Winners Revealed in 2012 Extreme Redesign Contest by Dimension 3D Printing
Engineering students worldwide recognized for innovative designs
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Dimension 3D Printing, a brand of Stratasys
Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS), today announced the winners in its 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.
Winning design in the Art & Architecture category (Photo: Stratasys Inc.)
Dimension
3D Printing is awarding each of three student winners $2,500 or
$1,000 scholarships in the categories of Middle and High School
Engineering, College Engineering, and Art & Architecture. A list of
winners follows. For full descriptions and supporting artwork of
designs, visit www.DimensionPrinting.com/extremeredesign
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. This year's contest also features a bonus award
category: Students who incorporated a school-spirit theme into their
designs competed for a $250 gift card.
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College Engineering Category
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Rank:
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1
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Continuous
water supply
hand pump:
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Akshay Gautam & Gauray Singh, Indian Institute of Information
Technology, Design & Manufacturing — Jabalpur, India
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2
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Diabetic Testing
Station:
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Zahraa Bazzi, Abrar Wazier, Stanley Marek, Wayne State University
— Dearborn, MI
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3
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Scissors for right
and left-handed
Users:
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Isabell Boqvist, Luleå University of Technology — Luleå, Sweden
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Art & Architecture Category
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Rank:
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1
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Desert Rose
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Kyle Whybrew, University of Central Florida — Grant, FL
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2
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Community Library
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Alex Tseng, Rice University — Houston, TX
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3
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Green Art
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Cristina-Maria Agape & Robert-Sebastian Dron, Palatul Copiilor si
Elevilor Drobeta Turnu Severin — Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania
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Middle/High School Engineering Category
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Rank:
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1
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Pro Sump
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Nicholas Pio, Warren High School — Downey, CA
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2
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Diagonal Slice
Rubik's Cube
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Quentin Torgerson, Mars Area High School — Mars, PA
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3
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Sand/Salt
Spreader
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Erik Fredrickson, Kingswood Regional High School — Wolfeboro, NH
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Bonus Category: School Spirit
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Tigre's Bot
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Tyler Kilgore, Mansfield Sr. High School — Mansfield, OH
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Beer Stein Redesign
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Joseph Huser, Oklahoma State University — Stillwater, OK
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Winners were selected by a distinguished panel of independent judges
from industry and the engineering media. 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 full descriptions and supporting artwork of designs, visit: www.DimensionPrinting.com/extremeredesign
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.
Attention Editors: If you wish to publish reader-contact
information, please use: info@stratasys.com,
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Stratasys Inc.
Investor Contact
Shane
Glenn
952-294-3416
shane.glenn@stratasys.com
or
Editorial
Contact
Aaron Masterson
952-346-6258
AMasterson@WeberShandwick.com
Source: Stratasys Inc.
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