The Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES) is dedicated to helping to support and promote the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math through STEM education. Led by our Public Awareness & Outreach Committee, BSCES has a group of over 100 regular volunteers that mentor students, run student activities, talk at schools, conduct tours, take in job shadows, and perform many other activities. We are most famous for running two major events:

New England Regional Future City Competition for Middle Schools
Over 60 teams of students from all corners of New England are already working on the challenge for this year. They are asked to create their dream city of the future and explain how it works using logic, scientific basis, and sound engineering principles. They create a scale model using recyclables, write a 1500-word essay, create a seven-minute presentation and answer questions from panels of judges. The western New England regionals will be in Enfield, CT on January 17, 2026 and Eastern New England Regionals and New England Finals will be at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston on January 24, 2026. This year, there’s a specific focus on a self-sustaining food system from farm to table.

Future City Competition for High Schools
Similar to the middle schools, high school students will be creating their dream cities of the future but instead of making models out of recyclables, they will be creating their cities using Autodesk’s Revit program. The preliminary round is virtual and top teams are invited to Washington DC for the finals, the same week as the middle school finals. 

Model Bridge Contest
This contest is in its 35th year and challenges 100 teams of students, grades 5-12, to build a 3 1/2-foot span bridge of a “surprise” material, with new specifications prepared annually. This year, our bridges are made of craft sticks, post screws, and twine. The contest will be in-person at Watson Hall, Wentworth Institute of Technology on February 7, 2026.

Partner with BSCES to promote STEM education to K-12 students.
Become a BSCES STEM Outreach Program Sponsor!

As a BSCES STEM Outreach Program Sponsor, your organization’s name will be in sponsor listings that appear in competition-related press releases, member newsletter articles, and participant to-shirts. Sponsoring provides your organization with great visibility and name recognition and serves to help ensure that there are young people that will grow to make the world a better place. Just over the past year, our work was recognized by the New England Patriots and given a Myra Kraft Community MVP award and we were invited to a National ASTO online meeting, as they begin to discuss using our model bridge contest, as a model to turn the competition national. We are now seeing alumni from this competition returning to us as judges, having grown to be outstanding STEM professionals. The students you meet during these competitions may be your new star employees in less than a decade! The following is a list of BSCES STEM Outreach Program Sponsorship benefits:

BSCES STEM Outreach Program Sponsor – $1,000

• Organization identified as a sponsor in press releases, BSCES member newsletter articles, and related displays.
• Organization recognized as a sponsor and thanked during introductory remarks for each competition.
• Organization listed as sponsor on www.engineeryourfuture.org, the external K-12 Outreach website run by BSCES.
• Organization’s name included on the back of tee-shirts that are given to contest participants and mentors.

You can enroll online to become a 2025-2026 BSCES STEM Outreach Program Sponsor below or complete and return an enrollment form with payment by Friday, December 12, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Monette at mmonette@engineers.org or (617) 305-4113.