Future Engineers at Allendale Elementary School Recognized by Parsons Corp.

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--Students at Allendale Elementary School in Pasadena were presented with awards by their mentors from the Parsons Corp. for participation in the Future Scientists and Engineers of America (FSEA) Game Board Project.

The students had learned the principles of electronic circuits by designing, building and testing electronic game boards.

Parsons offers congratulations to students Justin Banks, Phillip Cardona, Danielle Clark, Martin Dorado, Lauren Gilmore, Catherine Gilmore, Evan Grainger, Carmen Hernandez, Ricardo Hernandez, Miguel Hernandez, Matthew Houlemard, Brandell Johnson, Erica Johnson, Dominic Lether, Simon Lopez, Darxia Morris, Nira Nourara, Sergio Sanchez, Anthony Trochez, Kala Willians and teacher Moker Klaus. Pictures are available on request.

Parsons is sponsoring an FSEA chapter at Allendale, where students learn math and science principles by working with hands-on projects after school. Students take on a different project every one to three months, depending on the complexity of the project.

In the newest project, "Tower of Babel," students are learning principles of cost engineering by strategically building a 45-inch block tower using different-sized blocks. Each block size has a different value, encouraging students to consider the wisest use of the resources available to them.

Parsons is one of the world's largest full-service engineering, procurement and construction organizations. As a leader in many diversified markets, such as infrastructure and technology, environmental, transportation, and energy and chemicals, Parsons provides services to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.

For more information about Parsons, visit the company on the World Wide Web at www.parsons.com.