The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition

is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program

for students.

Future City Competition

Future City Competition is four-part competition:

Students utilize SimCity software to create a city of the future

Students write an abstract and essay

Students build a model of their future city using recycled materials

Students deliver a presentation to a panel of judges

They smile because they know not what work awaits!!

Part One of Competition Preparation:

SimCity 4 Deluxe

Research,

research…

…and research!

Mrs. Johnson, I am way too busy

researching to pose for a picture right

now!

Okay, one quick smile! But make it

snappy!

Robert Researches himself to sleep…

Brainstorming is so much more fun when we get to write on the board…

Awe

Awe

Mr. Bing’s “Awe” picture…

No really, no need to help me with

this. By all means, take a picture of me

instead.

Another inch and my hair will

completely block my view…mission

complete!

Let the building begin!!

Mr. Stephen Mitchell, LEED Certified Architect Engineers, Mrs. Parks & Mrs. Pellegrino

The “look like your having tons of fun and be crazy” picture

Future SunSand rooftop gardens

The foundation of SunSand City

EXCEL: a class of relaxation… “ahhh”!

Original S

unSand B

ackground:

R.I.P

.

ResidentialLayoutBegins

Creation of NTS Residential Structure

Creator of NTS Residential Structure

NTS Residential Structure Completed

“Water pipes”

To the untrained eye: empty bottles on plywood

To the Future City Team: the beginning of their vision becoming a reality

I am so glad that SunSand City has organic rooftop gardens...finally I am not the only health conscious

person in this room!

I have made hundreds of these!

Whose idea was it to have cacti in our model?

Yeah. I was dreaming about making these last night. We might have

reconsidered the desert location.

Things begin to take shape

Engineering skills are put to practice!

buildings and homesof SunSand City

Little does she know…

Hand me the camera…and no one gets

glued

The End Result

What can happen when everyone is dedicated and

works together with a common purpose:

Presentation preparation begins…

Unfortunately, “TechSpecs” do not function

as safety goggles…

…because Mrs. Johnson’s preparation techniques

can be hazardous!

Preparing for Competition Day:SunSand City

tie dye team shirts

I’ve done this with Mrs.

Carbone a million times…I’m becoming

an expert!

Don’t let them see you

smile…it’s a sign of

weakness

If I wait long enough…news

cameras will be here for me too…I know it

Sure they will, Mr.

Nap…sure

Is it me, or do they seem really

impressed?

Will he get mad at me if I

bite the microphone?

Is she going to bite the

mic?

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design.

*phew*If I forgot that, I

would have been chanting it

in EXCEL for the next month.

Please edit this to make

me sound smart

…so really, the reason we came in on Saturdays had more to do with

pizza, snacks, and the occasional visit

from Mrs. Johnson’s baby

Now I know why the kids looked so nervous…can he

tell that I am sweating right

now?

I’ve been working here for years, and I

still haven’t been offered a special t-

shirt…this is messed up.

…and how exactly would you spell that: “re-sourch”? Is that Latin?

Awe. The kids look and sound

so great!

I hope that they don’t put me on

t.v. I am still wanted in 5 states

How many gold

buttons is she

wearing?

15, no wait, 16

January 24th, 2009

Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

I am beyond thrilled to be

here

The Judges…

The Team of SunSand City

The people who made it all possible

The pressure…

Mrs. Johnson told us it’s not about the reward, but they sure do look pretty.

Waiting patiently…

Very patiently…

The moment arrives…