Future
City Generic
IN BRIEF: The National Engineers Week Future City
Competition™ each year invites middle school
students nationwide to create cities of tomorrow.
The competition encourages interest in math, science
and engineering through hands-on applications. This
year's challenge includes using construction aggregates
- crushed stone, sand, and gravel - to increase transportation
efficiency. Registration deadline for Indiana schools
is October 15, 2004. Contact regional coordinator
Carol Dostal at (260) 481-6905 or dostalc@ipfw.edu,
visit www.futurecity.org
or call toll-free 1-877-636-9578.
Engineer-Mentors
Several
engineers volunteer as mentors with the National Engineers
Week Future City Competition™, explaining their
profession to 7th- and 8th-graders at more than 25
middle schools in Indiana, but more engineers willing
to volunteer their time are always needed! The Indiana
Regional Future City Competition is currently seeking
engineers to serve as mentors for local schools interested
in the participating in the competition. If you are
interested in serving as a mentor, please contact
the Indiana Regional Co-Coordinator, Carol Dostal,
by phone at (260) 481-6905, or by email at dostalc@ipfw.edu.
For more information about the competition, please
visit www.etcs.ipfw.edu/fcc.
Participating Schools and Teachers
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