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Calling all Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and Students from across the Globe
Design Contest Open for Entries $20,000 Grand Prize
New York, NY – The “Create the Future” Design Contest is now open for submissions and runs through July 2, 2018. The world’s premier engineering design competition, the annual contest brings together engineers, entrepreneurs, and students to find solutions that benefit society and the economy; along with the chance to win a cash prize of $20,000 USD.
Now in its 15th year, the “Create the Future” Design Contest has helped stimulate and reward engineering innovation and has brought attention to thousands of product designs that increase the quality of life, improve healthcare, and help to reduce dependence on non-renewable energy sources. COMSOL and Mouser Electronics are the principal sponsors of the contest, produced by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International Company.
“The Create the Future Design Contest celebrates the creators behind the technologies that will shape our tomorrow. We are honored to support the next generation of innovators and look forward to this year's submissions." said Valerio Marra, Marketing Director, COMSOL, Inc.
"Fostering technical innovation is an investment in the future that will benefit everyone," said Kevin Hess, Mouser Electronics Senior Vice President of Marketing. "As a forward-looking company, Mouser is proud to have the continuing opportunity to support this important event for engineers and students around the world."
Contestants can enter for free, either as an individual or as a team. An independent panel of industry professionals will judge the entries. Web site visitors are invited to vote for their favorite entry. For more information on the official contest rules, click here.
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Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on rapid New Product Introductions from its manufacturing partners for electronic design engineers and buyers. The global distributor's website, Mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 5 million products from over 700 manufacturers. Mouser offers 22 support locations around the world to provide best-in-class customer service and ships globally to over 600,000 customers in 170 countries from its 750,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, click here.
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Invisible Glass
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Honorable Mention – Aerospace & Defense Category
ABA Power
Jonathan Slocum, ABA Power, Bow, New Hampshire, USA
VForce® Green Clean Game Changing Technology
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Pelican: A New Approach to Fueling Space Exploration
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Composite Elastic Skins for Shape-Changing Structures
Christopher M. Cagle and Robin W. Schlecht, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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ISCAD - Electrical Drive with 0% Rare Earths, 25% Higher Driving Range, and 100% Safety
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Smart Lightweighting of Cars with 200kg
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Honorable Mention – Consumer Products Category
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Graphene Based Inks for Printed Electronics
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Future Antenna Miniaturization Mechanism: Magnetoelectric Antennas
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Honorable Mention – Electronics/Sensors/IoT Category
U-decipher Device for the Speech Impaired
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High Reynolds Number Nanofiber Production Technique
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Implantable Sensor Technology Platform for Advanced Prosthetic Control
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Aerogels from Environmental Wastes for Novel Engineering Applications
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Honorable Mention – Sustainable Technologies Category
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The Hydro Sub is a new design for submarines that will reduce the cost of making the submarines, reduce the weight of the submarine itself, while at the same time increasing its strength. This would enable faster production times and using less materials. In the water it would be able to move easier while requiring less fuel.
The refurbishment of rotable components is important for aerospace companies, for which system availability is a critical factor, and for which rotables guarantee a high level of system availability. The refurbishment of usually high value faulty rotables is of considerable economic importance for companies, and is often a core process in plant maintenance.
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Like itself, SSOLAEROS’
This is a new design that takes advantage and merges two very well-known designs.
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This new back-up camera system for automotive vehicles has the purpose of eliminating black spots or areas where a standard back-off camera cannot identify a vehicle circulating and thus avoid accidents. This camera is installed on both left and right rear ends (break light).
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