📌 Thursday, March 5, LIVE at Region 4
Get your students ready to design, build, and compete in Region 4’s hands-on Engineering Design Challenge. This engaging competition invites students in grades 6–8 to tackle Houston-area challenges connected to weather, infrastructure, and community resilience. Through collaboration and problem-solving, students apply engineering concepts while designing solutions that support a stronger Houston.
Bring student teams and take part in a day focused on creativity, design, and applied STEM learning.
We need volunteers!
Mentors, judges, sponsors, and general volunteers play a key role in making this event possible. Be part of a meaningful day that connects students to real-world engineering and community needs. Sign up here!
How it Works
The Engineering Design Challenge is open to public, charter, and homeschool students in grades 6–8. Teams of 3–4 design and build a solution using the Resilient Houston framework and present their work to judges. The competition takes place in person at the McKinney Conference Center on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
Join the Challenge!
Information for Educators
Educators serve as student sponsors and are responsible for registering on behalf of participating students or teams. Registration indicates your plan to bring at least one team to the competition.
With guidance from Region 4 specialists, sponsors support students throughout the design process leading up to the in-person challenge.