Digital Manufacturing Challenge Winners Since 2007, various colleges/universities/high schools have participated in SME’s Additive Manufacturing Community’s annual Digital Manufacturing Challenge, which is sponsored by the community’s Direct Digital Manufacturing Tech Group. Below are links to the winners for this student design competition. 2024 High School Winning Design: SMART (Sustainable, Modular, Additively-manufactured, Robust, Tower-style) Urban Farming by Gedeon Ang and academic advisor Swee Leong Sing, PhD, from Raffles Institution Runner-Up: 3D Printing of Bio-mimic Spacer for Energy-efficient and Anti-fouling Water Desalination by Eric Wang and academic advisor Jenny Qiu, PhD, from College Station High School Honorable Mention: 3-D Printed Smart Designs for Disaster Prone Regions and Disaster Relief Applications by Vallabh Ramesh and academic advisor Kunal Kate, PhD, from DuPont Manual High School Honorable Mention: Bridging the Gap Between the Hearing and Hearing Impaired Communities: Enabling Social Sustainability Through a 3-D Printed Device by Nancy Vallejo, Deontae Turner, Kailie Chavers, Rihanna Holman, Roco Mastin, and academic advisors Allison Ledford, PhD, and April Briggs from Huntsville Learning Center Undergraduate Winning Design: Aesthetic and Modular Split Hook Prosthesis for Children by Shahed Saleh, Joy He, and academic advisors Mihaela Vlasea, PhD, and Daniel Juhasz, BSc, MCIC, from University of Waterloo Runner-Up: Search and Rescue Drone Attachment by Stephen Hoke, Talia Beach and academic advisor Jorge Camba, PhD, from Purdue University Honorable Mention: Survival Kit Integrated Life Ring by Logan Wolak, Ed Rozploch, Syed Sardar and academic advisor Jheng-Wun Su, PhD, from Slippery Rock University Graduate Winning Design: Structure Design and Optimization of Agriculture Duty Drone based on Additive Manufacturing by Xianchen Ouyang, Lubin Wang and academic advisor Mihaela Vlasea, PhD, from University of Waterloo Runner-Up: Lattice Toe Cover Design for Improved Safety Footwear by Brent Griffith, Jordan Alexander, Roman Block, Aaron Hoskins and academic advisor Allison Beese, PhD, from The Pennsylvania State University Honorable Mention: MicroTrap: Towards Mitigating Plastic Pollution: Implementing a 3D Printed Device with Integrated Lattice Structures for Filtering Microfibers from Wastewater by Alex Inoma, Joseph Orakwe, Afrida Nurain, and academic advisors Osezua Ibhadode, PhD, and Olubukola Alimi, PhD, from University of Alberta Project Details 2023 High School Winning Design: Adaptable Emergency Survival Backpack Utilizing Multipurpose Modularity by Kailani Lenert, Jasmine Lo, Sean Wilbur, Ava Raugust and academic advisor Peter Waydo from Coronado High School and El Capitan High School Runner Up: Future of Natural Disaster Medication Relief: How 3D Printing can Enable a Future of Quick and Efficient Medicine Distribution by Daniel Huang, Keira D’Costa and advisor Wenxuan Chai from Eastside High School Undergraduate Winning Design: 3D-Printed Water Filter by Andrew Langer, Cameron Constantine, Josh Lee and academic advisor Dr. Su from Slippery Rock University Runner-Up: Additive Manufacturing of Emergency Food & Liquid Storage Solution by Aum Suthar, Harish Mukkapati and academic advisor Chris Ratcliff from The Ohio State University Graduate Winning Design: On-site Additive Manufacturing of Water Filtration and Decontamination Devices by Daniel Alves Heinze, Michelle Pomatto, Yiqun Fu and advisor Dr. Christopher B. Williams from Virginia Tech Runner-Up: The Antimicrobial Water Bottle by B.Sc. Kai-Uwe Beuerlein, M.Sc. Cara Greta Kolb and academic advisor Prof. Saeed Maleksaeedi, Assistant Professor from University of Waterloo Project Details 2022 Winning Design: Hybrid Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing of Topology Optimized Aviation Components by Daniel Chirvasuta, Nathanael High, Matthew Martin, T. Benjamin Nguyen, Omkar Shinde, Nicolas Tomanelli and faculty advisors Dr. Chris Williams and Sam Prattfrom and industry advisor Dan Braley at Virginia Tech. 2nd Runner Up: 3D Printed Timing Belts by Logan Noster, Laura Zerla, Eliot Liu and advisor Dr. Jorge Camba from Purdue University. 