National Engineers Week Future City Competition™
2004 Regional Winners
| FC Regional Competition Sites (33) | School Name | Future City Name | Future City Summary | Students' Names | Teacher's Name | Engineer's Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) ALABAMA
Chambers Academy |
Chambers Academy | Para La Gente | Our city is called Para la Gente that means “for the people.” Our city has many things for the Sims. Our Sim’s health level is very high in our city. We have a high population of 1,426,582. With that many people you need a lot of land and our land value is astronomical, which means there is plenty of room for all our Sims. | Michael Ogletree Eva Scott Jamie Woody |
Vicky Scott | Henry Hawkins Chambers County |
| (2) ALBANY, NY (CAPITAL DISTRICT)
Maple Hill Middle School |
Maple Hill Middle School | Albany | In the future, Albany, the capital of New York, will be completely self-sustained. The city will use hydropower provided from the tides of the Hudson River as its own form of generated electricity, and large parts of the city form the actual turbines. Albany will have an aboveground level and two subterranean levels. | Caitlyn Crowley Lauren Strainge Ian Walling |
Kenneth M. Malloy | George E. Walling, Jr Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. |
| (3) BUFFALO
Nativity of Our Lord School |
Nativity of Our Lord School | Evalesco | Hello and welcome to Evalesco, located in the tropical Caribbean. There are three main parts to our city: transportation, communication, and power. The transportation system that is used daily by all citizens is the Internally Programmed Electronic Driver system (IPED). The other is the Evalesco Linear Induction Propulsion System (ELIPS). | Jacob Houser Lois Smith Kathleen Sullivan |
Charlotte Tahk | Lindsey Smith Vesuvius |
| (4) CALIFORNIA (NORTHERN)
St. Dominic’s School |
St. Dominic’s School | Higia Sofia | Hello and welcome to Higia Sofia, a city in Northern California. Presently, there are about 117,000 people in Higia Sofia. We have an unlimited source of power, called fusion, which is clean and efficient. We also receive power from our disposal and recycling center. | Paul Delgado John Nunes Kevin Ruble |
Delorse Bond | Mary Jean Fitzgerald |
| (5) CALIFORNIA (SOUTHERN)
King Middle School |
King Middle School | Fin Fjorden | Fin Fjorden, “beautiful fjord,” is located in the fjords of Norway. Fin Fjorden has a population of 50,000 in the year 2152. In order to attract residents to Fin Fjorden, we have provided our residents with a variety of employment opportunities. Major industries include our trash to glass factory, plastic factory, smart wrap center, smart clothes facility and tourist destinations. | Damien Barriteau Sara Dianish Christopher Underwood |
Erik Mateljan | (No Engineer Mentor) |
| (6) CHICAGO
St. Barnabas Catholic School |
St. Barnabas Catholic School | Lewis and Clark | Lewis&Clark is the hub of Mars exploration and the center of space resource development. The city has neighborhood parks, zoos and museums like many American Cities, but that’s where the similarities end. Located near the Martian equator, Lewis&Clark is composed of 19 enclosed habitats built above and below the surface of Mars, providing a unique range of residential, recreational, and research opportunities. | Claire Bowens Robert Caruso Meg Hlousek |
Jeanne Conway | Timothy Cullina, P.E. American Container Net, Inc. |
| (7) COLORADO
Liberty Middle School |
Liberty Middle School | Vapezo | Located in the highlands of current day Ecuador, Vapezo has a desirable tropical climate. The city gets it name because it is adjacent to Lake Amansun; Vapezo translates to English as “the city on the lake.” Industry and services boost the thriving economy in Vapezo and offer high tech jobs to satisfy our work force. | Aaron Holsteen Jess Vidamour Paul Woodbury |
Kevin Chatham | David Holsteen Raytheon |
| (8) FLORIDA
Westminster Academy |
Westminster Academy | E Pluribus Unum | Picture a place where the sky is perfectly blue, the grass incredibly green. This city is fueled by cold fusion power and utilizes a state-of-art water filtration system. Air pollution is well controlled, and environmental codes require industries to maintain the highest quality standards to prevent pollution. | Steve Eynon Simon Lopez Emily O ’Keefe |
Gary Steenhoek | Chip Lafferty Hill York Corp. |
| (9) INDIANA
Wabash Valley Home Educators |
