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2011 North Texas Regional Competition |
Competition Day
22 January 2011
UT Arlington, Nedderman Hall
January 2011 was also the culmination of almost 5 months of hard work as a record 56 teams of middle school students from around North Texas presented their designs for future cities to panels of judges in hopes of winning the first place trip to Washington DC to compete in the Future City national competition in February. This year's special challenge was to make the home self-sufficient in terms of water usage.
| 8:00 | Check-in | |
| 9:30-1:00 | Preliminary Round | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Walk-around, Model viewing | |
| 2:00 | Announce finalists | |
| 2:00-4:00 | Final Round (observers welcome) | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Awards Ceremony |
Schools and Students
Each year, we strive to improve the program and the experience for the students, teachers and volunteers. This year's event started with 30 schools registering, from as far away as Waco and Lubbock. More than five hundred students participated.
The program is open to all public, private, charter, and home-schools. The small cost of the program to the schools allows even resource-limited institutions to participate.
"It takes a lot to run and make a city and it takes teamwork. Plus engineering is awesome." - student
| Azle ISD -Hoover El |
Burleson ISD -Kerr MS |
Breckenridge ISD -Breckenridge JH |
| China Spring -China Spring MS |
Crowley ISD -Summer Creek MS |
Dallas ISD -Lang MS |
| Decatur ISD -Decatur MS |
Denton ISD -McMath MS |
DeSoto ISD -DeSoto W JH |
| Duncanville ISD -Byrd MS |
Frisco ISD -Pioneer Heritage MS -Scoggins MS |
Fort Worth ISD -Applied Learning Academy -McLean MS |
| Garland ISD -Coyle MS |
Harts Bluff ISD -Harts Bluff El |
Hillsboro ISD -Hillsboro Intermediate -Hillsboro JH |
| Little Elm ISD -Lakeside JH |
Lovejoy ISD -Sloan Creek MS |
Lubbock ISD -Dunbar MS |
| Plano ISD -Carpenter MS -Rice MS |
Quinlan ISD -Boles MS |
Richardson ISD -Apollo JH |
| Private -Dallas Academy, Dallas -Harmony Science, Lubbock -The Fulton School, Heath -Westwood School, Dallas |
Charter -Rapoport Academy, Waco |
Awards and Recognition
The students, teachers and volunteer-mentors work hard for months to create their cities of the future: first in a computer model, then further explored in an essay, realized in their physical model and finally publicly presented in all their amazing detail. The dozens of judges work equally as hard to compile the scores and determine a winner.
Our goal is to have every student leave feeling like a winner. Beyond the traditional first-second-third places, we recognize exceptional accomplishments and innovation with special category awards. Several organizations sponsor these awards highlighting technical disciplines such as civil, engineering, systems engineering and architecture.
FIRST PLACE: ANIMADVERTO, McLean MS, Fort Worth received a trip to Washington DC during National Engineers Week to compete in the national contest (sponsored by National Engineers Week).
SECOND AND THIRD PLACES: STYRKAPOTAMIA, The Westwood School, Dallas and JAYEMCEE, Applied Learning Academy, Fort Worth, received medals, gift cards, and donations to the schools' science and technology programs.
Several local professional organizations recognized outstanding achievement in their fields with special awards:
- AIA, Fort Worth - Architectural Achievement Award
- ASCE, Dallas - Excellence in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Award
- ASHRAE, Dallas & Fort Worth - Excellence in the Use of Heating and Air Conditioning Concepts Award
- ASQ, Dallas - Excellence in Quality
- Dallas CEC - Excellence in City Design
- INCOSE, North Texas - Best Systems Engineering Award
- ITE, Texas District - Excellence in Transportation Integration
- Neel-Schaffer - Innovative Design of Infrastructure Systems
- PMI, Fort Worth - Riskonator Award
- SPE, Dallas - Best Use of Energy Efficiency
- Tarrant CEC - Best Residential Zone
- TSPE, Fort Worth - Excellence in Recreational Activities Development, Integration and Coordination
"We LOVE this competition! One of the BEST competitions I have seen out there for students!!!" - teacher
Volunteers
"Fun opportunity to be involved with young people and remind my self of the excitement, creativity, and spirit of young/future engineers." - Engineer-volunteer
The North Texas Future City© Competition could not take place without the extensive collaboration of educators, corporations, and dedicated volunteers. These volunteers freely give their time and expertise as mentors for student teams, judges, and program organizers. We are indebted to them and the organizations that support them:
| Employers: | ||
| -Abbott Diagnostics Div. -Alan Plummer Associates -Allied Electronics -American Mensa, Ltd. -American Vault -Amongit Inc -Ascension Group -Atmos Energy -Bell Helicopter -CH2M HILL -City of Arlington -Civil Associates -DAL-TECH Engrg, Inc. -DART Board -Denbury Resources -Denton ISD -DFW Intl. Airport Board -Eaton Corporation -Edwards Surveying, LLC -Ellison, Gage & Assoc. -Endeca Technologies -Ericsson -Goetting & Associates -Grand Prairie ISD -Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford -Halff Associates |
-Hayden Consultants, Inc. -HDR Engineering, Inc. -HNTB -HW Fahrlander & Assoc. -Isthmus, Inc -JQ Dallas, LLP -L.A. Fuess Partners Structural Eng. -L3 Communications -Lockheed Martin Aerospace -Lockheed Martin GTL -Lockheed Martin MFC -Mercury Retail Services -Microsoft -Muse Stancil & Co. -Nathan D. Maier -Neel-Schaffer, Inc -NCTCOG -NTTA -Oncor Electric Delivery -Othon, Inc -Overhead Door -Pacheco Koch -PBS&J -Quest Medical -Raytheon |
-Raytheon - ELCAN Optical Tech. -Rodriguez Transportation Grp -Savant Group, Inc. -Shiver Assoc. Architects -Siemens -Space Between Design Studio -Sprint -Sumx Inc -Texas Air Systems -Texas Instruments Inc. -Texas Tech University -The Project Coach -Travelers Insurance -Trinity River Authority -TSTC -TXDoT -UNTHSC at Fort Worth -US EPA -UT Southwestern Medical Center -VHB Engineering -XO Communications -XTO Energy |
| Associations: | -ACI -AIA -AIAA -AICP -AISC -APA -APS -ARRL -ASCE -ASEE -ASHRAE -ASQ -ATA -AWRA -AWWA |
-CEC -CNU -DEPS -EWB -GITA -IEEE -IIE -IMSA -INCOSE -ISA -ISM -ISPE -ITE -MAUG -NATS |
-NAWIC -NEDA -NSFPA -NSPS -NWI -PMI -SAME -SCAUG -SEAoT -SER -SHPE -SPE -SPIE -SRM -SWE |
-TANA -TFMA -TSA -TSPE -TSPS -TXPPA -ULI -URISA -USGBC -WEAT -WEF -WTS |
Sponsors
In addition to the invaluable time donated by the volunteers, we received generous contributions from several organizations. These contributions guaranteed a memorable experience for all student competitors by underwriting the awards and competition expenses.
- Shell
- Lockheed Martin
- Allied Electronics
- IEEE Fort Worth Section
- UT Arlington
- Electronic Arts-Maxis
- National Engineers Week Foundation
- Sumx Inc.
- AIA, Fort Worth
- ASCE, Dallas
- ASHRAE, Dallas & Fort Worth
- ASQ, Dallas
- Dallas CEC
- INCOSE, North Texas
- ITE, Texas District
- Neel-Schaffer Inc.
- PMI, Fort Worth
- SPE, Dallas
- Tarrant CEC
- TSPE, Fort Worth