Special Award Name & Sponsor

Award Criteria

Best City Layout
PA Planning Association
Pittsburgh Regional Section
www.planningpa.org/about_sections_pitt.shtml

Is the layout effective?
Is there a good mix of industrial and recreational facilities?
Are the citizens able to move around the city with ease?

Best Communications System
Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania
www.eswp.com

Strategic placement of a communication system that is both efficient and accurate

Best Computer City Design
Robert Morris University
School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science
www.rmu.edu/provost/academic-affairs/sems/content/sems-landing-page.aspx?it=&ivisitor=

Highest Score

Best Essay
Sunoco, Inc.
www.sunocoinc.com

Highest Score

Best Housing Development and Layout
Society of Women Engineers - Pittsburgh Section
www.swe.org/SWE/RegionG/Sections/
G004/index.html

Strategic placement of residential zones that allow maximum return for quality of life issues.

Do they have various housing developments for the different incomes of their city?
Are their enough housing developments for the city to survive?
Are the developments located close to the commercial and industrial sectors?

Best Indoor Environment
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE, Pittsburgh Chapter
http://pittsburgh.ashraechapters.org

Best indoor environment that encompasses occupant comfort, productivity, energy efficiency or air quality

Best Integrated City
American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Section
www.asce-pgh.org/

Design that streamlines city operating systems and creates an effective infrastructure design
(Transportation, Green Space, Communications, Water Delivery Systems, Wastewater Treatment)

Best Power Supply System
Sargent Electric Company
www.sargent.com

What type of power supply do they use?
Is it effective?
Is the whole city powered?

Best Transportation System
SAE International
www.sae.org

Creative design of a transportation system that allows both mobility and transport of goods and services.

Did they utilize various forms of transportation?
Were they creative yet efficient in laying out their system?
Is transportation available throughout?

Best Use of Ceramics
American Ceramic Society, Pittsburgh Section
www.ceramics.org/membership/Sections_Classes/pittsburgh.aspx

The specific inclusion of ceramic materials in the model (and the ability to identify them)
The knowledge of the group (or spokesmember) of how ceramics/materials would be used in their city of the future.

Best Use of Factories
PPG Industries Foundation
www.ppg.com

What type of factories?
How many?
High and Low Tech?
Do they Contribute to the Economy of the City

Best Use of Green Construction
Society of American Military Engineers - Pittsburgh Post
http://posts.same.org/pittsburgh/

Green construction refers to a method of design and construction that minimizes the burden on our natural resources and the environment.

Did they make use of natural lighting and ventilation and utilize renewable energy sources. Did they consider ways to lower overall energy use?
Did they incorporate building materials that have a minimal impact on the environment and require less maintenance?
Did they minimize water use and utilize recycling techniques?
When placing the building, did they take advantage of the natural environment (trees for shade, etc)?
Can parts of the building be recycled once it isn’t needed anymore?

Best Use of Steel
United States Steel Corporation Mon Valley Works
www.usx.com/corp/facilities/mon/mon.htm

Do they understand the need for steel in the city?
Do they manufacture their own steel?
Do they incorporate steel into their City?

Creative Model Design
AllTek Staffing and Resource Group, Inc.
www.alltekstaffing.com

Based on appearance and effectiveness of describing the Sim City Map.

Was it created and made by the students?

Innovative Water and Wastewater Utilities
Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
www.m-e.aecom.com

Addressing an important challenge within the water and/or wastewater infrastructure related to pipes, plants, pumps, and /or green/natural systems

Proposing improvements of water and wastewater infrastructure through sustainable methods.

Most Creative Use of Recyclable Material
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Pittsburgh Section www.aichepgh.org/

What percentage of model is made of recyclable material?
Does it add to the model?
Are they creative?

Most Effective Fire Protection Delivery
Society of Fire Protection Engineers - Three Rivers Chapter
www.sfpe.org

Do they have a fire department?
Is it effective?

Most Effective Homeland Security
Michael Baker Corporation
www.mbakercorp.com

Are there enough police?
Are there vulnerable targets?
Is the security effective?

Most Effective Moveable Part
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Pittsburgh Section
sections.asme.org/PGH/

Do they have a moveable part?
Is it effective?
Does it accomplish its purpose?
Is it creative?

Most Effective Use of Bridges
Association for Bridge Construction & Design, Pittsburgh Chapter
www.abcdpittsburgh.org

Do they use bridges effectively?
Do they understand the role of engineering in bridge design?

Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure
American Society of Civil Engineers - Pittsburgh Section
www.asce-pgh.org/

Design that accommodates the most innovative systems (e.g., transportation, water and wastewater) for a community. Please identify the public structures in your city. Do you have any innovative uses or design features of these structures? Why is it important to include these structures in your city? How does the city benefit? Why do the citizens of your city enjoy using these public structures?

Outstanding First Year Team
FedEx Ground
www.fedex.com/us/ground/main/

Highest Score

Students’ Choice Award
Dick's Sporting Goods
www.dickssportinggoods.com

The best model as selected by the Student Teams

Rusty Bolt Award
Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
www.me.cmu.edu

University of Pittsburgh Mechanical Engineering Department
www.engr.pitt.edu/mechanical/

Geneva College Mechanical Engineering Department
www.geneva.edu/page/engineering

Awarded to schools participating in the Future City Pittsburgh Regional Competition every year since its inception