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News: SolidWorks Corporation names student design contest winners

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:

Models

The Galeass Ship

Vintage steam locomotive

Dukes of Hazzard Chopper

Escola Superior de Technologia de Abrantes

Sun Prairie High School

Central Lakes College

Portugal

USA

USA

Photorealistic Images

Personalized concept vehicle

Toyota Le Mans car

Hot rod car

University of Huddersfield

Massey University

University of Twente

UK

New Zealand

Netherlands

Animations

Skeleton Clock

The Stirling Engine

Supermileage Vehicle

University of Idaho

DeAnza College

California State University

USA

USA

USA


“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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