{"id":232,"date":"2011-10-04T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/india-engineering-students-win-big-at-bwit-design-ace-competition"},"modified":"2011-10-04T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:40:28","slug":"india-engineering-students-win-big-at-bwit-design-ace-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2011\/10\/india-engineering-students-win-big-at-bwit-design-ace-competition.html","title":{"rendered":"India Engineering Students Win Big at BWIR Design Ace Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8c052c18970d.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Exploded1\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2014e8c052c18970d image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8c052c18970d-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Exploded1\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Engineering students from southern India were challanged&#0160;with <span><span>BWIR<\/span><\/span>(Barry <span><span>Weymiller<\/span><\/span> International Resources) <a href=\" https:\/\/www.bwir-designace.com\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"BWIT design ace\">Design Ace Competition<\/a>.&#0160; The <span>exciting<\/span> finals took place last week in Chennai, India and I was fortunate to be a judge.&#0160; Why? because I got to see first hand the engineering design talent in India and how important skilled <span>engineers<\/span> and&#0160;designers&#0160;are to our <span><span>SolidWorks<\/span><\/span> customers.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>The big <span>surprise<\/span>, <span><span>BWIR <\/span><\/span><span>offered<\/span> the first&#0160;3 place winning teams not only prize money and a <span>trophy<\/span>, but also a job.&#0160; What a way to start a young career!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8c056305970d.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WHEEL\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2014e8c056305970d image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8c056305970d-800wi.jpg\" title=\"WHEEL\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the mechanical engineering students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Prize:K.<span><span>Sudheesh<\/span><\/span> &amp; P.J <span><span>Vivek<\/span><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sasthaenggcollege.com\/about.htm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sree sastha Institute of Engineering\"><span><span>Sree<\/span><\/span> <span><span>Sastha<\/span><\/span> Institute of engineering and Technology<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><span>2nd&#0160;Prize:<span>Govind<\/span> <span>Mohan<\/span> &amp; K.<span>Kaarmuhilan<\/span>, &#0160; &#0160;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svce.ac.in\/departments\/mech\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Sri Venkateswara College of engineering\"><span><span>Sri<\/span> <span>Venkateswara<\/span> College of engineering<\/span><\/a>, <\/li>\n<li><span>3rd Prize:&#0160;<span>Sree<\/span> Ram Raj R &amp; <span>Sourabh<\/span> <span>Banerjee<\/span>, &#0160; &#0160;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svce.ac.in\/departments\/mech\/\" target=\"_self\"><span><span>Sri<\/span> <span>Venkateswara<\/span> College of engineering<\/span><\/a>, <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201539212629d970b.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bwir design finals\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e201539212629d970b image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201539212629d970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Bwir design finals\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>From 165 teams in southern India, the semi finals got down to 35 and then finally 10.&#0160; If this contest is representative of the mechanical engineering product design talent in southern India, then we will see more in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The contest was divided into two projects.&#0160; First, the teams had to design a new product over several&#0160;months,&#0160;using <span><span>SolidWorks<\/span><\/span> they created the 3D CAD models, 2D drawings, stress analysis, kinematic studies, flow analysis,&#0160;<span>photo realistic<\/span>&#0160;rendering, sustainability analysis and then&#0160;build a prototype.&#0160; From this first round, the 35 semifinalists were selected.&#0160; On Friday, the students were given project 2,&#0160; <span><span>BWIT<\/span><\/span> engineers presented the finalist with a design challenge to work on before Saturday morning&#39;s final presentation.&#0160; Simple &#8211; design a fixture for testing two links of a roller chain, frequency of 20 cycles per minute, duration 1,000,000 cycles.&#0160; <span><span>BWIT<\/span><\/span>provided the students SolidWorks images, drawings, spec sheets &#8211; and scoring criteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 Concept Development<\/li>\n<li>20 Modeling Skills&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;<\/li>\n<li>20 Manufacturing Drawings&#0160;<\/li>\n<li>10 Simulation\/<span><span>FEA<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>10 Sustainability\/Green Concepts<\/li>\n<li>20 <span>Design<\/span> Calculations&#0160;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From here 10 finalists were selected and they faced three judges presenting&#0160; their 1st project and the 2nd project in 10 minutes.&#0160; Next they spent 10 minutes answering questions by Mr.&#0160;Christopher <span><span>Hric<\/span><\/span>,&#0160;Business Development Manager for US, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/products\/details.htm?productID=4115\" target=\"_self\">Barry <span><span>Wehmiller<\/span><\/span> International Resources<\/a> , that asked question from a venture-business viewpoint, &#0160;Dr. P.V. <span><span>Mohanram<\/span><\/span> \u2013 Head of Mechanical Engineering Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psgtech.edu\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"PSG Tech\"><span><span>PSG<\/span><\/span> College<\/a>, Coimbatore, he asked engineering and analysis questions, and me, I asked questions on the validity of the model, animation, simulation, and drawings.<\/p>\n<p>All the teams were highly skilled in answer engineering analysis questions on the fly &#8211; but in some cases the demise was timing and presentation skills.&#0160; I will put together some tips on what I saw &#8211; because I think all students can learn to be better presenters, especially when you only have 10 minutes to sell your idea.<\/p>\n<p>I learned a great deal from this experience.&#0160;P.J <span><span>Vivek<\/span><\/span> thanked his friend, &#0160;<span><span>Karuvan<\/span><\/span> <span><span>Sudheesh<\/span><\/span>, for getting&#0160;them successfully through the contest,&#0160;<span><span>Karuvan<\/span><\/span> Sudheesh&#0160;sent me the model images above;&#0160; they were in my in-box before I got home.&#0160;&#0160; I was honored to receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers, but&#0160;knew they wouldn&#39;t survive the plane ride home.&#0160; I&#0160;gave the flowers to <span><span>Karuvan<\/span><\/span> to give to&#0160;his mother.&#0160;&#0160; You always have to thank those who&#0160;help&#0160;you achieve your goals.&#0160; Marie&#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160; 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