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2011-2012 Sponsored Award Winners
Best Application of Business Practices
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona (ACEC-AZ)
presented by Pat Miller   
 
Best use of design financed by private companies (not government funded)

Jagger McMillin
Madison Bingham
Brianna Guerra
Teacher: Jill Helland
Mentor: Frederick Tack
Garden Lakes Elementary School
Most Engineering Discipline, Involvement & Innovation
Arizona Council of Engineering and Scientific Associations (ACESA)
presented by Ray Quackenbush

 
Use of the most engineering disciplines considered and innovation of design for future city.

Jade Bravo
Trinh Nguyen
Michelle Troung
Teachers: Kerry Pohlmeyer and Autumn Castillo
Mentor: Alex Macke
Canyon Breeze Elementary School
Architectual Excellence Award
American Institute of Architects (AIA-AZ)
presented by TJ Gardner 
 
 
Best use of design principles to create a future city in harmony with its natural environment and beautiful to view.

Joaquin Armatage
Timothy Pettett
Sam Owen
Teacher: Ayse Miller
Copperwood Elementary School
Best Design for Sustainability
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiCHE)
presented by Vi Brown 
 
 
Best application of sustainable design aspects across the city including economic, energy, and environmental issues.
 
Taylor Benning
Frank (Rylan) Caparulo
Christian McFarlane
Teacher: Kelly Will
Colonel Smith Middle School
Best Functioning City
American Public Works Association (APWA)
presented by Melissa Serven & Pat Miller   
 
 
A city where quality of life is enhanced by "invisible" human services including transportation, effective water systems, and environmental disposal of waste.
 
Joseph Baldez
Sierra Collier
Stone Richardson
Teacher: Kelly Will
Colonel Smith Middle School
Most Sustainable Buildings
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
presented by Shawn Masterson
 
 
Best design the building with optimum energy stewardship.

Allie Dodson
Hannah Farr
Aurbianna Sandefur
Teacher: Kelly Will
Colonel Smith Middle School
Best Use of Materials
American Society of Materials (ASM)
presented by Charlie Griffith  
 
 
The poster/exhibit that most embodies materials engineering or science.

Chi Nguyen
Annika McHale
Katie McNelly  
Teacher: Ayse Miller
Copperwood Elementary School
   
Best Application of Quality Concepts to Future Cities
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
presented by Gene Dufoe
 
 
Outstanding application of design of air, water, and life.

Allie Dodson
Hannah Farr
Aurhianna Sandefur
Teacher:  Kelly Will
Colonel Smith Middle School
   
Innovative Use of Infrastructure
American Society of Civil Engineers (AzSCE)
presented by Mike McBrady  
 
 
Most innovative infrastructure systems, including transportation, (roads, transit, bridges), water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment.
 
Shania Weaver
Alex Walter
Zachary Albright
Teacher: Jill Helland
Mentor: Bobby Cottam
Garden Lakes Elementary School
Best Use of Water and Environmental Resources
Arizona Water Association (AZWA)
presented by Venkat Radhakrishnan 
 
 
Demonstrates innovative solutions to protect and preserve both water and environmental resources.

Nick Leligdon
Brayden Dean
Teacher: Kerry Pohlmeyer
Mentor: Alex Macke
Canyon Breeze Elementary School
Excellence in the Use of Building Materials
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI-PHX)
presented by Steve Smith 
 
 
The best use of building materials to produce a future city that is both environmentally friendly and sustainable.
 
Andy Dole
Samuel Leonard
James White  
Teacher: Mary McBride
Mentor: Doreen Song
Mohave Middle School
Best Communications System
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
presented by Jim Hudson & Ralph Hogan 
 
 
The best use of communications devices, inter-building and inter-city communications, for use as personal communications, public safety, or business.
 
Amanda Flores
McKenna Byrne
Abbie Prescott
Teacher: Jill Helland
Mentor: Tania Ibarra
Garden Lakes Elementary School
Best Multimodal Transportation System
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
presented by Scott Tezak 
 
 
Most number of modes demonstrated for movement of people and goods, and best integration of multiple transportation modes.

Faith Gomez
Alijah Aparicio
Joselin Fernandez
Teacher: Peter Bartanen
Mentor: Ananda Hutapea
Orangedale Junior High School
Best Future Transportation System
Intelligent Transportation Society of Arizona (ITSA)
presented by Yong Koprowski 
 
 
Most number of different travel modes, holistic approach to travel types, use of technology and impact on the environment.

Sam Hecla
Allie Brown
Emilee Storaska  
Teacher: Kerry Pohlmeyer / Autumn Castillo
Mentor:  Alex Macke
Canyon Breeze Elementary School
Special Award for Project Management
Project Management Institute (PMI)
presented by Beth Chappel & Lenora Holmstem 
 
 
Demonstrates best practices of project management and ability to meet time and objectives of the Future City Project
 
Alexis Arlak
Paige White
Teacher: Jill Helland
Garden Lakes Elementary School
Rich Goeway Award
Rio Salado Architecture Foundation (RSAF)
presented by John Williams 
 
 
The city that best displays a sense of "community": an atmosphere of cooperation and harmony amongst its citizens.

Daniel Kelly
Tiger Yang
Ryan Vargas  
Teacher:  Mary McBride
Mentor:  Doreen Song
Mohave Middle School
Best Team Effort
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME-PHX)
 presented by Jay Norton 
 
The project that best exemplifies cooperation among the team members in creating their vision of a future city.
 
John Jamison
Chris Neville
Chris Smith
Teacher:  Kerry Pohlmeyer / Autumn Castillo
Mentor:  Alex Macke
Canyon Breeze Elementary School
Most Innovative Structure
Structural Engineering Association of Arizona (SEAOA)
presented by Richard Dahlman  
 
 
The best use of structural principles to address unique structural loading due to local conditions (earthquake, wind, etc.).
 
Erika Walker
Ashlyn Bauman
Emma Howell
Teacher:  Nicki Derryberry
Payne Junior High School
Livable Communities Award
Valley Forward
presented by Danielle Giannetti  
 
 
The best demonstration of a city which will sustain growth into the future without overwhelming natural resources (air, water, open space, and desert vistas).
 
Cambrie Hickman
Timothy Graunke
Rachel Fisher
Teacher:  Mary Ann Ekstrom
Mentor:  Ken Ekstrom
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