Six Finalists Announced in Extreme Redesign Contest

By DE Editors

The Dimension 3D Printing Group (Minneapolis, MN) has announced six finalists for its third annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge” global design and 3D printing contest for high school and college students. The contest awards scholarships to winners.

The six finalist where chosen from a pool of more than 1,200 design entries from around the world. The first-place winners will each receive $2,500 scholarships, with second- and third-place finalists receiving $1,000 scholarships each.

Winners will be announced during a live webcast award ceremony on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at noon CDT. The final contestants from the high school category are Jonathon Crompton (Ski Pole Radio) of Sherwood High School in Sherwood, OR; Mike Rouse (Solar Street Sign) of Warren Career Prep Center/Cousin High School in Warren, MI; and Zach Stephens (Twist and Measure) of Westfield High School in Carmel, IN.

Final contestants from the university category are Megan Weber and Katie Stephens (Saddle III) of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY; Mike Kochman (Off-Road Cell Phone Carrier) of Columbus State Community College in Columbus, OH; and Harald Kramer (Time Trial Bike) of the HS-Magdeburg-Stendal, University of Applied Sciences, in Magdeburg, Germany. More information on the finalists, including images and descriptions, can be found at dimensionprinting.com.

To enter, students must identify an existing product, piece of art or architecture and redesign it, making the original design better by adding new functionality or aesthetic qualities. Students submit a completed .STL file of their extreme redesign via Dimension’s website along with a completed submission form, including 200 words describing the value and benefit of the extreme redesign. Dimension then sends entrants a 3D print of their redesign they can hold in their hands and evaluate.

A panel of independent judges evaluated final entries on the basis of creativity, usefulness, part integrity, and aesthetics. Complete contest rules and submission information is available by clicking here.

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