Future City 2021
FUTURECITY, SOUTH FLORIDA REGION
REGIONAL FINALS – February 13th, 2021
Future City is a national competition in which groups of middle school students present their idea of what a city would look like 100 years from now and how that city would effectively deal with the demands of a global sustainability problem.
The project involves several components: a virtual model of the futuristic city, a physical model of a section of the city, an essay and a presentation. The students work with guidance from their teacher and an engineering mentor.
“We wanted to develop the future engineers, attract them to the field. This is what matters,” says Osama Mohammed, Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research. Director, Energy Systems Research Laboratory who has organized the event for the past 17 years. “This event is supporting a lot of future engineers
Link to Future City South Florida Region Site: http://aln.fiu.edu/futurecity/