Aerospace Technology - 5 individual entries
Aerospace Technology - 5 individual entries
TSA participants in the Aerospace Technology event are required to design, sketch, and build a hand-launched model aircraft (metric glider) to demonstrate the technology and the principles of flight. Duration of flight, design, construction, and a folio (drawings and technical report) are the elements evaluated.
Architectural Model - 2 entries
TSA members or chapters entering the Architectural Model event are required to submit a floor plan and a three-dimensional model of a structure as epicted by the floor plan. This event is not limited to residential structures. An annual design problem will determine the type of Architectural Model for the conference year.
Construction Systems - 2 teams of two
TSA teams (two members per team) entering the construction event will be given a written test. Each finalist team will apply practical construction practices representative of the construction industry in an activity that will be designated and carried out on-site and that will vary annually.
Control Technology - 2 teams of three
TSA participants in the Control Technology event are required to use a team approach to provide a computer controlled model solution to a given problem within a specified time frame. Design, functionality, cooperative teamwork, documentation, and originality are the primary criteria.
Desktop Publishing -
Electronics systems - 2 entries
TSA participants in the Electricity/Electronics event are required to design and build a product utilizing electricity/electronics. The product is evaluated on complexity, ingenuity, quality of the schematic, and the written description of the product.
Engineering Graphic Analysis - 4 entries
TSA participants in the Engineering Graphic Analysis curricular event must demonstrate their ability to analyze engineering graphic specifications by completing an engineering graphic analysis test. Finalists will also demonstrate their ability to solve an on-site engineering graphic problem using standard drafting techniques.
Extemporaneous Speech - 2 entries
TSA participants in Extemporaneous Speech are required to give a three to five-minute speech 15 minutes after having drawn a card on which a topic for their speech is written.
Imaging Technology
Manufacturing Prototype - 2 entries
TSA participants in the Manufacturing Prototype event are required to manufacture a prototype of a product and provide a description of how the product could be manufactured in a state-of-the art American industry.
Prepared Presentations - 2 entries
TSA participants in Prepared Speech are required to deliver an oral presentation enhanced by audio and/or visual means. The topic is always the same as the theme for the current year's national conference.
Promotional Communications - entry
TSA participants in the Promotional Communications event are to prepare a video product which promotes TSA.
Promotional Graphics - 1 entry
R. C. Transportation - 3 teams of 4
Research & Design - 10 entries
TSA participants in the Research and Design event are required to design, draw, and build a CO2-powered vehicle. Design, speed, quality of work, and a drawing of the vehicle are the primary elements evaluated.
Structural Engineering - 4 teams of 2
TSA teams entering the Structural Engineering event will construct a test model of the selected structure to be destructively tested to determine design efficiency.
Technical Research and Report Writing - 2 entries
TSA participants in Technical Research and Report Writing are required to research an announced technological area then, utilizing the knowledge and resources gained from this research, must write a comprehensive report on a selection of three (3) related subtopics designated on site.
Technology Bowl - 2 teams of 3
TSA chapters entering the Technology Bowl are required to complete a written objective examination to qualify for the oral question/response, head-to-head team competition phase of the event.
Technology Challenge - 2 teams of 2
To provide an opportunity to use critical thinking skills in developing a solution to a problem in technology.
Technology Problem Solving - 2 teams of 2
TSA teams (two members per team) entering the technology problem solving event are required to use a team approach to provide an adequate solution to a given problem within a specified and limited time frame. Design, function, cooperative teamwork, and originality are the primary elements evaluated.
Technological Systems - 1 team of 2-4
TSA participants in the Technological Systems Problem event are required to enter a model, and documentation of their team's solution to a stated problem pertaining to a given technological system (communication, transportation, construction, manufacturing, etc.). Finalists will demonstrate their team's approach in solving the technological problem within a specified and limited time frame.
Graphic Arts Stencil (PA)
Materials Process (PA)- 1 entry
Safety Illustration (PA)
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