Communities, like people, need a few basic things to function properly: to provide access to the things people need to survive, to provide people with opportunities to make a living, and to help protect the long-term health and safety of residents. The different systems of structures, machines, tools, people, and processes that provide these things are a community's infrastructure. Every part of a community's infrastructure — from 9-1-1 emergency dispatch systems to wastewater treatment facilities to phone networks to parks and playgrounds — relies on some form of engineering. (Read the full Contest Guidelines)
Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
Cailyn Kim
Grade 5 - Hunnewell Elementary School (Wellesley, MA, United States)
Time is Ticking
Second Place
Sarah Rash
Grade 4 - Ridgeview Elementary School (St. Louis Park, MN, United States)
Clearing the Ice Rinks
Third Place
Other Finalists
Lights on Community Sports Fields by Megan U.
Grade 4 - Puesta del Sol Elementary School (Bellevue, WA, United States)
More drains for more games! by Reid Baum
Grade 4 - Puesta del Sol Elementary School (Bellevue, WA, United States)
Waste Management: Finxing its Flaw by Madison Cox
Grade 5 - Green Pines Elementary (Wildwood, MO, United States)
Engineering a Safe Way to School by Hayden Toole
Grade 4 - Piney Branch Elementary School (Takoma Park, MD, United States)
Engineer Girl 2018 by Lola FBF
Grade 5 - P.S.290q, Geraldine Ferraro Campus (Woodside, NY, United States)
Swing, Slide, Spin by Melanie
Grade 5 - Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School (United States)
Super Sensational Solar Solutions: Ideas for Parks by Acadia U.<
Grade 4 - Myron J. Francis Elementary School (Rumford, RI, United States)
Where Should I Put My Waste? by Lila Boutin
Grade 4 - Davis School for Independent Study (Davis, CA, United States)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Nicholas Venezia
Grade 6 - IS 98 Bay Academy (Brooklyn, NY, United States)
Green Energy
Third Place
Other Finalists
Presentation to District 10 City Council on Saving Students through STEM by F. De Soriano
Grade 6-8 - Homeschool (Bronx, NY, United States)
A Solution to Microplastic Pollution by Elisabeth Buchanan
Grade 8 - Sumner Middle School (Sumner, WA, United States)
The Problem of Potholes in Our Community by E.R. Smith
Grade 7 - Ottawa Hills Junior High (Toledo, OH, United States)
The Solution for Electrical Outages
Grade 7 - Harpeth Hall (Franklin, TN, United States)
How to Fix the Nashville Flow by Olivia Majors
Grade 7 - Harpeth Hall (Nashville, TN, United States)
The Future of Student Safety by Mackenzie Sloan
Grade 7 - Glacier Creek Middle School (Middleton, WI, United States)
Let Me Pass! I'm Late to School! by Rohan Satapathy
Grade 7 - John C Dunham STEM Partnership School (Naperville, IL, United States)
The Power of Recycling by Anusha Puri
Grade 7 - Beechwood Elementary School (Fullerton, CA, United States)
High School (Grades 9-12)
Austin Tran
Grade 9 - Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville, FL, United States)
Floating Halophytes
Third Place
Other Finalists
Infractions from Energy Extractions by Nicole Burns
Grade 11 - Garfield High School (Seattle, WA, United States)
Traffic Management Made Smarter by Sreenidhi Sankararaman
Grade 9 - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Herndon, VA, United States)
Prevent Another 3/30! : A Solution for Bridge Failure by Ananya Ganesh
Grade 10 - The Westminster Schools (Sandy Springs, GA, United States)
Los Angeles City Council: Air Pollution Public Safety by Winnie Wang
Grade 9 - Granada Hills Charter High School (Chatworth, CA, United States)
Motion Activated Street Lights by Grant Reidy
Grade 9 - Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville, FL, United States)
Ensuring Water Security: A New Type of Water Main by Katelyn Kunert
Grade 12 - South River HS (Davidsonville, MD, United States)
Energy-Generating Stationary Bikes in Jacksonville by Lily England
Grade 9 - Bishop Kenny High School (Saint Johns, FL, United States)
Engineering our Earthquakes by Hattie Compton-Moen
Grade 10 - St Margaret's College (Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand)