Albany, New York– Local 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students involved with the Future City Competition will have the unique opportunity to meet former NASA astronaut David Hilmers, MD, EE, MPH, MSEE on Thursday, October 15th from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm at the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center located off New Karner Road.  The students will have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Hilmers in small groups to learn about how waste is managed in space and to ask any questions they might have about being an astronaut and a medical doctor.

Students will also learn from the…

The Future City Competition will have a booth at the Back to School Expo, which will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Convention Center at Empire State Plaza from 10 am to 3 pm. Special guests at the Expo include Calum Worthy ("Dez") from the hit show Austin & Ally and Peyton Meyer ("Lucas") from the hist show Girl Meets World. 

The Future City Competition will have a booth at the event where we will show one of last year's 3D models. Teachers can pick up their packets there! 

You can find out more about the Expo by clicking here: …

Registration for 2015-2016 Future City® Competition is Now Open

This Year’s Theme, Waste Not, Want Not, Asks the Nation’s Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Graders to Design Solid Waste Management Systems of the Future

Albany, New York– Over the years, cities and towns have managed their ever-expanding piles of trash in a variety of ways, including dumping it into landfills, burning it in incinerators, or shipping it off in trucks and barges. Such waste management systems contribute to air and water pollution and can be expensive and…

Albany, New York– The Capital District Future City® Competition will be attending the 9th Annual Games in Education symposium on Thursday August 6th and Friday August 7th at the Tech Valley High School in Albany, New York. Representatives from the Future City Competition will be discussing how Sim City™ software is used in the development of the program in order to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math skills.

Using Sim City™ software, middle school students are asked to design a virtual city of the future. There are no restrictions on the environment, location, or…

Congrats to New Lebanon Jr/Sr High School, who are this year's winners of the 2014-2015 Capital District Future City Competition. They will go on to Washington DC in February to represent our region at the Future City National Competition! 

The complete list of this year's winners is as follows: 

First Place 
New Lebanon Jr/Sr. High School
Award sponsored by Capital District Engineers Week 

Second Place 
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
Award sponsored by American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), Albany…

Are you all ready for Competition Day this Saturday, January 10th at Proctors in Schenectady? I sure hope so! If you haven't already downloaded the Competition Day materials, visit this page to do it now! 

In the meantime, the Future City Competition has been in the local media! Niskayuna's team was featured here in this wonderful article!

Also, a heads-up about the competition was featured in the…

We are currently accepting applications for the Alumnus of the Year. The scholarship is available to all graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate college students and has a value of $500. To be eligible, you must be an alumnus of the Future City Competition – Albany, NY program and plan to attend, or currently be enrolled in, an accredited engineering or engineering technology program. Applications are due no later than Friday, December 19, 2014.

Read more and download application forms here: http://…

Thank you to everyone that came out to make the 2014 Essay Tutorial a success! This year we had about 9 teams/50 people show up to tour the Capital District Community Gardens in Troy and listen to a speaker from All Bright Aquariums speak on the topic of aquaponics. 

You can view a copy of Steve Colletti's presentation on Aquaponics by going to the essay tutorial page and clicking on the presentation at the very bottom of the page. (Note: This is a .pptx file extension.) 

The Capital District Future City Competition is looking for sponsors to help support our local competition! We rely on our sponsors to make this program a success, and we need your help! Please download our fundraising brochure and donate today!

2014-2015 Fundraising Brochure (PDF)

Sponsor names and logos get put on signs on our competition, on our website (click here for our Sponsors page), and on our…

The 2014-2015 Future City Competition Essay Topic for the year has been released! The theme this year is "Feeding Future Cities."

Select one vegetable and one protein and design a way to grow enough of each within your future city limits to feed your citizens.

Many thousands of years ago, humans learned to domesticate animals and grow plants for food.   Because we no longer needed to hunt and gather, we could stay in one place and start to build cities.  It was the beginning of civilization.

Today, agriculture is the largest global enterprise…

Registration is now open for schools to sign up for this year's (2014-2015) competition!

To register, just click on this link: http://futurecity.org/register

If you have questions about registering or have problems, please contact Jen at fcc.albany@gmail.com.

Congratulations to Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School and their city, "Transporta." They took First Place in the 2013-2014 Capital District Regional Future City Competition. The winner of the 2014 Future City Competition held at Proctors on Saturday, January 11th will travel to Washington, DC to compete in the National Finals February 15 - 18, 2014.

A complete list of award winners is below:

First Place
Richard H. O'Rourke Middle School
City Name: Transparta
Award Sponsor: Capital District Engineers Week

Second Place
Academy of the Holy Names…

The Future City Competition is this Saturday! For details about this event, click here or use the left-side navigation to go to Program Details > Competition Day. You will find lots of information there, including directions, parking, model-unloading, a schedule of events, and much more!

You can also find more information about the competition by watching our WebEx online tutorial! You can catch that tutorial by…

The Essay Topic Tutorial at the Rensselaer Rail Station on Saturday, October 26th was a great success! Students participated in special talks from representatives of the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), Albany County Airport Authority, Clough Harbour and Associates, and Alta Planning and Design.

Above: Steve Iachetta from the Albany County Airport…

Event Date: Thu, 10/22/2013 - 7:30pm

Watch "Tutorial #2a: Virtual City Design (SimCity)" by clicking on this link.

This webinar was originally held on October 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Running time is 1 hour 38 minutes.

Note: You'll need to use an internet browser with Java enabled.

If you need assistance, contact ahall@h2hassociates.com

Please consider sponsoring the Capital District Future City competition! This wonderful program would not exist if not for the support of companies and community members like you! Please download our 2013-2014 Fundraising Brochure.

Event Date: Thu, 09/19/2013 - 8:00am

Watch "Tutorial #1a: Getting Started-Handbook Review Tutorial" by clicking on this link.

This webinar was originally held on September 17, 2013 at 7:07 pm. Running time is 1 hour 8 minutes.

Note: You'll need to use an internet browser with Java enabled.

If you need assistance, contact ahall@h2hassociates.com

The Future City Competition-Albany, NY Alumnus of the Year Scholarship is available to all graduating high school seniors and current undergraduate college students and has a total value of $500. Click here for more details

Capital District Future City® Competition Will Attend the Games in Education Event August 6-7

 Albany, New York– The Capital District Future City® Competition will be attending the Games in Education symposium on Tuesday August 6th and Wednesday August 7th at the TEC-SMART campus in Malta, New York.  Representatives from the Future City Competition will be discussing how Sim City 4 Deluxe™ software is used in the development of the program in order to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math skills.

Using Sim City 4 Deluxe™ software,…

How do you get your middle school students excited about the world of engineering?
Get them involved with the Future City® Competition!

The Capital District Future City Competition will be at the Back-to-School Expo on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at the Empire State Plaza from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Stop by our booth to find out more about the Future City program, test out SimCity designs, have fun with hands-on engineering experiments, and much more!  This year’s experiments will be related to this year’s theme: Tomorrow's Transit…