Outreach Volunteers Needed!

Outreach Volunteers Needed!

by Olivia A. Richards, PE, Structural Engineer, Gill Engineering and BSCES Public Awareness & Outreach Committee Chair

The BSCES Public Awareness & Outreach Committee needs volunteers to serve as judges and perform other duties for the following committee-sponsored student contests:

Future City Online Judges

Time: Virtual City Design: December 19, 2017 – January 14, 2018

City Essay: December 26, 2017 – January, 14, 2018

Looking for: Volunteers to judge Virtual City Designs and City Essays for Future City teams prior to competition day. Teams of students from grades 6 through 8 will design a city using the SimCity program. They will then create a PDF slideshow of their city’s progress to be judged by volunteers online. Teams will also write a 1,500 word essay describing their city. Judging will take place from December 19, 2017 – January 14, 2018. The average scores for these items will then be used during the Regional Competition on January 20, 2018. Volunteers can sign up to judge either the Virtual City or the City Essay or both using the link below. Once enrolled, judges will be assigned essays and/or city designs. 

Sign-up here: https://goo.gl/forms/cvFXvBR44TeF3BmJ3

New England Future City Competition Day: Saturday, January 20, 2018

Overview: Competition day for all teams to present model cities

Location: MassDOT Headquarters, 2nd floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Time: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Looking for: Engineering volunteers to be judges on competition day (model judges, presentation judges, or special awards judges). Judges can be any engineer or engineering college student. No previous judging experience needed. Volunteers should check-in at volunteer check-in table, which is located at MassDOT, 2nd floor mezzanine, by 8:00 AM to attend the judges’ orientation session before competition day begins. Presentation and model judges will be placed in conference rooms where student teams will present their Future Cities and judges will use rubrics to provide scores. Special Awards judges will be in the mezzanine area walking around to various Future City team tables and scoring Future City models according to the Special Award rubric. Please email me if you have further questions regarding the event at outreach.comm@bsces.org. 

Sign-up here: https://goo.gl/forms/cvFXvBR44TeF3BmJ3

BSCES Model Bridge Competition Day: Saturday, February 3, 2018

Overview: Competition day for all teams to present model bridges and load test models

Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA

Time: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Looking for: Volunteers to help run the competition. Volunteers will be running the registration table, distributing t-shirts, loading the bridges, guiding teams to the stage, etc. Please email me if you have further questions regarding the event at outreach.comm@bsces.org.

Sign-up here: https://goo.gl/forms/dTTbEe9SKMSMFOil2

For more information on volunteering opportunities or becoming part of the BSCES Public Awareness & Outreach Committee, please contact me at outreach.comm@bsces.org.