Finals Prizes and Judges
2026-2027 Season
Finals Future City dates: February 13-17, 2027
High School Competition Day: February 14, 2027
Top Prizes:
A huge thank you to NCEES for providing the scholarship prizes!
First Place
$10,000 scholarship per student & $20,000 cash prize divided among the students
Second Place
$7,500 scholarship per student & $14,000 cash prize divided among the students
Third Place
$3,000 scholarship per student & $7,000 cash prize divided among the students
2027 Finals Judges – To Be Announced
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2026-2027 Mentor Panel
The 2026-27 Mentor Panel are dedicated to supporting all registered 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.
New This Year: Discourse
Discourse is a free online forum where your team can post technical questions directly to the Mentor Panel. Scan the QR code to create your Discourse account. This is optional feature available to all teams.
(QR Code Coming Soon)
Sara Schonour
Owner, 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
Vivian Nguyen
Student, 12th Grade
FCHS Student Alumni
1st Place: 2025
2nd Place: 2026