AZ Water YP Committee participates in the 2010-11 Future City Competition!
Members of the AZ Water Association Young Professionals Committee took part in judging this year’s Future City Competition held at the Burton Barr Central Library and the Phoenix Preparatory Academy in January. The Future City Competition is a contest where teams of elementary and middle school students develop a city in the future applying engineering concepts through practical applications of math and science. The competition required the teams to construct scaled model of their future city along with a computer simulation and an essay. The teams are judged based on their ability to take into account the various social and municipal needs of the future populace of their city.
On Wednesday, January 19th, 2011, Jeanne Jensen, Lisa Clifton, Gretchen Hawkins, Sarah Gurule, Jacqueline Shaw, Jen Miller and Neil Woodroffe had the difficult task of evaluating over 100 outstanding models and essays at the Burton Barr Central Library and narrow it down to a few potential winners of the AZ Water Association’s sponsored award. On Saturday, January 23nd, 2011, Neil was joined by Anh Quach, Venkat Radhakrishnan, and Laurel Passantino at Phoenix Preparatory Academy to select the winner. After listening to many excellent presentations, Team Quarna from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School was selected as the winner of the AZ Water Association’s award for Best Use of Water and Environmental Resources. Congratulations, Team Quarna!
If you are interested in judging next year’s event, check the website in December details on next year’s Future City Competition.