Wabash Valley Home Educators | Cardiopolis | Home to the only comprehensive cardiac transplant program, Cardiopolis is where research, manufacturing, and transplantation of “artificial” hearts harmonize in one community. Hydrogen powered fuel cells serve as a long-lasting, clean power source. The city manufactures these fuel cells from a super-saturated, salt water solution, a by-product of the city’s desalination plants. | Katie Blemker Josh Brown Nathan Peacock |
Stephanie Peacock | Ann Blemker |
| (10) IOWA
Harding Middle School |
Harding Middle School | Fantasia | Born in the waves of the Pacific Ocean, Fantasia has grown to become a flourishing metropolis. Established in 2050, Fantasia began as a floating island for seniors, but has now become an ideal city for all ages. It is positioned in the Pacific Ocean due to the global warming that occurred on Earth. | Sara Bergen Madison Fontana Katie Huebsch |
Jean Oberbroeckling | Dennis Keitel Hall & Hall Engineers, Inc. |
| (11) KANSAS
Holy Trinity Catholic School |
Holy Trinity Catholic School | UPM (United Pedestrians of Mars) | United Pedestrians of Mars, more commonly know as UPM, was the first establishment on Mars. It offers a cornucopia of services to fit different lifestyles. If a good education is desired, this is the right place. UPM has education centers for the growing youth of the community starting when children are only five years of age or younger and continuing up through the college level. | Nathan Disidore Emma Higgins Spencer Osbourn |
Vonda Morris | Michael R. Osbourne, P.E. |
| (12) KENTUCKY
Pineville Middle School |
Pineville Middle School | Telemedville | TeleMedville is the ideal city for everyone of all ages, particularly senior citizens. The centerpiece of our city is our innovative approach to our senior citizens’ healthcare needs. Our local lab, Quality Micro Laboratories, incorporates plastic into the solution of the healthcare needs. One solution is a plastic jacket for their new computerized, drug delivery implant. | Victoria Gilley Leslie Howard Quiani Mason |
Brenda Gambrel | Andrew Hutsell Vaughn & Melton Engineering |
| (13) LAS VEGAS
Lyal Burkholder Middle School |
Lyal Burkholder Middle School | Shinobi | With a population of 151,275, Shinobi is the perfect size for raising a family. We offer handicap access throughout the city, making us the most elder friendly city in the universe! Shinobi has excellent health care centers available to our residents. We continually build new schools to offer our children the best educational opportunities possible. | Adam Fairbairn Ashley Jensen Tyler Stegmaier |
Jackie Welch-Doubek | Timothy Douglass, P.E. CH2M HILL |
| (14) LOUISIANA
St. Thomas More School |
St. Thomas More School | O’Neill | Located in Earth’s orbit, O’Neill, named for renowned physicist, Gerald O’Neill, is one of the first international space habitats. This metropolis was constructed to alleviate global concerns of over population and dwindling natural resources. Nestled inside two giant cylinders, citizens enjoy a pollutant-free environment. | Danny Ryan Chris Smith Carl Talbot |
Shirley Newman | Jacque “Jack” Lasseigne Young Wardlow Lasseigne Structural Engineers |
| (15) MASSACHUSETTS
Alton Central School |
Alton Central School | Fucer City | Welcome to Fucer City! Fucer City has the latest in advanced technology available. This is probably one of the most unique cities ever established. Fucer City is floating in space and has it's own atmosphere that contains the freshest, cleanest air. Senior citizens make up the greater part of the population but all are invited to live in our city. | Nathan Barrett Casey Beranger Tommy Pellowe |
Laura Dwyer | Don Morrill Brown Engineering |
| (16) MICHIGAN
St. Valentine School |
St. Valentine School | Athena | The sweeping coastline and towering mountains of Athena are truly breathtaking. With the wonderful attributes of our city, residents are pleased to be living in such a beautiful environment. Parks, museums, theatres, sports stadiums, a theme park, a science center, and places of worship for all faiths are easily accessible by using our advanced aqua-terrain/mag-lev subway, high-tech sidewalks, and hydrogen-fueled vehicles. | Alissa Ott Brian Parkinson Jacqueline Roberge |
Jean Schonhardt | Dan Brooks Wade Trim Engineering |
| (17) MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee Academy of Science |
Milwaukee Academy of Science | Corona Borealis | Corona Borealis, Iceland. 2334 A.D. The renowned city-planning engineer, Dr. Leonardo Juvitron, built Corona Borealis. This visionary city has the following features: Juvitron Pods where seniors live. These hybrid plastic living environments may travel to various parts of the world using a space elevator and geosynchronous spaceport. | Ashsaray Hood Maurice Sharpe Johnny Wilder |
