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Project of the Year 2012
Excellence Awards
for student projects using Dassault Systèmes software and tools
Two project categories:
• The Jury Prize, awarded by a Jury of Dassault Systèmes professionals
The jury decided to reward the project that best met various criteria, such as design,
learning experience…
• The Public Prize, awarded by Facebook fans’ votes
Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning

4. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning David Newbury,
Curtin University of Technology, Australia
“I designed a 28-foot trailer-transportable sports
cruiser boat, with more deck and cabin space
than other designs in the same category, legally
trailerable and large enough to accommodate
a high-quality control system. Modelling included
the creation of Class A (curvature continuous)
surfaces for the hull as well as detailed and accu-
rately dimensioned components for the exterior
and interior. I then used CATIA to generate the files
for CNC milling the hull, laser cutting the decking,
electroplating the logo and 3D printing components.”

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Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning David Newbury,
Curtin University of Technology, Australia
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6. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Paul Van Sommeren,
Delft University of Technologies, Netherlands
“For my project, I decided to start from a comment
made by an architect: Rotterdam is growing fast
and will need new transport solutions.
As the city expands, horizontal space becomes
scarce, resulting in vertical growth. A new transport
system is needed to facilitate journeys between
these high-density areas. I designed this new vehicle
to serve Rotterdam in the vertical plane and
deliver passengers and goods via a ‘halfpipe’-type
track. One of the immediate benefits is that vertical
stations will help to save space.”

7. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Paul Van Sommeren,
Delft University of Technologies, Netherlands
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February 2013

8. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“For our final year mechanical engineering project at
Concordia University, we designed and constructed
a linear particle accelerator that can accelerate elec-
trons to 65% of the speed of light. The accelerator
reaches energy levels of 100 KV, and bends the path
of the electrons with the use of an electromagnet.
This project was completed in less than 220 days with
a budget of $26,000 (fully funded by 22 sponsors).”
J. Saleh, S. Jacobs, N. Zacchia, G. Fancello, S. Ibarra, A. Farag,
Concordia University, Canada

9. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning J. Saleh, S. Jacobs, N. Zacchia, G. Fancello, S. Ibarra, A. Farag,
Concordia University, Canada
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10. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“For this team project, we studied and modeled a
fertilizer processing factory. This type of plant
has some special features, because fertilizer is a very
variable material. By defining and simulating a
new process, we were able to propose a new factory
layout as well as new machines. The improved
factory is more efficient and its processed output
more reliable.”
José Luis Parra Cardenas,
SENA, Colombia

11. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning José Luis Parra Cardenas,
SENA, Colombia
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April 2013

12. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“We developed this project for our Product Engineer-
ing Processes class. Our theme was ‘On The Go’
and we had just three months and $6,500 to com-
plete our task: design an alpha prototype of a
product that addresses a real customer need. Our
final product was ‘Phil’ — an intelligent faucet
attachment designed to automatically fill three-
compartment sinks in busy commercial kitchens.
Phil uses sonar to measure water height and auto-
matically turns off when it reaches a predefined
level, set by the user, thereby preventing overflow
and freeing up kitchen staff to focus on more
important tasks.”
Bennett Wilson,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

13. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Bennett Wilson,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
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MAy 2013

14. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“Stitch Family is an immersive 3D application I
created for Laval Virtual 2012, a European
event dedicated to virtual reality and converging
technologies. The aim of the game is to disturb
the Stitches, a monster family living in a sewing
box. Players use real objects to move a virtual
ball of wool or virtual thimble in the room, or hit
the box to make virtual buttons drop down.”
Quentin Leroux,
L’Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique, France

15. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Quentin Leroux,
L’Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique, France
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16. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“For this project, conducted at the Institute of Aero-
space Engineering, I used CATIA to design an exact
replica of one of the aircraft at Brno-Medlánky
airfield. The plane was modelled using various CATIA
modules: Generative Shape Design, Sketch Tracer
and FreeStyle. It took 100 hours to complete, and I
spent a lot of time in the hangar, taking pictures
and measuring everything on the real plane.”
Jan Sponer,
VUT - Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

17. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Jan Sponer,
VUT - Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
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18. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“I made an internal combustion engine with a basic
single cylinder configuration, typically found in
small motorcycles, dirt bikes and scooters, go-karts,
radio controlled models and portable machinery.
This image shows the different parts of the engine:
crankshaft, bearings, camshaft, piston, valves
and block. A kinematic animation has been produced.
It features a transparent engine block so the
movement of the engine’s internal components can
be seen as the camera circles round.”
Josue Alberto Galindo,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

19. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Josue Alberto Galindo,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
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August 2013

20. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“This project is to determine how meniscal resection
may affect joint contact pressure, using the finite
element (FE) method. A three dimensional model of
the knee was created from magnetic resonance
images of a cadaveric limb (Hospital for Special
Surgery, New York). The model was exported
to Abaqus, where loading conditions to simulate
physiological conditions were applied. Locations
and values of forces and peak contact stresses
predicted from the FE model corroborated with those
measured during the corresponding in-vitro tests on
the cadaveric knee.”
Diagarajen Carpanen,
Anglia Ruskin University, United-Kingdom

21. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Diagarajen Carpanen,
Anglia Ruskin University, United-Kingdom
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September 2013

22. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“The challenge of this project was to introduce Virtual
Commissioning using only existing resources such
as 3D models, PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
programs and robot programs. These were used
to create a cell as similar as possible to the real one.
The purpose of the production cell is to reinforce
the side of a car model by adding a further four metal
parts. The final model includes a welding robot,
gripping robot, transportation line, clamping platform
with sensors, clamps and pins, human-machine
interface and operator.”
Ali Heidari,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Oliver Salamon,
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

23. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Ali Heidari,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Oliver Salamon,
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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October 2013

24. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“In this project, I created a detailed model of a
two-spool high-bypass turbofan engine with CATIA,
using a few reference pictures. I didn’t use blueprints
or plans, but freehanded the engine while studying
several photos of similar engines. I also included as
many details as possible and made the model as
accurate as possible.”
Chris Shakal,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA

25. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Chris Shakal,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
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26. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning
“In a group of three students currently on the joint
diploma course in building engineering at UPV
(Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) and
engineering at ENIM (École Nationale d’Ingénieurs
de Metz, France), we designed the ENIM school’s
building in CATIA V6. We then modeled the structure,
features and teaching material to create a virtual
tour experience. Virtual visitors use an avatar to ex-
plore the floor where students spend much of their
life: auditorium, cafe, three amphitheatres, lecture
rooms, administration offices and workshops where
practicals are held.”
Sergio Alemany,
Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, France
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

27. Dassault Systèmes supporting excellence and learning Sergio Alemany,
Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, France
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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December 2013

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