Fabulous Future City Finish!

Extraordinary students Brooke Mayfield, Jason Eaton and Andrew O’Brien competed at the Houston Regional Future City contest held January 18th, 2014 at NASA Johnson Space Center. For the third year in a row, the EE Future City team advanced to the final round finishing in 4th Place overall. In addition, Brooke Mayfield was recognized with a Best Speaker Award.

The Presentation Team was only a portion of the full Future City team. 
Several other extraordinary students also contributed to this year’s project.  Additional team members included Josh Cook, Alek Cox and Ion Powell. Adult team members included Todd Powell, who served as the team’s Engineer Mentor, and Elise Eaton, who served as the team’s Teacher/Coach.

To prepare for competition, the team had to complete a series of four challenges with each challenge counting as a portion of the total score. Challenges included creating a virtual city using SimCity software, writing a research essay and city narrative, constructing a model city from recycled materials and developing an oral presentation for the judges. This year’s theme and research topic was “Tomorrow’s Transit: Design A Way To Move People In And Around Your City.”

The Future City contest is a national competition sponsored by National Engineers Week. The contest open to 6th-8th students. You can learn more about the Future City program at www.futurecity.org