Winners in 2007 Dimension 3D Extreme Redesign Contest Announced

By DE Editors

The Dimension 3D Printing Group (Minneapolis, MN), a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) announced the winners for its fourth annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge,” a global design and 3D printing contest for high school and college students.

The winners are: University winner: Thermoelectric Water Desalination by George Suarez of University of California Davis. High school winner: Rubik’s Sphere for the Blind by Ashley Bredemus of Grand Rapids High School, MN. Art & Architecture winner: BflyFan by Essiah Underwood of Metro Technology Centers, OK.

Winners were chosen from a pool of more than 800 design entries worldwide. The three first place category winners will receive $2,500 scholarships. The remaining finalists each will receive $1,000 scholarships.

The three 2007 contest winners were announced Tuesday, May 20 at the opening of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) RAPID 2008 Conference and Exposition in Lake Buena Vista, FL. An indepth video introducing the winners and photos are available at http://www.dimensionprinting.com/extreme-redesign/07-Winners.aspx .

The Dimension 3D Printing Group  is a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. Dimension 3D printers, which include the Elite and the Dimension 1200es and Dimension 768 series, are networked, desktop modeling systems that allow computer-aided design (CAD) users to build functional 3D prints using durable ABS plastic.