Future City Competition

Check out a Great Video and Article of the Columbus event at COSI
- by Stephanie Aurora Lewis

19 TEAMS COMPETE IN BUILDING “FUTURE CITY,” REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPS FROM BEXLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, COLUMBUS, WIN TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Teams from 19 Ohio middle schools built cities of the future for the 2010 National Engineers Week Future City Competition™—Ohio Region, held January 16, 2010 at COSI Columbus. More than 30,000 students in 1,000 schools in 38 regions nationwide participated this year. The Ohio Region competition is made possible in part by The Battelle Memorial Institute and The Ford Motor Company. Five schools were awarded medals in the competition in addition to 15 special awards. Students from Bexley Middle School in Columbus took top honors. As Ohio’s first place team, they will travel to Washington, D.C. to represent the Ohio Region at the national finals, February 13-16, during National Engineers Week.The three seventh- and eighth-grade students from Bexley Middle School, along with their teacher, Linda Kelley, and an engineer mentor designed the future city, Jadid-Amala. Last year’s team from Bexley went on to win the National Future City Competition. Ohio teams have won the national competition the last two years. The competition gives seventh- and eighth-graders the chance to build a city of the future using SimCity 4 Deluxe™ software, donated by Electronic Arts Inc., illustrating futuristic ideas and components. Each team built a 3-D model of the city it created and wrote an abstract description of its city.In addition to designing a city of the future, students must conduct research for an essay on a pressing social need. The 2010 Future City essay asks students to provide affordable green living space for people who have lost their home due to a disaster or financial emergency. Essays must address all aspects of living arrangements. Engineers judged the teams on their oral presentation of the city, computer design and map, model, essay and abstract.
This year, two rookie teams placed in the top five; the first time in Future City – Ohio Region history.
First Place – Bexley Middle School, Bexley Second Place – St. Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon Third Place – Immaculate Conception Academy, Cincinnati Fourth Place – St. Ambrose Middle School, Brunswick (first year participant) Fifth Place – Morton Middle School, Vandalia (first year participant)
Special award winners:
— Best Architectural Model—American Institute of Architects Columbus Chapter • First Place – Bexley Middle School, Bexley • Honorable Mention - St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon — Best Computer City Design—M•E Companies • First Place – Bexley Middle School, Bexley • Honorable Mention – New Richmond Middle School, New Richmond — Best Essay—Society of Marketing Professionals, Cincinnati Chapter • First Place – Bexley Middle School, Bexley • Honorable Mention – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon — Best Infrastructure—American Society of Civil Engineers • First Place – Lakewood Middle School, Hebron • Honorable Mention – Batavia Middle School, Batavia — Best Moving Part—Worthington AM Rotary Club • First Place - Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon — Best Use of Ceramics—Allied Mineral Products • First Place – Anna Middle School, Anna • Honorable Mention – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon — Best Use of Energy—Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency • First Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon — Best Use of Recreation—Worthington AM Rotary Club • First Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – Immaculate Conception Academy, Cincinnati — Best Use of Recycled Materials—Hull & Associates, Inc. • First Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – Bexley Middle School, Bexley — Best Use of Transportation—Ford Motor Company Fund • First Place – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon • Honorable Mention – Morton Middle School, Vandalia — Best Use of Water Resources Engineering—Sam Chebaro Memorial- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Education • First Place – St Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon • Honorable Mention – Bexley Middle School, Bexley — Most Economic Project—Gianola Financial Planning • First Place – St. Vincent de Paul, Mt. Vernon • Honorable Mention – Dayton Islamic School, Dayton — Most Environmentally Friendly—Dedicated to the memory of Rick Noss, P.E., Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. • First Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – Immaculate Conception Academy, Cincinnati- Rookie of the Year—Collector Wells, International • First Place – St. Ambrose, Brunswick • Honorable Mention - Morton Middle School, Vandalia — People’s Choice—Battelle Memorial Institute • First Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia • Honorable Mention – Immaculate Conception Academy, Cincinnati

Ohio competition made possible by our sponsors:

The Future City Competition – Ohio Region is made possible in part by Ford Motor Company.

Thanks to Substantial Contributor Battelle Memorial Institute, The Business of Innovation.

Finally, thanks to our facilities host: ME Companies for giving us a homebase.

Site created by the Future City Ohio Team and is maintained by D. Sutton of Endo Technologies
Last update 02/13/2010

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