Regional Coordinator: Don Wittmer, P.E.
Welcome to Future City® Chicago Regional WebsiteFuture City Competition serves 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Sponsored by DiscoverE, this national program introduces students to engineering with popular Sim City software. Students design cities with simulation software, build scale models, write essays and give oral presentations on their city's design. See a step by step guide on the competition that provides a break down of each portion of the competition. |
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Future City has made several adaptations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty surrounding the school year and extracurricular activities. Bookmark this page for continued important updates throughout the program cycle!
Picture: 2020 First Place Team- Illinois Prairie Junior High
- Teams can complete the deliverables in-person (i.e. in a classroom or afterschool program) or remotely (i.e. collaborating online while learning from home).
- The competitions (regionals and Finals) will take place online, rather than…
29th Annual International Competition
Asks Middle School Students to Imagine a City on the Moon
One-Hundred Years In the Future
Chicago— The challenges of sustained lunar living, while immense, are within our grasp to conceive of and plan for. With the tantalizing concept of permanent human life on the Moon closer than ever to becoming a reality, the award-winning Future City® Competition, now in its 29th year, announces Living on the Moon, the 2020-21 theme for its project-…
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Don't miss this week's Chats With Changemakers.
Join DiscoverE every Friday at 11:00 CST to meet engineers who are working hard to make the world a better place. Your host is Tiffany, a Future City Competition alum and current ninth-grader who lives in Texas. Register here.
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DiscoverE Presents: Chats with Change Makers
Join DiscoverE every Friday at 11:00 CT (noon eastern time)to meet engineers who are working hard to make the world a better place. Your host is Tiffany, a Future City Competition alum and current ninth-grader who lives in Texas.
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A personal follow-up experience from Omega and their participation in the 2020 Illinois(Chicago)Future City® Competition...
"Recently I had the pleasure of volunteering at the 28th annual Future City Regional Competition alongside one of my colleagues, Dan Lowery. I’ve been volunteering at this competition for about five years, and it never ceases to amaze me on how well-prepared and confident these middle school students are," stated Katherine Au of Omega.
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“MWRD staff participates in the Future City competition to inspire students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The competition also motivates me and my work to witness student teams brainstorm and conceive innovative solutions for difficult problems that I struggle with like how to ensure future cities have a reliable supply of clean water. I learn a lot from the future leaders of tomorrow,” said Commissioner Avila.
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Congratulations to All!
The state-wide 28th Future City® Competition (Illinois) was very impressive! The pressing issue for the award-winning, project-based Future City® Competition is Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow for its 2020 competitions-national and regional. The Univerity of Illinois at Chicago hosted the regional event on Sat., Jan. 18, 2020. Over 200 people prepared for the competition and many activities over the past year preparing for the annual competition. The first-place winning team…
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We are proud to announce that Prairie Junior High School is headed to the National Future City Competition in Washington, D.C. next month! The first-place team excelled in the State of Illinois competition held on Jan. 18th at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The student team was incredible. Congratulations to the students: Meghan Brown, Aidan Reilly, Zack Zemeckis, Patrick Corrigan, Livia Chase, Brooke Petrie, Arielle Tyson, Angelica Salazar, Amelia Smith, Nathan Udal, Atiana DeGiulio, Christopher DeHaas, Miliani Garcia, Joanna Ryzewska, Owen Iwaniec, Liam Monroe, Erich…
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New Event Location-University of Illinois- UIC Student Center West, 2nd floor, Thompson ABC on Jan. 18, 2020!
Check the Directions page for more details.
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New location: The University of Illinois at Chicago- Student Center West, 2nd floor, Thompson ABC Room.
Check out the Regional Agenda and Schedule for more details. See you there!
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CHICAGO —. The pressing issue for the award-winning, project-based Future City® Competition is Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow for its 2020 competition. The State of Illinois Future City®…
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We are making a significant impact! Students and parents find it favorable to learning and useful today and the future. Over 83% of students reported they learned how to use engineering to solve real-world problems. The 28th Future City Competition will be held next month on Sat., Jan. 18th, 2020.
moreNovember 8th is National STEM/STEAM Day, an opportunity to encourage study in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In honor of #StemSteamDay, share what you are doing today to celebrate it Share your stories with us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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It starts small and inspires all...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century.
That changed Friday with spacewalk No. 421.
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station before 8 a.m. ET Friday and repaired a broken battery charger, or BCDU, at 11:06 a.m. ET.
Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston declared the spacewalk, which took around seven hours, over 90 minutes longer than originally anticipated, a success. The space…
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CHICAGO — The final deadline to register for the 28th Annual Future City Competition is Oct. 31., 2019. The team registration fee is $25.00 per team. The pressing issue for the upcoming Future City® Competition is Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow for its 2019-2020 competition. Registration is open to middle schoolers for the award-winning, project-based learning experience. The State of Illinois Future City® Competition is planned for Sat.,…
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Save the date for the 2020 Competition! The 28th annual Illinois(Chicago) Future City Competition will take place on 1/18/2020 at Whitney Young Magnet School. Check the website for more details.
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Chicago — The State of Illinois Future City® Competition is Calling for Mentors to work with school teams in the upcoming competition titled "Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow" for its 2019-2020 competition. Specific experience in the concept is helpful; however, knowledge of how to evaluate ideas and problems is desired and valuable to the student teams. Being a mentor is an excellent way for you and your company to participate in building future leaders in the…
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28th Annual International Competition Asks Middle School Students to Design a Resilient System to Maintain a Clean Water Supply- DiscoverE Program
CHICAGO — The pressing issue for the upcoming Future City® Competition is Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow for its 2019-2020 competition. Registration is open to middle schoolers for the award-winning, project-based learning experience. The State of Illinois Future City®…
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Chicago — The 2020 State of Illinois Future City Competition will be held on Sat., Jan. 18th at the Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago. Sixth - eight graders are encouraged to prepare for the local competition and the regional winning team will compete on the international level in Washington, DC in February 2020. More details and theme will be announced in June 2019.
For more information, contact us:
Future City® Regional Coordinator
Don Wittmer, P.E., HNTB
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The Future City Competition Regional Finals took place in Chicago on Saturday, January 19th at Whitney Young Magnet High School. The competition is the culmination of months spent by junior high school teams and their engineering mentors to create a city of the future. Students submit a working project plan, present their solutions via a virtual city design (using SimCity), write an essay describing the unique attributes of their city and their solution to the year’s challenge (Powering Our Future); build a scale model, and give a presentation to judges. Regional winners…
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