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Model Bridge Contest 2024-25
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
For grades 5-12... Sign Up Now!
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers proudly announces our THIRTY-FOURTH Annual Model Bridge Design Contest.
To register for 2025, follow this link:
https://forms.gle/sy4fNpoYust2izNEA
(and we know there may be changes on teams -- just do your best and keep us posted. We expect to max out at 100 teams, so if any team will not be participating, let us know right away!
We have pretty muched finished up our 2025 rules, but we are not even going to give you a hint -- you will find out in the 3rd week of October.
Here is past info to give you an idea of how the competition works:
The video from the 2024 competition on Feb 3rd is here:
https://video.ibm.com/recorded/133334467
2024 Rules: https://engineeryourfuture.org/downloadables
Also, we are ALWAYS looking for volunteers.
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
Future City: The Floating City!
Looking forward to FUTURE CITY 2024 - 25: The Year of the Floating Cities!
FUTURE CITY - Students grades 6-8 create their dream city of the future, but then explain how it all works using convincing technology! Registration is now closed, but we can always use volunteers and judges -- find us at
www.engineeryourfuture.org -- we are the NEW ENGLAND region.
BIG NEWS!!!! Because there are so many teams in western New England, we will be having two semi-finals! Western New England will have their semi-finals at Wilbraham-Monson Academy in Wilbraham MA on Saturday January 18th, 2025 from 8:30 - 2:00, and the winner of that competition will be invited to the New England Regional Finals, at Watson Hall, Wentworth Institute of Technology, at noon on Saturday January 25th, immediately following the Eastern New England Semi-Finals which will start at 8:30 AM on January 25th.
THIS PART IS IMPORTANT:
SCHEDULE - PROJECT PLAN - To accommodate 2 competitions, the schedule is a little tighter than last year. You need to turn in PROJECT PLAN Part 1 on December 6th and Parts 2-4 by January 9th. We know your work isn't fully complete at that point so make your reflections by that date and make it clear what you still plan to do.
SCHEDULE - ESSAY - DECEMBER 20TH! This is before the winter break. To allow all the essays to be fairly judged and have all results before the Western New England Semi-Finals, we unfortunately need the essays in early!
SCHEDULE - SPECIAL AWARDS REQUESTS - JANUARY 11, 2025
An email will be sent around December 20th with a link to a google form with all the special awards listed. Teams need to rank the ones they want to "go for" the most by January 11th and then as fast as we can we will let you know the ones for which you will be competing.
Everything else comes with you the day of the contest.
Last year was WONDERFUL!
We were at Wentworth Institute of Technology on January 21, 2024. The theme was safe and sustainable power.
Our top 3 teams were
1 Denki no City St Mary School
2 Derby Team 9 - Team Electrify (Borealis City) Derby Academy
3 Wilbraham & Monson/Olympus Electrified Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Photos from last year: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dFs-djXlvTXu82Wal-PIHcDUqIz0G7X2?usp=drive_link
Sponsor or Donate!
Future City: The Floating City!
Sponsor or Donate!
Our organization (The Boston Society of Civil Engineers) strives to bring all opportunities to students we can at no cost to them or their schools. To do this, we fundraise. Our competitions this year are bigger than ever and costs far higher than ever, so we can really use your help! We made the t-shirts, but if your organization is OK with not being on them, you are welcome to sponsor! Also, we have the BSCES STEM Friends program, where you can donate any amount, but if you donate $100 or more, I will send you a t-shirt from a past contest! The BSCES is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and donations/sponsorships are tax deductible.
Our Team
Our History
Sponsor or Donate!
We are a group of volunteers. While membership in BSCES is recommended it is not mandatory for volunteering. We do require CORI checks and participating in the free training found at www.fliptheswitchcampaign.org. Think you would be a good fit? Get in touch for more information!
Our History
Our History
Our History
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers has been around since 1848. Our Model Bridge Contest is having its 30th Anniversary this year!
Our Mission
Our History
Our History
We bring opportunities for young people to experience STEM careers and that feeling one gets when they work to solve world problems. Our goal is to set an even playing field, taking economic or other factors out of the equation to gain that experience.