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NATIONAL LEVEL ENGINEERING STUDENTS DESIGN CONTEST: 2011 - 2012. To encourage creativity and to show-case innovative ideas among under-graduate students in Engineering the PDMA India organizes a national level design contest. The competition is open to all students currently pursuing their B.E/B.Tech. programs in any branch of engineering and technology in approved engineering institutions in the country. The contest requires the students to conceptualize innovative solutions to any engineering problem of interest to the industries or R&D organizations or those that demonstrate some technological advancement. They should develop such concepts into working prototypes and demonstrate their applications. The contest is not open to students who develop application software only without reference to any manufacturable product. CAD/CAM/CAE applications are encouraged but should result in actual fabrication of working prototypes. The last date for registration for the year 2011-2012, has been extended to the 15th of January 2012. Further details can be had by visiting the following website: www.pdmaindia.org
Registration
The contest is only for manufacturable products and software products are excluded from the contest. CAD/CAM/CAE applications are encouraged but should result in actual fabrication of working prototypes. An understanding of the product development process is expected and credit will be given to innovation and taking the concept to working prototypes. Interested individual students or teams of not more than 3 persons per team should register for the contest by submitting the following documents: A write-up of a maximum of three pages highlighting the product Concept and working principles along with sketches if any in PDF file format to be sent by all participants on or before 15th of January 2012 by email to: pdmaindia@gmail.com with the subject entitled “National Design Contest” The write up should contain
Phase - I
A maximum of 14 selected entries will go to the next phase of the contest. Prizes of Rs.5000 /- to each of the 14 selected entries would be given in addition to the prize amounts announced for the winners. Efforts will be made to provide contact with funding agencies for the next phase to help build the prototype. Phase - II The 14 selected candidates from Phase-I will display their prototypes in front of a panel of judges and invitees for demonstration. All the 14 will be given certificates of merit and reimbursed their travel expenses. They will explain the product development process and demonstrate the prototypes. 7 contestants would be selected for the final awards and would be given the awards in a public function. The decision of the panel of judges would be final. Awardees will also be reimbursed their travel expenses for attending the awards function. PDMA India will also help the awardees in seeking IPR for their innovative ideas by guiding them in the patenting process. Suggested Reading: Interested contestants are advised to refer to any of the following books for getting an insight into designing and developing products and incorporating innovations. Engineering Design George Dieter, Linda Schmidt Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 4 edition (March 12, 2008) Engineering Design: A Project Based Introduction Clive L. Dym, Patrick Little Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (August 18, 2008) Product Design and Development Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 4 edition (1 Sep 2007) Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development Kevin Otto, Kristin Wood Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (December 8, 2000) |
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