- site problem to demonstrate their abilities to use the computer to design and edit materials for in-house publication Related Fields: Advertising or Marketing Executive Editor or Copy Editor Corporate Communications Manager Writer Desktop Publishing
12. Competition Type: Turn-In Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit: 3 Entries per Chapter Competition Description: Participants develop a digital video/film that focuses on the current year’s theme. Sound may accompany the film Related Fields: Audio/Video Operator Cinematographer Film/Video Editor Screen Editor Digital Video Production
13. Competition Type: Turn-In and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit: 2 Entries per Chapter Competition Description: Participants design, produce working drawings for, and build a CO2- powered dragster Related Fields: Automotive Designer Automotive Modeler Aeronautical Engineer Industrial Designer Industrial Engineer Dragster Design
14. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: 3-5 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Entry per Chapter Competition Description:Participants work to design and fabricate a device that will meet the specific needs of a person with a disability. Through use of a model/prototype, display, and design notebook, participants document and justify their identified problem and solution, as well as the solution’s impact on a member of their community and on society. Semifinalists demonstrate the problem and solution in a timed presentation. Related Fields: Civil engineer Environmental scientist Health and safety specialist Manufacturing consultant Prosthesticprofessional Engineering Design
15. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit: Unlimited Competition Description:Participants (three individuals per state) conduct research in an announced technological area and, using the knowledge and personal insights gained from this research, write an essay on one subtopic selected from two or three related subtopics designated on site Related Fields: Economist Engineer Research technician Scientist Technical writer Essays on Technology
16. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit: Unlimited Competition Description:Participants give a three-to-five minute speech fifteen minutes after having drawn a card on which a technology or TSA topic for a speech is written. Related Fields: Advertising executive Keynote speaker Politician Sales and marketing executive Teacher Extemporaneous Speech
17. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: 2-4 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants research, develop and create garment designs, garment mock- ups, and portfolios that reflect the current year’s published theme. Semifinalists participate in an on-site event in which they present their potential garment designs to the judges on a TSA runway Related Fields: Advertising executive Keynote speaker Politician Sales and marketing executive Teacher Fashion Design
18. Competition Type: Turn-In and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit: 2 Members per Chapter Competition Description:Participants analyze flight principles with a rubber band- powered model aircraft Related Fields: Aeronautical engineer Aircraft systems engineer Physics teacher Flight Endurance
19. Competition Type: Turn-In and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit: 3 Members per Chapter Competition Description:Participants research and select three accredited colleges or universities that offer technology education or engineering technology teacher preparation as a major. Each participant writes a one page simulated college essay explaining 1) why s/he wishes to become a technology education or engineering technology teacher and 2) what would constitute success in the field. Participants also develop and present a lesson plan. Related Fields: Technology (and related areas) Teacher Future Technology Teacher
20. Competition Type: Turn-In Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants (one team per chapter) design and manufacture a prototype of a product (designated annually) and provide a description of how the product could be manufactured in a state-of-the-art American manufacturing facility. Related Fields: CNC programmer Design engineer Industrial engineer Information technology manager Plant process improvement engineer Manufacturing Prototype
21. Competition Type: Turn-In and Interview Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit:Unlimited Competition Description:Participants produce an original musical piece that is designed to be played during the national TSA conference opening or closing general session Related Fields: Artist Audio designer or engineer Audio operator or technician Broadcast technician Composer Music Production
22. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 2+ Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants write, shoot, and edit a sixty second video on site at the conference Related Fields: Cinematographer Screen editor Script writer On-Demand Video
23. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants work as part of a team to participate in the development, debugging, and documentation of a new or existing open source software project. Through a multimedia presentation and notebook, the team explains in detail how it has contributed to the project Related Fields: Graphic Designer Software Engineer Technical Writer Open Source Software Development NEW EVENT
24. Competition Type: Turn-In and On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit:1 Member per Chapter Competition Description:Participants capture and process photographic and digital prints that depict the current year’s published theme. Semifinalists participate in an on-site event in which they capture digital images and utilize multimedia software to prepare and develop a media presentation during the annual conference Related Fields: Advertising or public relations executive Graphic designer Photographer Publisher Sales manager Photographic Technology
25. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit:Unlimited Competition Description:Participants deliver an oral presentation, which should include audio and/or visual enhancement, based on the theme for the current year’s conference Related Fields: Broadcast media specialist Lawyer Management consultant Motivational speaker Public relations executive Prepared Presentation
26. Competition Type: Turn-In Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit:2 Members per Chapter Competition Description:Participants develop and present a graphic design that can be used to promote participation in TSA competitive events. The design will promote annually-selected competitions from TSA’s array of competitive events Related Fields: Advertising executive Graphic designer Marketing manager Printer Public relations manager Promotional Graphics
27. Competition Type: Prepare and Present Team Member Limit: Unlimited Chapter Entries Limit:Unlimited Competition Description:Participants develop a visualization focusing on a subject or topic from one or more of the following areas: science, technology, engineering or mathematics Related Fields: Computer animator Game designer Instructional technologist Software engineer SciVis
28. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 2 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants work as part of a team, on site with supplied materials, to build a model of a structure that is destructively tested to determine design efficiency Related Fields: Architect Civil engineer Engineering technician Mathematician Structural iron and steel worker Structural Engineering
29. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 3 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants work as part of a team on site to develop a computer-controlled model-solution to a problem, typically one from an industrial setting. Teams analyze the problem, build a computer- controlled mechanical model, program the model, explain the program and mechanical features of the model-solution, and write instructions for evaluators to operate the device Related Fields: CNC programmer Computer programmer Robotics engineer System Control Technology
30. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit:2 Members per Chapter Competition Description:Participants complete a written test in order to qualify for the semifinalist level of competition. Semifinalists must demonstrate their ability to solve on-site engineering graphics problems using standard drafting techniques Related Fields: Architect Mechanical engineer Product designer Quality control engineer Structural engineer Technical Sketching
31. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 3 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants complete a written, objective test in order to qualify for oral question/response, head-to-head team competition Related Fields: Computer technician Construction analyst Engineer Entrepreneur Technology education instructor Technology Bowl
32. Competition Type: On-Site Team Member Limit: 2 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants work together on site to develop and create a solution to a problem using the limited materials provided and the tools allowed. Related Fields: Computer software engineer Mathematician Criminal investigator Air Traffic controller Veterinarian Technology Problem Solving
33. Competition Type: Turn-In and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: Individual Chapter Entries Limit:1 Member per Chapter Competition Description:Participants use engineering skills to design and fabricate a CO2-powered scale model of a vehicle that meets the current year’s stated design theme Related Fields: Automotive designer Automotive modeler Digital modeling technician Industrial designer Industrial engineer Transportation Modeling
34. Competition Type: Turn-In and Demonstrate Team Member Limit: 2+ Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit:1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants develop an E-rated game that focuses on the subject of their choice Related Fields: Animator Computer programmer Electronic game designer Electronic game technician Writer Video Game Design
35. Competition Type: Turn-In and Interview Team Member Limit: 3-5 Members per Team Chapter Entries Limit: 1 Team per Chapter Competition Description:Participants are required to design, build and launch a website that features their school's career and technology education program, the TSA chapter, and the chapter’s ability to research topics pertaining to technology. Semifinalists participate in an on-site interview to demonstrate the knowledge and expertise gained during the development of the website, with an emphasis on Internet and web history, web design and research about cutting edge advances in technology Related Fields: Computer Engineer Webmaster Website Designer Web Technician Webmaster