Special Awards and Mentor Panel
Special Awards
Special Awards are an optional benefit registered teams can take advantage of! Answers to special award-specific questions will be virtually judged by the sponsor to determine the winner of the Special Award!
Outstanding Future City Project Plan
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF)
Teams should be able to explain how they followed the project cycle when designing their Future City. They should be able to clearly communicate their activities in each stage of the project cycle, including how they created their project schedule, assigned responsibilities, and monitored and controlled their work.
NCEES Professional Licensure Award
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
The design that employs the best engineering practices, taking into consideration the high standards used by professional engineers to help protect the public’s safety and welfare.
2025-2026 Mentor Panel
The 2025-26 Mentor Panel are dedicated to supporting all Future City High School teams on their journey through the competition.
How will they do that? Through a series of scheduled Mentor calls, students can engage with our Mentors to ask questions, gain technical guidance on critical theme topics, receive feedback on their designs as they navigate the Engineering Design Process to build their cities of the future and gain valuable insights on engineering careers.
Can’t attend the mentor sessions or have additional questions for our mentors? Official Future City High School team members can submit their questions to Maddy@DiscoverE.org throughout the season to be addressed by the Mentors.
Sara Schonour
Entrepreneur, Owner of Luxsi
Education in Architechural Engineering and Lighting Design
Previous Future City High School Finals Judge
Uchenna Ezibe
Senior Manager of STEM K-12 programs at the American Nuclear Society
Former science teacher for middle and high school students.
Previous Future City High School Finals Judge
Brian Browne
Revit Designer, Meyers Consulting Engineers
10 years experience as Architectural Designer on residential, commercial, and federal projects
Alizeh Mirza
Student
FCHS Student Alumni
3rd Place Winner last year