Future City Competition

The Chicagoland Engineers Week Committee is again sponsoring the local 2009 Future City Competition^TM. This annual competition is held for seventh and eighth grade students to foster interest in engineering, math, and science through hands-on computer modeling, essay writing, oral presentation, and model building of the students' Cities of the Future. Forty schools and 200 students from Chicago and the suburbs annually participate in this event.

Chicago is the only city to participate in the competition continuously since its inception in 1992. All engineers are invited to visit the competition; there is no cost to attend. The regional competitions take place on Saturday, January 24 at University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus.

Contact Don Wittmer, 312/ 930-9119 or dwittmer@hntb.com if you would like to participate. Or visit www.futurecity.org.

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