Lois Noble | John Wehmeier WE Energies |
| (18) MINNESOTA
Chippewa Middle School |
Chippewa Middle School | Vivere | Vivere, meaning life, is true to its name, providing a healthy and happy lifestyle for all of our citizens. We have many universities and high tech industries, which have resulted in an impressive education quotient of 119. Our innovative ideas and technologies include an improved agricultural system that uses genetically enhanced crops, which are grown underground using ultraviolet light. | Anna Brockway Sarah Kaiser Garrett Tranquillo |
Nancy Roussin | Stefan Gantert Rice County Highway Dept. |
| (19) NEW JERSEY
Pioneer Academy of Science |
Pioneer Academy of Science | Faboec | Our city’s name is Faboec. Faboec is located in the Sonora Desert near the Pacific Ocean and has a population of about 300,000. We are very serious when it comes to education, health, and security. Due to this, we have extensive schools, universities, hospitals, police departments, and fire departments. Our main source of energy is solar power. | Fatih Bayram Ece Koch Adem Yildiz |
Mucahit Polat | Dr. Fatih Oncul Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| (20) NEW YORK CITY
Valley Middle School |
Valley Middle School | Glacialis | Named after the frigid environment in which it exists. Glacialis (Latin for icy) is located on Cape Darnely, Antarctica, where the winds often exceed 100 m.p.h. Despite these factors, Glacialis has developed into a thriving city with aerodynamic buildings designed by civil engineers. Many building rotate to face the oncoming winds. Research and development facilities make up Glacialis ’ primary economy. | James Gippetti Michael Gippetti Mark Reischel |
Judith Vihonski | Michael McNally McNally Engineering |
| (21) NORTH CAROLINA
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School |
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School | Envirotropolis | Hi I’m Sheryl, and I work as a bioengineer. Some of my friends develop polymer sheets for seniors; work at a recycling center, and design robotic equipment that replaces human labor in areas like maintenance. I’m eager to show you a part of the city that has commercial and residential mixed, and an elevated magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) train. The quiet hum you hear is my Hydropod3000 a clean vehicle that uses a hydrogen fuel cell engine. | Adam Meyer Scott Possiel Deepak Ravindranathan |
Brian Bock | Eric Misak Parsons Brinckerhoff |
| (22) OHIO
Heritage Middle School |
Heritage Middle School | Beiramar | On the coast of South America, in the country of Brazil, lies a tropical city that epitomizes cultural, spiritual and technical aspects unsurpassed by any other. A modern marvel basking in the shadow of picturesque mountains where all citizens are respected community members, Bieramar ranks as an ideal, safe environment. | Matt Gauen Brad Lind Brian Sherman |
Linda Kelley | Andrew Smith Collector Wells International |
| (23) OKLAHOMA
St. Philip Neri Catholic School |
St. Philip Neri Catholic School | Chrysalis | Chrysalis is a place of protection and rebirth. Like a real chrysalis, it protects our citizens while they grow with culture and beauty. The Chrysalis Tower is the focal point and the pride of our city. The tower emits and receives signals for our “finger phones”. Projecting holographic butterflies across the sky, it has become a tourist attraction. | Alyssa Grossen David Hoang Lauren Mathias |
Sue Hawkins | Wayne Recla ARINC Engineering Services, LLC |
| (24) OMAHA
Logan Fontenelle Middle School |
Logan Fontenelle Middle School | Melior Vita | Melior Vita, meaning “the good life”, is a 25th century city on Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Europa is covered with a 100-kilometer thick ice shell. Strong tidal action in the shell provides the city’s inexpensive, renewable power. Located in the ice shell, Melior Vita is designed in six cylindrical sections arranged around a central transportation cylinder. | Nicholas Bigelow Nathan Moses Lee Spillman |
Jeremy Weber | Rick Kmiecik KPE Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
| (25) PHILADELPHIA
Drexel Hill Middle School |
Drexel Hill Middle School | Glacius | Glacius, city of the future, was founded as a research station in the year 2004. Glacius is positioned in northern Canada and established to stabilize a fracture in the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. Researchers soon discovered a unique, untouched biome. Scientists decided to expand the facility because it is home to an assortment of microbes capable of fabricating organic plastic. | Lauren Bene Daniel Matarazzo Brittany Perfetti |