3rd Place: Rapid Design Through Manufacturing of Polymer Based Parts for Medical Applications by Ibrahim Yousif, Alex Brasington, Joshua Halbritter, Teddy Tarekegne and faculty advisor Dr. Clint Saidy at University of Southern California. Project Details 2021 Winning Design: Rapid Deployment of Patient-Specific Prosthesis Assemblies in Emergency Medicine by Sagar Patel , Martine McGregor and advisors Mihaela Vlasea, Stewart McLachlin from University of Waterloo. Runner Up: Hybrid Face Mask / Face Shield Design by Joshua Chen, Joshua Ocampo, Joshua Newberry, Brandon Lucaci, Chris Houghtelin and advisor Dr. Linda Chen from Washington State University Vancouver. Honorary Mention: Vacuum Flasks Designed for Cold Supply Chains with Additive Manufacturing by Timothy H. Pham, Ryan Wing, Rafael A. Montalvo, Emmie Yao, Beeta Zamanimeymian and advisor Darren Lipomi, PhD at University of California San Diego Project Details 2020 Winning Design: Economic Production of Helical Savonius Vertical Turbines for Natural Disaster Relief by Devon Kaufman, Nathan Cardenas, Víctor Manuel Hurtado-Ruiz, Reijer Kolle, Robert Lafferty, Eric Lim, Allison Mazurek and advisor Dr. David Gill from Western Washington University. 2nd Place: The Fog Collector by Noah Bollo, Matthew Fontana, Taylor Hepler and advisor Dr. Sanjivan Manoharan from Grand Valley State University. 3rd Place (tie): Housing Block Design for 3D Binder Jetting by Jimmy Jaraczewski, Spencer Dempsey, Nicolas Stockton and advisor Dr. Wayne Hung from Texas A&M University. 3rd Place (tie): FireBreaker by Jonathan Heeter, Mark Abbey, Sebastian Salazar, Shyam Balasubramanian, Zach Norwood and advisor Dr. Wayne Hung from Texas A&M University. Project Details 2019 Winning Design: University of Waterloo: The Copper Cooler: Heat Sink for CPUs Co-Runner Up: Topology Optimized Wind Turbine Blades Using Sustainable Biomaterials Co-Runner Up: Customized Phone Case Designed For Thermal Efficiency Project Details 2018 Winning Design: Western Washington University: The Vent Buddy 2017 Winning Design: Virginia Tech: Customized Golf Grip 2016 Winning Design: University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Inspector Drone for Bridges 2015 Winning Design: University of Massachusetts-Lowell: “Pawsthetic” – A Custom 3D-Printed Prosthetic Leg for Dogs 2014 Winning Design: Western Illinois University: A 9-Piece Assembled Truck 2013 Winning Design: University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Custom Post-Reconstructive ACL Surgery Knee Brace 2012 Winning Design: University of Louisville: Camera Cap and SD Card Holder 2011 Winning Design: University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Custom Forearm Crutch Handgrip with an Integrated iPod Controller and Flashlight 2010 Winning Design: Utah State University: Custom, Rechargeable, Universal Remote 2009 Winning Design: Georgia Tech: Customized Golf Iron Heads with Integrated Sensors to Measure and Transmit Swing Kinematics 2008 Winning Design: Utah State University: Customizable Aftermarket Car-Door Handles 2007 Winning Design: Utah State University: Customized Web Camera
