Top 10 Finalists Announced in Extreme Redesign Contest by Dimension 3D Printing
March 15 2012 - 12:02PM
Business Wire
Stratasys Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS) today announced the finalists for
its Dimension brand’s eighth annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing
Challenge. The global contest encourages students to submit an
innovative product design, a redesign of an existing product, or an
original work of art or architecture.
Dimension 3D Printing will award each of 3 student winners
$2,500 or $1,000 scholarships in the categories of middle school
and high school engineering, college engineering, and art &
architecture. A list of the top 10 finalists and their school names
can be found at: Dimension 2012 Finalists.
Designs are awarded based on creativity, usefulness, part
integrity and aesthetics. Instructors of the three first-place
student winners will receive an Apple iPad for use in the
classroom. With this year’s awards, the contest will exceed the
$100,000 mark in scholarships granted since the contest’s
inception.
Each submission is required to:
- be a sound mechanical design
(Engineering category)
- be realistic and achievable
- include a clear written description of
the design
This year’s contest also features a bonus award category:
Students who incorporated a school-spirit theme into their designs
will have a chance to win a $250 gift card.
From the 10 finalists in each category, a panel of independent
judges from industry and the engineering media will select the
winners this spring. This year's judges are David Mantey, Editor at
Product Design & Development magazine, Ian Kovacevich, VP of
Engineering at Enventys, LLC, Patrick Gannon, Engineering Manager
at rp+m (a Thogus partner), and Todd Grimm, Editor at
Engineering.com.
For video, photos, and descriptions of previous winning designs,
visit Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. For contest rules and
regulations, visit ER Rules & Regulations.
Dimension, a brand of 3D printers by Stratasys, offers
computer-aided-design (CAD) users a low-cost, networked alternative
for building functional 3D models from the desktop. The 3D printer
builds models layer-by-layer using ABS plastic, one of the most
widely used thermoplastics in today’s injection-molded products. 3D
printing allows users to evaluate design concepts and test models
for form, fit and function. Online at:
www.DimensionPrinting.com
Stratasys Inc., Minneapolis, is a maker of
additive-manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing
plastic parts. The company markets under the brands uPrint and
Dimension 3D Printers and Fortus Production 3D Printers. The
company also operates RedEye On Demand, a digital-manufacturing
service for prototypes and production parts. Stratasys manufactures
3D printers for Hewlett Packard, which it sells under the brand
Designjet3D. In 2011 Stratasys acquired 3D printer maker Solidscape
Inc. According to Wohlers Report 2011, Stratasys had a 41-percent
market share in 2010, and has been the unit market leader for the
ninth consecutive year. Stratasys patented and owns the Fused
Deposition Modeling (FDM®) process. The process creates functional
prototypes and manufactured goods directly from any 3D CAD program,
using high-performance industrial thermoplastics. The company holds
more than 285 granted or pending additive-manufacturing patents
globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense,
automotive, medical, business and industrial equipment, education,
architecture, and consumer-product industries. Online at:
www.Stratasys.com
FDM, Dimension, Fortus, uPrint and Stratasys are registered
trademarks of Stratasys Inc.Fused Deposition Modeling is a
trademark of Stratasys Inc.
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