Chicago Regional News Updates

• 1-23-12    Congratulations to this years winner:  St. Clair Junior High School, Bondidag Cove!

  Congratulations to this year's champion, St. Clair Junior High School.  Rounding out the top 5 finishers were (2) St. Paul Lutheran School - Dynamocity; (3) Stone Academy - Torino Taone; (4)Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School - Collville; (5) Miles Davis Magnet School - Voltville.  Congratulations to all teams.  For a complete listing of winners, see the Past Winners section.

• 1-12-12    Future City Competition Just around the corner...

  The competition is a little over 1 week away, taking place on Saturday January 21st at the University of Chicago Student Center East.  This is the same location as last year.  Mark your calendars and check the directions page to know where you are going.  Read the latest article which has more information at the Press Release section.  Check back as updates for special award criteria will be posted. 

  Volunteer Opportunities are still available.  Don't miss your change to get involved in this worthy cause.

• 1-9-12    Special Awards and Criteria Posted

  See a preliminary list of special awards and their criteria that judges will base their selection on.  Make sure you incorporate the criteria into your model so you can take home a prize!  Make sure you check back to see new awards as they are posted.

• 1-6-12    Judges Needed!

  The Chicago Area Regional Competition is almost here and we are looking for volunteers to help mentor, judge and sponsor the event. The competition is occurring in thirty-seven city’s across the nation and provides the students with an exciting hands-on way to learn engineering, math and science with a personal, real world connection. Chicago has been the only city to compete every year since the program began in 1992.

  Prejudging of the computer cities and essays is scheduled for Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at HNTB's office (111 N. Canal St., Suite 1250, Chicago) from 8am to noon. Contact Aruch Poonsapaya at aruchp@sbcglobal.net or see the volunteer opportunities section if you are interested.  The regional competition is scheduled for Saturday January 21st, 2012 at the University of Illinois - Chicago.

• 12-12-11    Registered Schools

See the 2011-2012 registered schools and their locations through Google maps.  Check back as new schools that sign up will be added to the map.  Schools that need mentors are highlighted in the left hand column.

• 11-21-11    Mentors Still Needed for Registered Schools

We are still looking for engineers/scientists to volunteer to be a mentor.  Engineer mentors will work with the students in an advisory role.  They will visit their school 6-10 times throughout the competition, answer questions and guide the students.  Register to be a mentor for the 2011-2012 competition by signing up on our Volunteer Opportunities page or by e-mailing Don Wittmer at dwittmer@hntb.com. 

• 11-1-11    Students Create a Vision of the Future

        See the full article in our press release section.

Can local middle schoolers do a better job of solving our nation’s energy crisis than our world leaders? We’ll find out! In addition to designing a city of the future using Sim City software and building a physical model of their city, this year’s Future City Competition asks middle schoolers to research, design, and write about their method of providing electricity to their future city using an energy source that does not deplete natural resources and has limited impact on the environment for the essay portion of the contest. This year’s essay is sponsored by National Engineers Week 2012 co-chair ASME.