Upcoming Events
2025
Build’em & Bust’em
Day: Thursday, 8th of May, 2025
Overview: Build ‘Em and Bust ‘Em
Location: University of Saint Thomas
Commitment: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Looking for: We are excited to announce an upcoming event for 3rd to 5th grade students from local public elementary schools. This fun and educational event will give students the opportunity to work with their teachers to build bridges out of toothpicks, and then test them for efficiency. We’re looking for volunteers to help make this event a success! Your involvement could include assisting the students with busting their bridges, helping set up the event, judging, organizing a campus visit, and cheering on the students as they showcase their hard work! No previous volunteering experience is needed. Whether you have experience with bridge engineering or just want to lend a hand, we’d love to have you join us! Your enthusiasm and support will make this event memorable for the students and help foster a love of science and engineering. Coffee, treats, and lunch will be provided to judges.
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
