May 21, 2007
SolidWorks Corporation names student design contest winners
Competitors have
earned separate category in annual SolidWorks World Design Contest
CONCORD, Mass., May 21, 2007 – SolidWorks
Corporation today named an international slate of winners of the first-ever
SolidWorks World Design Contest for students and professors, citing the soaring
quality of students’ design work and quantity of entries.
“The caliber of designs we’re seeing
from students in these contests demands special recognition,” said Marie Planchard,
director of worldwide education markets for SolidWorks Corporation. “Although
these designers are just starting out, you would certainly never know it from
what you’re looking at. Their achievements are testimony to the talents of the
individual contestants, the competence of their engineering educators, and the
power of SolidWorks® 3D CAD software to unleash their ideas for better products.”
As in the professional version of the
contest, prizes were awarded in three categories – models, photorealistic images,
and animations. Winners were:
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Models
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The Galeass Ship
Vintage steam locomotive
Dukes of Hazzard Chopper
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Escola Superior de Technologia
de Abrantes
Sun Prairie High School
Central Lakes College
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Portugal
USA
USA
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Photorealistic
Images
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Personalized concept vehicle
Toyota Le Mans car
Hot rod car
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University of Huddersfield
Massey University
University of Twente
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UK
New Zealand
Netherlands
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Animations
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Skeleton Clock
The Stirling Engine
Supermileage Vehicle
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University of Idaho
DeAnza College
California State University
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USA
USA
USA
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“We chose to model the Galeass ship because
we were intrigued by its dual power source – oarsmen and wind – and its role
in history,” said Bruno Silva, third-year student of mechanical engineering
at Escola Superior de Technologia de Abrantes in Portugal, co-designer of the
first-place model. “SolidWorks has been easy to learn, so we were confident
we could execute the complex design. It was a thrill to win.”
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