Michael Town , Tesla STEM High School submitted an answer on "How did your school settle on using engineering as a central theme?" Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 10:35 AM My personal inspiration came from realizing how many important problems engineering solves and will need to solve in the future, and we need kids to be engaged in that problem solving starting at a young age. The National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges for Engineering (www.engineeringchallenges.org), were a big motivation for our effort. My personal inspiration came from realizing how many important problems engineering solves and will need to solve in the future, and we need kids to be engaged in that problem solving starting at a young age. The National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges for Engineering (www.engineeringchallenges.org), were a big motivation for our effort.