Future City - Judges

Page title: Future City Competition

Graphic: Future City Logo

You are invited to help judge Future City Competition (FCC) entries by teams of 7th or 8th grade students. All types of engineers are needed and qualified to judge. While most of our judges are engineers or city planners, architects make good judges too.

Judging commitments are approximately 2-5 hours in length, and you can sign up for more than one judging event. We provide score sheets that identify criteria, and same-day training as needed. We need judges for the following phases of FCC:

Computer-modeled cities
Engineering essays and city abstracts
Team oral presentations and scale models

Volunteers from the following businesses, cities, and organizations served as judges during the 2009 Minnesota Future City Competition:

3M
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
AECOM Midwest
BKBM Engineers, Inc.
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Central Corridor Project Office
City of Columbia Heights
City of Minneapolis
City of Monticello
City of Prior Lake
City of Wayzata
ERM
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
HDR, Inc.
Hennepin County Transportation Dept.
HNTB Corporation
Howard R. Green Co.
Kimley-Horn & Assoc.
Larson Engineering, Inc.

McGhie & Betts Transportation Services
Medtronic
Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers
MSA Professional Services
Olsson Associates
Opus A&E
Raytheon
Reliable Resources, Inc.
REZ Consulting
RLK, Inc.
Rosemount Engineering
SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
SurModics, Inc.
TARGET
Toro
University of Minnesota
WSB
Xcel Energy

Computer-Modeled Cities Judging Judge computer modeled cities made by students with SimCity4Deluxe software. No previous computer or SimCity experience required. Training and written tutorials are available. Judges may work in teams.
Date/Time:	December 9 and 15, 2008 from 4:00-8:30pm (you select one or both).
Location:	FAIR School, Crystal. Click here for directions.
Contact:	Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511. Include in your email your judging choice, specific dates you can judge, and your contact info (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).
Resources:
Engineering Essay and City Abstract Judging Judge 500-700 word essays on an assigned engineering-related topic plus 300-500 word city abstracts. Student essays will be posted to website on 1/7/09. Each judge will download assigned essays and score sheets. Send scores no later than 1/14/09 to Colleen Feller at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org.
Date/Time:	Essays will be posted to website on 1/7/09. Judges send scores no later than 1/14/09.
Location:	Any place with Internet access.
Contact:	Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511. Include in your email your judging choice and contact info (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).
Resources:
Oral Presentation and Scale Model Judging Judge team oral presentations and scale models.
Date/Time:	January 24, 2009 (Saturday) -- 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for judging. Judges are welcome to stay for lunch, finalist presentations, and awards ceremony (completed about 4:00pm).
Location:	University of St. Thomas, St. Paul campus, O'Shaughnessy Education Center
Contact:	Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511. Include in your email your judging choice and contact information (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).
Resources:

Karla Peterson, MNDOH, 651/201-4679 or karla.peterson@health.state.mn.us
Colleen Feller, Success Beyond the Classroom, 612/638-1511 or colleen.feller@metroecsu.org

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