The second annual Capital District Future Cities competition was held on
January 13, 2003. Twenty middle school teams from area schools competed for
an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Future Cities Competition in
Washington, D.C. during National Engineer's week. A number of other cash
prizes and awards were provided by area businesses and professional groups.
The IEEE Schenectady Section sponsored an Award for Excellence in
Generation
and Conservation of Electrical Energy. The award included a check for $100.
In addition the Section gave general support of $400 to the competition.
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Upon entering the competition each team receives a copy of Sim City software
with which to design their city. When the design is finished, they must
create a table top model, a poster and a group presentation to represent
their city during the competition. Cost of the project must be under $100
and the project design should address pollution concerns using
biotechnology.
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Becky Nold and Saber Azizi attended the competition to review the projects,
interview teams and make the tough choice of who would receive the IEEE
award. The winner of the IEEE award was the three-member team from Academy
of Holy Names with a city named
"Reussite". The team had used biomass for
their electrical generation source and had been careful to refurbish the old
coal plant existing in their city. The most novel use for electricity was
their mag-lev train system. The overall winner of the competition was
Algonquin Middle School located in Averill Park.
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