Design Lives Here is a semester-long engineering initiative that equips teachers and students to participate in engineering activities within their school or afterschool program. Professional engineers serve as mentors to students throughout the year. Schools who participate are diverse – public, parochial and private – and have the option of making this part of their school day or an extended program. Each spring, all the participants come together for a day of engineering challenges, grouped in new teams to compete for prizes. Design Lives Here activities are inspired by the popular PBS KIDS program and website, Design Squad Nation.

The 2018-2019 Design Lives Here initiative is a project of WQED Multimedia, with major underwriting by MSA and PPG, and additional support from ANSYS, Rolls-Royce, Arconic, Daedalus, Independence Excavating, and founding partner the Engineers Society of Western PA.

Since Design Lives Here began, it has impacted thousands of students in our viewing area!

Participating Schools:

Blessed Trinity Academy
Elizabeth Forward Middle School
Franklin Regional
Haines Middle School
Independence Middle School
J.E. Harrison Middle School
Marshall Elementary- North Allegheny
Moon Middle School
New Kensington Arnold School District
Our Lady of Most Blessed Sacrament
Propel East
Ryan Gloyer Middle School-Seneca Valley
Schiller STEAM Academy
St. Phillip

For more information about Design Lives Here visit – https://www.wqed.org/education/designliveshere

If you are interested in being a judge for the event, please contact t.bombalski@eswp.com. You may volunteer for one day or both days.