2010 North Texas Regional Competition

Competition Day

Schools and Students

Awards and Recognition

Volunteers

Sponsors

Highlights from Past Years

Competition Day
23 January 2010
UT Arlington, Nedderman Hall

January 2010 - the 10th anniversary of the North Texas Regional - was also the culmination of almost 5 months of hard work as about 40 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 -- our tenth -- started with 34 schools registering, from as far away as Tyler 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
Birdville ISD
-North Richland MS
-Richland MS		 Boles ISD
-Boles MS		 Burleson ISD
-Kerr MS
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
-Dewitt Perry MS		 China Spring ISD
-China Spring MS		 Corsicana ISD
-Collins MS
Crowley ISD
-Summer Creek MS		 Dallas ISD
-Harry Stone Montessori		 Decatur ISD
-Decatur MS
Denton ISD
-McMath MS		 Duncanville ISD
-Byrd MS		 Ennis ISD
-Ennis JH
Fort Worth ISD
-Applied Learning Academy
-Handley MS
-McLean MS		 Frisco ISD
-Pioneer Heritage MS
-Roach MS
-Scoggins MS		 Grand Prairie ISD
-Kennedy MS
Keller ISD
-Hillwood MS		 Killeen ISD
-Nolan MS		 Irving ISD
-Crockett MS
Little Elm ISD
-Lakeside JH		 Lubbock ISD
-Dunbar MS		 Tyler ISD
-Moore MST Magnet
-Boulter MS
Waco ISD
-GW Carver MS		 Private
-Dallas Academy, Dallas
-Fort Worth Academy, FW
-Harmony Sci Acad, Lubbock
-Lakewood Presbyt, Dallas
-Our Mother of Mercy, FW		 Home Schools
-Homeschool-Manly, Denton

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: NGOC VIEN DONG, 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). In Washington, DC, Ngoc Vien Dong won the People's Choice - Best Model award.

SECOND AND THIRD PLACES: PLURIMUS ESTRIATUS, Pioneer Heritage MS, Frisco and SY OMI LONG, Boles MS, Quinlan, 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 - Civil Engineering Infrastructure Award
  • ASHRAE, Dallas & Fort Worth - Heating and Air Conditioning Concepts Award
  • ASQ, Dallas - Excellence in Quality
  • Dallas CEC - Innovative Use of Engineering
  • INCOSE, North Texas - Systems Engineering Award
  • ITE, Texas District - Excellence in Transportation Integration
  • PMI, Fort Worth - Riskenator Award
  • Texas Air Systems - Individual Freedom and Capitalism
  • TSPE, Fort Worth - Transportation System Design Award
  • USGBC, North Texas - Excellence in the Use of Green Concepts
  • UTA President's Sustainability Committee - Excellence in Sustainable Water Use
"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:  
-Alan Plummer Associates
-Alcatel-Lucent
-American Vault Corp.
-Answers, Etc.
-AUI Contractors
-Bell Helicopter
-Bentley Systems
-Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
-CAI
-CES Consulting Group LLC
-City of Dallas
-Denton ISD
-DFW International Airport Board
-Edwards Surveying
-Endeca
-Evans Composites
-Firm-K Architecture
-Freese & Nichols
-G&A Engineering Consultants		 -Gideon Toal Architects
-Grand Prairie ISD
-Halff Associates, Inc.
-Halliburton
-HDR Engineering, Inc.
-HNTB Corporation
-HW Fahrlander & Assoc
-InspectionEdge, Inc.
-Jacobs Engineering
-JP Morgan Chase
-Kimley Horn and Assoc, Inc.
-Kinetic-Learning Center
-L-3 Communications
-Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
-Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
-McDonough Associates, Inc.
-North Central Texas Council of Govt
-Oncor Electric Delivery
 		 -Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers
-PECOFacet Corp
-Raytheon
-Regional Alliance, Inc.
-Savant Group, Inc.
-Siemens
-Sumx Inc
-TechnoStorm IT Consulting
-Texas Sattlebags, Inc.
-Texas Tech University
-The Project Coach
-The University of Texas at Arlington
-Trane Commercial Systems
-URS Corporation
-Vanness, Hangan, and Brustlin, Inc
-Wilbarger Media
-XL Technology
-XTO Energy
 
Associations:   
-ACC
-ACI
-AGC
-AIA
-AIPLA
-AMA
-APA
-ASCD
-ASCE
-ASHE
-ASHRAE
-ASME		 -ASQ
-AWMA
-AWS
-AWWA
-CEA
-CEC
-EWB
-GITA
-IAQG
-ICSC
-IEEE
-IMC		 -IMSA
-ISA
-ISM
-ITE
-NACHI
-NAWIC
-NFPA
-NGMA
-NSPE
-NWI
-PRSA
-QUOIN		 -SEAoT
-SHPE
-SPIE
-SWE
-TFMA
-TSPE
-ULI
-URISA
-WEAT

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
  • IEEE Fort Worth and Dallas Sections
  • UT Arlington
  • AO Associates
  • Electronic Arts-Maxis
  • National Engineers Week Foundation
  • Sumx Inc.
  • AIA, Fort Worth
  • ASCE, Dallas
  • ASHRAE, Dallas & Fort Worth
  • ASME, West Texas
  • ASQ, Dallas
  • Dallas CEC
  • INCOSE, North Texas
  • ITE, Texas District
  • PMI, Fort Worth
  • Texas Air Systems
  • TSPE, Fort Worth
  • USGBC, North Texas
  • UTA, President's Committee on Sustainability