Fluid Mechanics is proud to be a participating sponsor of UC The Future, a global contest for young people ages 10 to 18.  To enter the contest you must submit a drawing along with a fifty to one hundred word description of what some aspect of swimming will be like in the year 2047.  You may enter the contest on an individual or group basis.       

Any aspect of swimming related activity you choose to submit is okay.  For example training methods, nutritional supplements, places to practice, equipment, tools and techniques, games to play in the water, new types of competitive events, or things you would like to see that do not exist now.  You can even design your own two-week training camp program.

Entries will be judged on a variety of criteria including interest and intrigue, creativity, and imagination among other factors. 

Selected entries will be posted on the UC The Future and Fluid Mechanics web site and may be published in the upcoming book "Life in the Year 2047".  

Good morning!  You open your eyes, take a long and easy stretch, and then you close your eyes again and rub them.  It’s the year 2047 and you just woke up.  You’re now a grandparent with two grandchildren, a fourteen-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl.  Just like you when you were younger they are swimmers.  It’s Saturday and you are taking them to a two-week swim camp so they can be better prepared for an upcoming annual competition.

What will you give them for breakfast?  What words of encouragement will you say to them?

What swimming and non-swimming equipment or personal items will they be taking with them?

What will the training facility look like?  What kinds of training techniques will be used?  What will the instructors be like?  What tools will be available to evaluate and improve their ability?

For what types of events will they be training?  For what aspects of swimming such as physical capability, mental outlook, or health will they be tested? 

What kinds of food will be on the menu?  What will entertainment be like at camp during the evenings?  How many hours a day or week will they need to practice?

What will be the benefits of going away to camp for two weeks?  What will they have learned or accomplished at camp that they couldn’t have done at home?