Our Story
Future Engineers hosts online innovation challenges for K-12 students. In 2014,
Future Engineers launched its inaugural 3D printing in space challenge, sponsored by the ASME Foundation with technical assistance
from NASA, which produced historic achievements including the first student-designed 3D print in space.
Based on that success, and through the support of the U.S. Department of Education's SBIR Program, Future Engineers launched
a multi-challenge platform in 2018 capable of hosting STEAM challenges of all kinds.
All challenges are free for student/classroom participation.
Deanne Bell
FOUNDER & CEO
Deanne Bell is an engineer and television host. She loved inventing as a young girl and founded Future Engineers in 2014 to connect inspiring media and tech innovation with engaging STEAM challenges for youth. She studied mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to being a TV host and entrepreneur, she designed opto-mechanics for aircraft sensors and worked as a senior application engineer for a software startup. Her TV hosting credits include CNBC, ESPN, DSC, Nat Geo, and PBS.
Recent Press Releases
Check out our recent Press Releases
Date 8 / 16 / 2023
NASA Challenges Students to Fly Earth and Space Experiments
NASA is calling on middle and high school students across the country to submit experiment ideas for a high-altitude balloon or rocket-powered lander test flight in the third TechRise Student Challenge.
Date 4 / 25 / 2023
NASA Announces Student Winners of Power to Explore Challenge
NASA selected three winners out of nine finalists in the second annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for elementary through high school students featuring the power of radioisotopes for space exploration.
Date 4 / 12 / 2023
NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
NASA selected 9 finalists out of the 45 semi-finalists student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.
Date 4 / 4 / 2023
We ♥ Veterans Pin Design Challenge Announces Competition Winners
The “We ♥ Veterans Pin Design” challenge, a joint effort of the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and Future Engineers, today announced the 2023 challenge winners.
Date 01 / 12 / 2023
NASA Awards Students Flight Opportunity in TechRise Challenge
NASA selected 60 winning teams for the second TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest designed to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration. These teams will work together to build science and technology experiments in preparation for a suborbital flight test.
Date 10 / 26 / 2022
The Army Educational Outreach Program and Future Engineers Announce Second National 3D Pin Design Challenge to Celebrate Veterans
The “We ♥ Veterans Pin Design” challenge is back for its second year, inviting 4-12th grade students to put their 3D design skills to the test to show their appreciation for U.S. veterans.
Date 08 / 10 / 22
NASA Seeks Student Experiments to Soar in Second TechRise Challenge
NASA is calling on middle and high school students to join the second NASA TechRise Student Challenge, which invites student teams to develop, build, and launch science and technology experiments on high-altitude balloons.
Date 05 / 24 / 22
NASA Names Winners of the Power to Explore Challenge
NASA has selected 45 student essays as winners of thePower to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes...
Date 03 / 29 / 22
NASA Names Winners of Lunabotics Junior Contest
Two students were chosen by NASA as winners of the Lunabotics Junior Contest, a national competition for students K-12 featuring the space agency’s Artemis theme...
Date 03 / 15 / 22
Lunabotics Jr. Semifinalists Announced
20 Students Selected in Semifinal Round of the Lunabotics Junior Contest...
Date 01 / 21 / 22
NASA Techrise winners announced
NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals.
Date 10 / 20 / 21
NASA Lunabotics Junior Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots
NASA seeks young engineers to help design a new robot for an excavation mission on the Moon.
Date 09 / 08 / 21
The Army Educational Outreach Program Teams up with Future Engineers to Launch a 3D Pin Design Challenge
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), is funding a challenge in partnership with Future Engineers, an organization that administers free, online STEM challenges for students.
Date 08 / 18 / 21
The NASA TechRise Student Challenge is now accepting entries!
NASA and Future Engineers, the challenge administrator,are calling all sixth through 12th-grade educators and students to submit experiments for possible suborbital flights as a way of gaining firsthand experience with the design and testing process used by NASA researchers!
Date 05 / 19 / 21
Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest Winners Announced
NASA has named three students the winners of the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a pioneering journey to the Moon. Nearly 14,000 students entered the contest, each competing for the grand prize: a trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they ...
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