Visioneering

Visioneering 2009

Live Event Saturday, February 14, 2009
Moody Coliseum - SMU Main Campus

Note: Registration for Visioneering 2009 is now closed. Thank you for your interest and please check back again next year.

Make plans now for your school to participate in Visioneering 2009 this February!

Registration Information

Register Your School

Due to an overwhelming response, team registration for Visioneering 2009 is now closed.

Volunteer to Be a Mentor

Due to an overwhelming response, mentor registration for Visioneering 2009 is now closed.

What is Visioneering?

Visioneering brings together students, working engineers, innovators, and noted national figures from a variety of industries and businesses to celebrate the ways that engineering makes a difference in the world around us. It gives students the opportunity to play “engineer for the day!”

Each year, middle school participants are exposed to the fun and exciting side of engineering. Visioneering sits at the crossroads of a day at the mall, an exciting sporting event, a live concert, and the science fair and delivers the substance teachers and parents want, with the fun kids crave.

Student teams will assisted during the day by a seasoned engineer from the DFW Corporate Community. These professionals will:

Guide student teams through the conceptual design process.
Assist students in developing a short oral presentation of their ideas for judging.
Serve as a mentor to the students – talk about your engineering experience.

Visioneering includes:

High energy motivational speeches from high tech celebrities
A major real-time engineering design competition involving groups of students collaborating with working engineers on a specific problem of social significance
A tech expo showcasing the latest technologies from the nation's leading engineering and technology companies
An awards ceremony recognizing the top student design projects
And, all within an MTV™-style setting

Check Out What Happened at Visioneering 2008:

Click on the play button to stream the video of Visioneering 2008

Dallas students "travel" to Mars for Visioneering 2008

How would NASA handle a medical emergency during a manned mission to Mars? That's the question 1,000 Dallas-area middle school students tried to answer when they visit the SMU campus Feb. 16, 2008, to take part in Visioneering 2008.

The popular event is hosted annually by SMU's School of Engineering to show the next generation of technology innovators - today's 6th, 7th and 8th graders - the fun, excitement and challenge of engineering. A combination design contest and technology expo, Visioneering also has become a cornerstone of the University's National Engineers Week celebration.

Read all about the 2008 event by clicking here, or watch the recap video

See What Others are saying about visioneering

Thank you for a great event. The students had a wonderful time! Teacher comment

Engineer mentors were great and fun to work with. Teacher comment

I can’t begin to describe the energy and joy our students still had upon coming to school Monday. Teacher comment

The sponsors, educators, and directors did an outstanding job in making this a child-centered event in which they felt like true engineers. Your enthusiasm to offer the best and give the best to open the doors not only to engineering, but the motivation to attend college. Teacher comment

Overall, from the perspective of an industry participant, Visioneering was a great experience. Team Leader comment

I enjoyed participating in Visioneering 2004, it was fun experience. Team Leader comment

Students worked very hard on the project. Judge comment

Thanks for having this event. It is a lot of fun! Judge comment

You did a fabulous job! Sponsor comment

However possible, maintain the media focus that was enjoyed this year. Sponsor comment

Middle School students from all over North Texas gathering in SMU's Moody Coliseum

Torrence Robinson, Texas Instrument's Director of Public Affairs, chats with the audience of students at the opening pep rally.

Volunteer engineers work with students to solve the day's engineering challenge.

See the full Visioneering photo gallery here.

Want to know more about previous year's events?

Check out this video recapping Visioneering 2007 - Cities of the Future which drew approximately 1,000 students, teachers and engineering mentors to the campus of SMU.

Click on the play button to stream the video of Visioneering 2007

Want More Information?

Contact us About Registering a Team or being a volunteer Engineering mentor

(214) 768-2070

Visioneering2009@smu.edu

Visioneering 2009 is proudly sponsored by:

Would your company be interested in sponsoring Visioneering 2009, or

having a display table at the tech expo?

Contact us to find out how.