Upcoming Events
2024
Build’em & Bust’em
We are beginning to plan our fourth annual Build’em & Bust’em toothpick bridge competition and civil engineering exploration day on May 2nd, 2024 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. If you would be interested in helping organize the event, donating to the event, or know of schools that would be interested, please contact: outreach@ascemn.org
Past Events
Engineer’s Week at the Science Museum of Minnesota
ASCE-MN members and students from the University of St. Thomas volunteered at the Science Museum on Feb. 29th to talk to kids about the exciting career of civil engineering during their Engineer's Week celebrations! The kids were able to participate in several mini experiments and ask us questions about what it's like to be a civil engineer. If you would like to be involved in future STEM volunteer activities, please reach out to
This year is the 24th anniversary of the MN Future City Competition!
The 2023-2024 theme is Electrify your Future. Teams will choose a threat to their city's water supply and design a resilient system to maintain a reliable supply of clean drinking water.
The final competition will take place on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount.
Please consider signing up to volunteer this year: https://secure.futurecity.org/Minn/JudgeBin/Judge/Enroll
There are three opportunities (rubrics and score sheets are provided):
Virtual City/Computer City Slideshow: Students submit slides that document what they learned from building a city in SimCity. Judges download a PDF at home and submit scores online. SimCity software is not needed. Judging takes place late November through December. Time commitment: 2-3 hours.
City Essay: Students write a 1,500-word essay describing the unique attributes of their city and provide a solution to this year’s Clean Water: Tap Into Tomorrow challenge. Judges download a PDF at home and submit scores online. Judging takes place late December through mid-January. Time commitment: 2-3 hours.
City Model and Presentation: Judges attend the regional competition on 1/20/24 at DCTC and evaluate the students’ presentation and physical city models. Volunteers judge in teams. Time commitment: 8am-noon. Coffee, donuts and lunch is provided for all judges.
View samples of the students’ projects from prior years: https://futurecity.org/gallery
