June 2023 Winners Announced - Altair Global Student Contest
Altair EmployeeJune was also an exciting month with numerous good entries that put our judges to the test. In the end though only one (per region) can claim first prize. Each of the following winners will be receiving a $750 (USD Equivalent) prize and will be automatically entered in the grand showdown next year for the overall Global Grand Prize Winner who will take home $7500 (USD Equivalent.) With that said, lets take a look at the winners.
Vanessa Rupp and Lena Grabherr, of Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Germany took the contest to a new creative level. Wanting to relax after a hard day of school they envisioned a table where they could set their beers and still access the case for the next one. Altair HyperWorks took the imagined rough design, modeled from milk crates, and developed an optimized shape that was not only strong and light but artistic as well. Enjoy those beers, you earned them!
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Colin Dagg of International Academy West in Michigan, USA, was tasked with helping his FIRST robotics team, The HOT Team #67, create strong support for their intake assembly support but make it as light as possible. Colin was able to use Altair Inspire to take over 70% of the weight of the part out while still maintaining a 3x factor of safety. Way to go, Colin! ???? With work like that it’s no surprise the HOT team went to the World Championship and won the coveted GM Industrial Design Award! Congrats!
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Nguyen Huu Nghia from the Vietnamese-German University heard us ask students to optimize something that was important to them and he took that to heart. He modeled the front lower control arm from his own car and came up with an optimized design that would do the engineers at Toyota proud. He reduced the mass of his control arm by an amazing 50% while maintaining a good factor of safety.