Stratasys Honors Scholarship Winners for 2017 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stratasys
Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), the 3D printing and additive manufacturing
solutions company, today unveiled winning entries for the 2017 Extreme
Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. Judging submissions from more than
900 student inventors, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs, this
year’s contest was co-hosted by GrabCAD
and fully supported in the GrabCAD
Community – the world’s largest online collaborative environment for
designers, engineers, and manufacturers.

Now in its 13^th year, the globally-recognized contest
empowers students with a unique opportunity to redesign an existing
product, create a new product that improves how tasks are accomplished,
or design an original work of art or architecture – all through the
power of 3D printing. All submissions are closely evaluated across a
range of select criteria, including being mechanically sound,
realistically achievable and highly creative.

This year’s panel of judges included noted authorities across
consulting, engineering, manufacturing, and education. Among the thought
leaders:

• Todd Grimm, President, T.A. Grimm and Associates
• Diana Foster, Manufacturing Engineer II, Harris Corporation
• Ryan Erickson, Cedar Park STEM School, District 196, Apple Valley, MN
• Michael Santolupo, Design Teacher, John Paul II Catholic Secondary
  School, London, Ontario

“3D printing has the potential to transform industries – truly
revolutionizing how things are made. Our Extreme Redesign Challenge
regularly highlights the most significant student innovations achieved
with 3D printing, led by the intellect of young minds,” said Gina Scala,
Director of Marketing, Global Education, Stratasys. “This year, we
received some of the strongest entries in the contest’s 10-plus year
history. These winners truly represent the ‘best of the best’ in student
creativity and design.”

Entrants in the 2017 contest leveraged the GrabCAD Community Challenge
platform to submit works across such major categories as: Engineering –
Secondary Education (middle/high school); Engineering – Post-Secondary
(university, college, or post-secondary); Art, Architecture, and Design
(any grade level); and the NCATC Member School Category. Top scholarship
winners for 2017 include:

Engineering – Secondary Education

• First Place: Biomimetic
  Robotic Prosthetic Hand, Grayson Galisky, Los Alamitos High School
  in Los Alamitos, CA
• Second Place: Bi-Directional
  Ratchet, Connor Meehan, Saline High School, Ann Arbor, MI

Engineering – Post-Secondary Education

• First Place: Arm
  Cast, Thomas Salverson, The University of Alabama in Huntsville,
  Gretna, NE
• Second Place: Fender
  Lock, Matthew Wong-Chun-Sen and Luis Carvalheiro, Ryerson
  University, Mississauga/Toronto, Ontario Canada

Art, Architecture, and Design

• First Place: Intricate
  Flower Centerpiece, Daniel Fahy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Second Place: Khachkar – Armenian
  Cross Stone, Sergey Kuznetsov, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

NCATC Winner

• Universal
  Tablet Holder for Phantom Drone, Jacob Haynes, Danville Community
  College, Virginia

Stratasys is bestowing a $2,500 scholarship on first-place winners, with
second-place winners receiving $1,000 scholarships. Instructors of
first-place entrants also receive a demo 3D printer for classroom use
during a limited time. The National Coalition of Advanced Technology
Centers (NCATC) winner is awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

For an inside look at project submissions, photos and videos, please
visit the GrabCAD Challenge webpage.
The 2018 contest will kick off on October 6, 2017.

For nearly 30 years, Stratasys
Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) has been a defining force in 3D
printing and additive manufacturing, shaping the way things are made.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel, the company
empowers customers across vertical markets, including aerospace,
automotive, healthcare, education, and consumer products, by enabling
new approaches for design and manufacturing. Stratasys solutions offer
design freedom and manufacturing flexibility, reducing time-to-market
and lowering development costs, while improving products and
communication. Subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, as well as
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, which offers 3D printed parts on demand.
Stratasys also offers Expert Services in North America and over 4
million free, 3D printable design files through its Thingiverse and
GrabCAD communities. Stratasys has 1,200 granted or pending additive
manufacturing patents and has received more than 30 technology and
leadership awards. Online at: www.stratasys.com
or http://blog.stratasys.com/.
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