South Palm Beach Today

At a district event, TCI middle school and high school teams earned 18 trophies and were named District Champions for both middle school and high school levels of competition.

SECME is an alliance of K-12 educators, universities, and industry/government partners committed to engaging and preparing more minorities and girls for college and careers in STEM.

The middle school rocket and mousetrap car teams and the high school mousetrap car team will represent The Cane Institute (TCI) at the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering (SECME) National Competition. 

Middle School Awards	High School Awards
1st Place Overall	1st Place Overall
1st Place Rocket	1st Place Mousetrap Car
1st Place Mousetrap Car	1st Place FPL Generator
1st Place FPL Generator	1st Place Bridge
2nd Place Bridge	2nd Place Rocket
2nd Place BrainBowl	2nd Place BrainBowl
2nd Place Banner	3rd Place Essay

"I am so extremely proud of The Cane Institute ADHUS and FAUHS SECME teams and their accomplishments at the Palm Beach Regional SECME Tournament," said Allan Phipps, STEM coordinator for A.D. Henderson University School. "Our students represented FAU, The Cane Institute, and our school extremely well and continue to show the world we are pursuing innovation in engineering and design."

Founded by Dan Cane,  The Cane Institute  serves as the epicenter for research, education, and technology transfer for A.D. Henderson & FAU High School. The Institute's integrated approach to solving society's most challenging problems engages the best and brightest students, faculty, and resources at A.D. Henderson & FAU High School to explore today's most complex challenges in areas such as cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality, automation, and artificial intelligence.

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