Stratasys Kicks-off Official Entry Process for 2018 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
October 13 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Globally recognized contest empowers students
with unique opportunities to redesign an existing product, create a
new product, or design an original work of art or architecture
Fully supported by the GrabCAD Community:
Entries must be submitted by February 26, 2018 at
http://www.stratasys.com/extreme-redesign
Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) - a global leader in applied additive
technology solutions - today announced the company is officially
kicking off its 2018 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge with a
“call-for-entries.” Entering its 14th year, the contest is widely
recognized as the premier event to highlight excellence in 3D
printed design from student innovators.
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Leveraging the power of 3D printing, students around the world
now have the opportunity to redesign an existing product, create a
new product that improves how tasks are accomplished, or design an
original work of art or architecture. This year’s contest is fully
supported by the GrabCAD community – the world’s largest online
collaborative environment supporting designers, engineers and
manufacturers.
“Since its inception, the Stratasys Extreme Redesign 3D Printing
Challenge has awarded more than $150,000 in scholarships to some of
the world’s top student innovators. We’re proud to continue this
tradition, offering new entrants the opportunity to learn,
innovate, and grow leveraging 3D printing technology,” said Gina
Scala, Director of Marketing, Global Education, Stratasys. “We
greatly look forward to seeing what this year’s group of entries
can design and innovate.”
As part of entry criteria, all designs should prove mechanically
sound, realistic, and achievable. Submissions are analyzed and
judged based on:
- Sound mechanical design
- Compelling written description
- Design creativity
- Product usefulness
- Aesthetics (art, jewelry and
architecture category)
Both individuals and design teams are asked to create entries
leveraging 3D CAD software, submitting files in .STL format through
the GrabCAD Platform – along with a written description
highlighting the design’s value and benefits. Deadline to submit
across the following categories is NO LATER than February
26, 2018:
- Engineering: Secondary Education
(middle/high school)
- Engineering: Post-Secondary
(university, college, or post-secondary)
- Art, Jewelry, or Architecture
(any grade level)
First-place winners of this year’s contest will receive $2,500
(US Dollars) scholarships. Instructors of first-place students will
also benefit from a demo Stratasys 3D printer in their classroom
for a limited time. Second-place winners will receive $1,000 (US
Dollars) scholarships. The top 10 entries in each category earn a
Stratasys apparel item (value up to $50 US Dollars), and a 3D
printed model of their design. All teams and individuals
additionally receive official Stratasys, GrabCAD, and Extreme
Redesign Tech Tattoo stickers.
For the third year running, the National Coalition of Advanced
Technology Centers (NCATC) is also bestowing a $1,000 scholarship
to an entry in the post-secondary engineering category who is also
from a NCATC member school. NCATC is a network of higher education
resources promoting use of technology applications to enhance
economic and workforce development programs and services.
For more information and contest rules - or to become part of
this year’s exciting event – visit the Extreme Redesign Page on the
Stratasys Website. Get in on all the action by following the
Extreme Redesign Printing Challenge on Facebook – and include
#ExtremeRedesign into all posts. Visit the GrabCAD Community to
enter the Challenge.
The call for entries closes on February 26, 2018. Please
submit your designs today!
About Stratasys
Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) is a global leader in applied additive
technology solutions for industries including Aerospace,
Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Education. For nearly
30 years, a deep and ongoing focus on customers’ business
requirements has fueled purposeful innovations—1,200 granted and
pending additive technology patents to date—that create new value
across product lifecycle processes, from design prototypes to
manufacturing tools and final production parts. The Stratasys 3D
printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise—advanced materials;
software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and reliable
FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services;
on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships—works to ensure
seamless integration into each customer’s evolving
workflow. Fulfilling the real-world potential of additive,
Stratasys delivers breakthrough industry-specific applications that
accelerate business processes, optimize value chains and drive
business performance improvements for thousands of future-ready
leaders around the world.
Corporate Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot,
Israel.
Online at: www.stratasys.com, http://blog.stratasys.com and
LinkedIn.
Stratasys and GrabCAD are registered trademarks, and Extreme
Redesign and the Stratasys signet are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Stratasys Ltd. and or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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