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Future Cities Program

VOLUNTEER NOW TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF FUTURE ENGINEERS

The Future City Competition – sponsored by DiscoverE (National Engineers Week) – inspires young students about engineering by challenging them to solve the real-world problems associated with building a livable city of the future. Through a series of fun, hands-on applications, student teams will apply the principles of every branch of engineering to address their future cities’ issues. This year’s theme is “Waste-Free Future.” More than 50 schools are working hard on their city concepts and their solutions for eliminating waste and pollution from future cities.

So, please take a minute now and sign up … then help us spread the word about these volunteer opportunities.

THE 2021-22 FUTURE CITY PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY VIRTUAL

North Texas conducts two parallel activities:

• The Future City Competition – the original DiscoverE middle-school program, and
• Future City Junior – pioneered by NTX to introduce 4-5^th graders to engineering.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

1. Team Mentors – (https://www.dfwfuturecity.org/part_mentor.html) Guide and advise the student teams as they design their future lunar cities. Future City and Future City Junior.
2. Virtual Judges – (https://www.dfwfuturecity.org/part_judge.html) Score a variety of deliverables, including
• Future City Competition: Essay, Model (slideshow), Team Presentation (video), and live, online Q&A with team. Signup: https://secure.dfwfuturecity.org/NorthTX/JudgeBin/Judge/Enroll
• Future City Junior: Essay and Model video. Signup: https://secure.dfwfuturecity.org/NorthTXJunior/JudgeBin/Judge/Enroll
3. General Coordination – Technical and non-technical volunteers welcome. Contact [email protected].

For additional information: https://www.dfwfuturecity.org/part_vols.html or contact Jean Eason, [email protected].

Jean Eason, NTX Regional Coordinator, Future City Competition