Disclaimers
Copyright: All entries must be the original work of the student participant or student team. All ideas, text, images (photos), computer generated, video and/or other), sounds and other media from other sources must be cited, including anything that is from the public domain. References and resources are to be cited using the most current edition of the Modern Language Association, or MLA, style. If copyrighted material is used, proper written permission must be included. Failure to follow this procedure will automatically result in disqualification of the students (all projects) and may potentially disqualify the entire chapter from the Texas TSA State Competition.
A student may enter only one NQE on-site CADD contest.
Due to time limits and other extenuating circumstances, Texas TSA reserves the rights to make modifications on how it conducts National Qualifying Events (NQEs) at Texas TSA State Contest. Individual event coordinators must have any such modifications approved by the NQE coordinator at state contest. These may include the following:
- Shortening the contest time or interview time allowed
- Only having 1 round for public performance style events
- Limiting the number of teams interviewed in the final round
Rule modifications should be procedural only and not affect the intent of the competition rules.
General Guidelines
- Nationals Dress Code will be enforced in all NQE events. Dress code is:
- Official TSA Blue Competition Shirt, gray pants, black socks, & black shoes
- Females may opt to wear skirts and/or hosiery in lieu of pants and socks
- Chapter Team must wear official TSA blazers, with patch, and the red TSA tie (males). Per National TSA, females will not be penalized for wearing the tie, but it is optional for them.
- Ignorance of the rules and/or misunderstanding of the rules is not an excuse for a protest or additional consideration. If you are unsure of the wording of a rule, have a question, or need clarification, please email the NQE Managers at nqe@texastsa.org.
High School National Qualifying Events
| Event Name | Limits |
|---|---|
| Animatronics | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Architectural Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Biotechnology Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Board Game Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Chapter Team | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Children's Stories | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Coding | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| CAD Architecture | 3 per region, but only two per chapter |
| CAD Engineering | 3 per region, but only two per chapter |
| CIM | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Cybersecurity | 3 per region, but only two per chapter |
| Data Science and Analytics | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Debating Technology Issues | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Digital Video Production | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Dragster Design | 6 per region, but only two per chapter |
| Engineering Design | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Essays on Technology | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Extemporaneous Speech | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Fashion Design and Technology | 5 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Flight Endurance | 6 per region, but only two per chapter |
| Forensic Science | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Future Tech & Engineering Teacher | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Geospatial Technology | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Music Production | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| On Demand Video | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Photographic Technology | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Prepared Presentation | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Promotional Design | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| SciVis | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Software Development | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Structural Design and Engineering | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| System Control Technology | 3 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Technology Bowl | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Technology Problem Solving | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Transportation Modeling | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Video Game Design | 5 per region, no per chapter restriction |
| Webmaster | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
Middle School National Qualifying Events
| Event Name | Limits |
|---|---|
| Biotechnology | 5 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Career Prep | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Challenging Tech Issues | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Chapter Team | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Children's Stories | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Coding | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Community Service Video | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| CAD Foundations | 3 per region, but only two per chapter |
| Construction Challenge | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Cybersecurity | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Data Science and Analytics | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Digital Photography | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Dragster | 6 per region, but only 2 per chapter |
| Electrical Applications | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Essays on Technology | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Flight | 6 per region, but only 2 per chapter |
| Forensic Technology | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Foundations of IT | 3 per region, but only 2 per chapter |
| Inventions & Innovations | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Junior Solar Sprint | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Leadership Strategies | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Mass Production | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Medical Technology | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Microcontroller Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Off the Grid | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Prepared Speech | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Problem Solving | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Promotional Marketing | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| STEM Animation | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Structural Engineering | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| System Control Technology | 3 per region, no per chapter limitation |
| Tech Bowl | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Technical Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Video Game Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |
| Website Design | 3 per region, but only one per chapter |