1. The Jacksonville 2050 High School Civil Engineering Competition
What will your school’s Bridge Design Look Like?

2. The Main Street Bridge Jacksonville, Florida

3. Objective: Encourage High School students to pursue a civil engineering degree and to expose these potential engineers to the dynamics of a real project

4. Challenge
High School teams must come up with a NEW VISION for downtown Jacksonville in 2050
The downtown vision will be centered upon the St Johns River with a new bridge across the river replacing the Main Street Bridge.
The challenge is to solve an engineering problem starting from an “unconventional approach” and then incorporating “classic tools” – such as mathematics, technology, and/or physics – as resources in the toolbox to solve the problem.
We define a solution based on the Arts rather than science as an “unconventional approach”
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5. Competition
Eight to 10 high schools will compete from Duval, Nassau, Clay and St Johns Counties
Schools will be supported by local engineering firms and engineering societies (ASCE and SAME)
Students will compete in two phases to solve a real engineering problem
First Phase: Designing a solution
Second Phase: Implementing (building) the Design
Each high school will be represented by one team, but schools may have internal competitions to pick their representing team of students.
Each final school team must have:
Presentation (oral and written) skills
Computer literacy (knowledge of social media, online maps, word-processing spreadsheets, etc.
Teamwork skills
Skills in painting, photography, sculpture or something related to the Arts.

6. Where will be event be held? University of North Florida
Final presentations and judgement of the first phase will be during the “2017 Engineering Week” in February 2017
The second construction phase will take place at the UNF Engineering Senior Symposium and Innovation Day Event which is held in April This phase will include testing and judging of a constructed bridge

7. Professional Mentors/Advisors
Each high school will be assigned at least one Professional Mentor/Advisor. All mentors/advisors will have a civil engineering degree or a related degree in engineering or construction and will help students with leadership, the use of technology, data gathering, presentations, etc.
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8. Phase 1: Development of Jacksonville 2050 Plan
High School Letter of Interest (due date: Oct 21, 2016)
The Jacksonville 2050 Vision Layout, Description, and Rendering
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9. Phase II: Construction
Construction of the scale-model concrete bridge
Development of a final Design and Construction Report
Scoring for Phase II
Letter of Intent = 5 to 10 points
Jacksonville 2050 Layout, outreach campaign, description, and rendering = 10 to 50 points
Constructed Bridge plus Design & Construction Report, and Outreach campaign = 10 to 40 points
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10. Submit Letters of Interest on school letterhead NLT: Oct 21, 2016 to
Mailing address:
Dr. Chris Brown
Civil Engineering/School of Engineering
Room 2100, Building 50, Science and Engineering
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL or