2017 North Texas Regional Competition
Competition Day
28 January 2017
UT Arlington, Nedderman Hall
January 2017 was the culmination of almost 5 months of hard work as 59 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 solve the problem of public spaces to serve the needs of a diverse population.
In addition to the middle school program, the North Texas Future City Junior program introduces 4-5th grades to engineering. Twelve teams completed their projects and presented models to the judges.
| 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) | |
| 2:00-3:00 | FC Junior Judging | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Awards Ceremony |
Middle 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 with 46 organizations registering, from as far away as Austin and El Dorado, Arkansas. More than six hundred students participated.
The program is open to all public, private, charter, and home-schools, as well as recognized Youth Organizations (such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and 4-H Clubs). The small cost of the program to the organizations allows even resource-limited groups to participate.
| Arlington ISD -Carter JH |
Cedar Hill ISD -Bessie Coleman MS |
Cleburne ISD -Wheat MS |
| Coppell ISD -Coppell MS North |
Crowley ISD -Summer Creek MS -Walker Int |
Dallas ISD -A Richards MS -Rangel YWLS |
| Eanes ISD -Hill Country MS -West Ridge MS |
El Dorado SD (AR) -Washington MS |
Fort Worth ISD -Applied Learning Acad -McLean MS -Young Womens' Leadership |
| Frisco ISD -Hunt MS -Pearson MS -Pioneer Heritage MS -Scoggins MS -Staley MS |
Harts Bluff ISD -Harts Bluff MS |
HEB ISD -Donna Park EL |
| Irving ISD -Sam Houston MS |
Kennedale ISD -Kennedale JH |
McKinney ISD -Dowell MS |
| Mount Pleasant ISD -Wallace MS |
Richardson ISD -Richardson West JH |
Thrall ISD -Thrall MS |
| Tyler ISD -Boulter MS -Dogan MS |
Wylie ISD -Cooper JH |
Charter -Austin Achieve Public Sch, Austin -Harmony Sch of Business, Dallas -Harmony Sch of Innovation, FW -Harmony Sch of Innovation, Garland -Intl Leadership Texas, Garland -Rapoport Academy, Waco -Uplift Luna Prep, Dallas -Village Tech Sch, Cedar Hill |
| Homeschools -Harbor View Acad, Rockwall -Homeschoolers Excel, Grapevine |
Private -Dallas Academy -Fort Worth Academy -The Westwood School, Dallas |
Youth Organizations -Girl Scouts, Forney -Smarts Club, Frisco -TCC Generation Hope |
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: SOCIECITY, West Ridge MS, Austin received a trip to Washington DC during National Engineers Week to compete in the national contest where they took First Place.
SECOND AND THIRD PLACES: NEW BEDFORD, Harbor View Academy, Rockwall home school and KUPAN, Dallas Academy, Dallas, 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:
- ACEC, Dallas - Excellence in City Design
- ACEC, Tarrant - Best Residential Zone
- APA, Midwest & North Central TX - Livable Community Award
- ASCE, Dallas - Best Transportation to Public Spaces
- ASQ, Dallas - Excellence in Quality of Life
- CMAA, North Texas - Innovative Use of Construction Materials & Techniques
- IEEE, Dallas - Excellence in Renewable Energy/Innovative Power Generation System
- IEEE, Fort Worth - Excellence in Application of Futuristic Concepts
- Most Innovative Use of Engineering
- Best Green Design (Junior Competition) - INCOSE, North Texas - Best System Design
- NCEES - Best Land Surveying
- PMI, Fort Worth - Riskonator Award
- SPE, Dallas - Excellence in Energy Efficiency
- Texas ITE, Dallas & Fort worth - Excellence in Transportation Integration
- TSPE, Fort Worth - Best in Theme "Power of Public Spaces"
- TSPE, Preston Trail - Competent and Ethical Practices
- WEAT, North Texas - Excellence in Overall Water Management
"We LOVE this competition! One of the BEST competitions I have seen out there for students!!!" - teacher
Future City Junior
This was the third year of the North Texas "Future City Junior" competition. This program, introduces 4-5th graders to engineering through an abbreviated version of the full Future City middle-school project. It includes the essay and physical model deliverables.
Eleven schools registered initially. Twelve teams from five of those schools displayed models at UT Arlington. Participating schools:
- Camey Elem, Lewisville
- Cooper Elem, Cooper
- Delaney Elem, Kennedale
- Harmony School of Business, Dallas
- Homeschoolers Excel, Aubrey
- Mareno Elem, Dallas
- Martha Reid Elem, Arlington
- McColloch Intermediate, Dallas
- Patterson Elem, Kennedale
- Village Tech Schools, Cedar Hill
The NTX Region presented the following awards to these amazing teams:
- IEEE-Fort Worth - Best Green Design: Crossway City, Martha Reid Elem, Arlington
- Best Essay: Mingland, Delaney Elem, Kennedale
- Best Model: Diamond City, Village Tech Schools, Cedar Hill
- Best Overall Team: Greenfield, Patterson Elem, Kennedale
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 Assoc Alcon AT&T bcWORKSHOP Bentley Systems Inc BGE, Inc BMPC- Bettis Pittsburgh CBI Labs ccrd CH2M Chagrin Valley Engrg, Ltd Citigroup Inc City of Fort Worth City of Plano City of Tyler DFW Intl Airport Board Denbury Resources DeShazo Group, Inc Dunaway Associates ETTL Engrs & Cons Inc FW MSH GE |
HW Fahrlander & Assoc HALFF Assoc HDR, Inc HNTB Huitt-Zollars Hunt Construction JCPenney Jeld Wen Kimley-Horn L.A.N., Inc L3 Technologies Lennox International Inc LJA Engineering Inc Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Mannatech, Inc Materials Processing Inc Nathan D Maier Consulting Engrs NCTCOG Newman Regency Group NewStarts NHP Foundation |
Novartis Ohio EPA Oncor Electric Delivery Orchestra tec Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc Pariveda Solutions Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc PBK Architects Pediatrics After Hours Perceptive Engineering Pioneer Natural Resources Priefert Complex Designs Raytheon Stantec TCC-South Campus TSMC University of Michigan UT Arlington UT Dallas US Army Corp of Engineers USN Naval Facilities Engrg Cmd Whitesettlement ISD |
| Associations: | -AAP -ACCE -ACI -ACS -AFS -AGU -AIA -AIAA -AIChE -AICP -AIH -AMS -APA -AREMA -ASABE |
-ASBPA -ASCE -ASDSO -ASHE -ASME -ASQ -ASTM -AWWA -CFM -Chi Epsilion -CNU -DRSEF -ENV SP -EWB -HRES -IEEE |
-IESNA -IIE -INCOSE -ISA -ITE -ITS -NAEP -NSBE -Phi Beta Kappa -Pi Tau Sigma -PMI -RECA -SAME -SEAoT -SFTE/SETP -SHPE |
-SME -SPE -SPIE -SWANA -SWE -TCEL -TDA -TFMA -TPI -TPWA -TSPE -ULI -WATT -Wildlife Soc -WISE |
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
- Summit Consultants, Inc
- Jeld-Wen, Inc
- UT Arlington
- Electronic Arts-Maxis
- DiscoverE Foundation
- Summit Research Inc.
- IEEE, Fort Worth
- ACEC, Dallas
- ACEC, Tarrant
- APA, Midwest & North Central TX
- ASCE, Dallas
- IEEE, Dallas
- INCOSE, North Texas
- SPE, Dallas
- TexITE, Dallas & Fort Worth
- TSPE, Preston Trail
- WEAT, North Texas
- ASQ, Dallas
- CMAA, North Texas
- NCEES
- PMI, Fort Worth
- TSPE, Fort Worth
