The Modeling the Future Challenge is a real-world competition for high school students combining math modeling, data analysis, and risk management into one exciting challenge! To compete, students conduct their own research project modeling real-world data to analyze risks and make recommendations to companies, industry groups, governments, or organizations. Students put their critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and analytical skills to the test and have a shot at $60,000 worth of scholarship prizes!
Check out our 2023 MTFC Finalist teams as they introduce themselves and their projects.
Finalist Introduction Videos
Whitney Team 0
The Barrier Between: Risk Analysis of Sea Level Rise in Boston
C3-G2
An Analysis of Severe Winds on Texas Counties’ Annual Cotton Yields
TOTnuclear
More Than a Sunburn
TOTmyosin
The Grand Migration: Analysis of the Lobster Population Dynamics and its Financial Implications
Three Sigma
Using Jet Engine Data to Produce More Economical and Efficient Maintenance Schedules
The Last Turtle
Dying at the Top: Death on Mount Everest
Team 11990
Invisible Threats to Our Healthcare: Risk Analysis of Data Breaches in Healthcare Sector
Space Junk
KESSYM: A stochastic orbital debris model for evaluation of Kessler Syndrome risks and mitigations
SC DataRaider 3
An Evaluation of Dryland Salinity in Australia
Memphis University School
Breaking the Cycle: Reducing Recidivism in Iowa State Prisons
Louisville Mission Math
Healthy Neighborhoods Louisville: Uncovering the Socioeconomic Drivers of Chronic Disease
Expandable Lunchboxes
Effects of Copper Mining on Water Quality in Arizona
Unhandled Exceptions
An Analysis of Environmental Conditions and Factors on Drought Severity in California
