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 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
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) is launching "We ♥ Veterans" the 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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