The Alabama Regional Future City Competition (ARFCC) will be held on Saturday, January 18th 2014 at the Shelby Center on the campus of UAH in Huntsville, Alabama.  The ARFCC Planning Committee is requesting judges for this event.

Competition Date:

Saturday, January 18th, 2014!!!

7:30am – 5:00pm

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Shelby Center

Call for Judges, Mentors & Volunteers for the 2014 Future City Competition – National Engineers Week, in conjunction with the IEEE Huntsville Section, sponsors the Future City Competition nationwide for 6th – 8th graders to foster interest in math, science and engineering through hands-on, real world applications.  This 5 month competition, in which the students design and build models of future urban centers, encourages students to learn about engineering in a challenging and interesting way.  The students use SimCity Software to design a computer model of their futuristic city.  This competition has grown to 38 regions in across the nation.

There are opportunities for judges, engineering mentors to local teams, and volunteers for the Alabama Regional Future City Competition.  If you are interested in in becoming a Judge (see below), Engineering Mentor, or a Competition Day Volunteer, please email Sonya Dillard at sonya.dillard@nasa.gov

Judging Opportunities (select one category and your 2nd choice):

Email sonya.dillard@nasa.gov with your judging preference.

*     Software Judges (8 needed) – virtual online judging using SimCity Software from Nov. 20th – Dec. 31st

*     Essay Judge (8 needed) – virtual online judging from December 20th – January 10th

*     Model Judge (8 needed) – Competition Day, must be present from 7:30am – 12:30pm

*     Presentation Judges (8 needed) – Competition Day, must be present from 7:30am – 4:00pm

A Tentative schedule of events is below, so that you may plan accordingly.

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Tentative Schedule of Events:

7:30 – 8:00 AM            Team Check-In & Judges Instructions

8:00 – 8:30AM             Welcome & Competition Announcements

8:30 AM – 12:30PM       Preliminary Round Judging:

Model, Presentation and Special Awards

12:30 – 1:30PM            Lunch & Judges Collaboration

1:30PM                        Announcement of Top 6 Finalists

2:00 – 3:00PM              Final Round of Judging (Presentations)

3:00 – 4:15PM              Group Activity & Judges Collaboration

4:15 – 5:00PM              Awards Ceremony

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For more information about the National Engineer’s Week Future City Competition, please go to:  www.futurecity.org