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Future City National Finals

First-place teams from 37 regional competitions: Alabama, Arizona, Northern California, Southern California, Colorado, Florida, Florida-Tampa Bay, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas-Great Plains, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada-Las Vegas, Northern Nevada, New England, New Jersey, New York-Albany Capital District, New York-Buffalo, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania-Central, Pennsylvania-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Texas-Houston, North Texas, Washington, D.C., Washington State, and Wisconsin.  For more information visit www.futurecity.org.

Heading the Future City Competition Leadership Council is Future City National Finals host Bentley Systems, Incorporated (www.bentley.com), a leading provider of infrastructure design and engineering software.  Shell Oil Company (www.shell.com) is a major contributor to the Future City National Finals and primary funder of nine regional competitions.  The 2008 Future City Essay sponsor is The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (www.ieee.org).

National Finals First-Place team wins a trip to US Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, provided by Bentley Systems, Incorporated.  Second-place team receives a $2,000 scholarship for the school's technology program, provided by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.  Third-place team receives a $1,000 scholarship for the school technology curriculum, provided by The National Society of Professional Engineers.  Winning teams (three students, teacher, engineer mentor) from each qualifying regional competition receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington for National Finals.  Visit www.futurecity.org.

Future City National Finals Special Awards (27)

Best Model, Best Essay, Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure Systems, Best Indoor Environment, Most Sustainable Buildings, Best Futuristic City, Best Communications System, Protecting the Public’s Safety and Welfare through Competent and Ethical Engineering Practices, Most Innovative Power Generation System, Best Manufacturing Zone, Best Transportation System, Excellence In Systems Integration, Best Residential Zone, Best Use of Aerospace Technology in a Future City, Best Use of Innovative Construction Materials and Techniques, Best Representation of Manufacturer Supply Chains, Best Land Surveying Practices, Most Innovative Uses of Aggregates (Crushed Stone, Sand & Gravel) in Designing Future Cities, Best Management of Water Resources, Best Fire Protection Engineering, Innovative Solutions for Waste and Wastewater Utilities to Reduce Costly Reinvestment in America’s Aging Infrastructure, Best Use of Fuel Cell Systems as a Sustainable Energy Source, Best Future City Project Plan, Best Project Team, and Best Context Sensitive which integrates historical and cultural features into today’s environment, Accessible City Award, Best Futuristic Personal Transportation System. 

Future City National Finals Judges

Rear Admiral Richard F. Barror, U.S. Public Health Service; Shayla Fahey, Hughes Network Systems; J. J. Hermes, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Future City 1998 alumnus; Maria del Pilar Rodriguez, graduate student, electrical and computing engineering, University of Virginia; Zarina Lam Stanford, IBM and Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA (Engineers Week 2008 Co-Chairs); James J. Wynne, Ph.D., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (Engineers Week 2008 Co-Chair). 

The National Engineers Week

Future City Competition is sponsored in part by the National Engineers Week Foundation, a coalition comprising more than 75 engineering, professional, and technical societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies.  Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, the coalition is dedicated to sustaining and growing a dynamic engineering profession by ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce, increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students, and promoting pre-college literacy in math and science.  Among the oldest of America’s professional outreach efforts, Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineering contributions to society through year-round innovative programming and celebration.  Co-chairs for Engineers Week 2008, February 17-23, are the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA (CIE-USA) and IBM. 

www.eweek.org.

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