George Hight | William Waldron Cingular Wireless |
| (26) PHOENIX
Ira A. Murphy Elementary School |
Ira A. Murphy School | Lemures Arx | Lemures Arx, Latin for ghost town, is a revitalized mining operation on the Colorado River in the twenty-third century. Powered by non-polluting hydroelectric energy, the city uses bioengineering processes to extract minerals from river water as its primary industry. With just one percent unemployment, the city attracts new workers through plentiful jobs, numerous amenities, and a superb educational system. | Jamie Brown Kyle Lorenzano Jessica Stalker |
Mark Wingert | Paul Porell City of Scottsdale |
| (27) PITTSBURGH
Riverview Junior/Senior High School |
Riverview Junior/Senior High School | Avenir | Visit beautiful Avenir, a city of the future with unparalleled opportunities. You may want to stay forever! Built along the sparkling Domani River, Avenir is surrounded by rolling hills and lush farmland. In the heart of the city, Avenir has developed a thriving infrastructure supporting the growing needs of modern society. Flourishing suburbs are located only a short distance from the metropolitan area. | Natalie French Allison Garda Cara Hartz |
Brian Ludwig | Bill Brooks Brooks Fire Protection Engineering, Inc. |
| (28) SOUTH CAROLINA
Queen of Angels Catholic School |
Queen of Angels Catholic School | Ciudad De Oro | Ciudad de Oro, Spanish for “City of Gold,” offers golden opportunities to everyone. Located on the central West Coast of the US, Ciudad de Oro boasts zero unemployment as a result of a diverse, highly educated workforce that meets the needs of a variety of industries including agriculture, engineering, hi-tech manufacturing, and services. | Kit Anderson Trent McMullen Mike Sabula |
Cynthia Sabula | Catherine Anderson |
| (29) ST. LOUIS
Storman-Stufflin School |
Storman-Stufflin School | Paradise City | Paradise City, like most young cities, started out a little rough, but unlike most young cities, Paradise City was in the hands of three, great, inventive mayors. With the help of their advisor, 92 years later, Paradise City is rated the best in the land for their education, medical facilities, electrical and water systems, mass transit, police force and fire safety programs. | James Hughes Dorian Mabry Shawn Williams |
Kristina Stevenson | Dennis Williams Boeing |
| (30) TEXAS (DALLAS/FORT WORTH)
The Westwood School |
The Westwood School | Ponce De Leon | Ponce De Leon, Florida, a city of rejuvenation named after the European explorer in search of the fountain of youth, a legendary spring that gave eternal life and health. In 2150, our city takes great pride in our citizens. Safety and technology are inseparable terms for longevity. MultiPro, a drug delivery system, supplies medical care. | Augusta Abene Daniela Acosta Jessica Malone |
Sheila Hamilton | John Bishop Texas Instruments |
| (31) TEXAS (HOUSTON)
Atascocita Middle School |
Atascocita Middle School | Tzuultaq’ah | Named after the Mayan god of mountains and valleys, TZUULTAQ’AH (Tectonic*Zone*Utilizing*Underground*Locations*To*Achieve*Quality*Aesthetic*Habitation), a modern city mirroring an ancient past, protrudes from sheer cliffs carved by the Futaleufu River in Patagonia, Chile. | Sean Andree Adam Burch Kristen Tinsley |
John Baron | Tak Chai Tamayo United Space Alliance |
| (32) WASHINGTON, D.C.
R.H. Terrell Junior High School |
R.H. Terrell Junior High School | Plassien | PLASSIEN is a Greek word meaning “Plastics”. The City of PLASSIEN is built on beautiful grasslands with exotic beaches which attract tourists. The City’s main attractions are the State of the Arts Hospitals and Medical Centers and the Scientific Plastic Research Centers. | Shawnne Bender Zataunia Heard Danielle Nelson |
Lucius Stephenson | Tolulope Odunlami TAO Energy LLC |
| (33) WASHINGTON STATE
Marquette Catholic School |
Marquette Catholic School | RC Experiment | Our city, the RC experiment, was built in the 21st century in preparation for the effects of global warming on coast lines. Built on telescoping pylons, fluctuating coast lines and water levels will not effect it. The most novel design in our city is our transportation system. Our transportation was modeled after the 20th century digital communication systems. | David Funk Sean Perrault Frank Sziebert |
Greg Pleger | Dale Funk Act Physical Therapy |
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