Praising Your Results on Additive Manufacturing and Innovative Design

Materialise praises the most outstanding Magics and 3-matic software applications

In 2008 Magics celebrates its 15th anniversary. Looking back at 15 years of software development for the Additive Fabrication and Manufacturing industry, Materialise wishes to pay tribute to the most outstanding applications of its software, not only Magics, but also 3-matic. For this reason, Materialise offered the inaugural edition of the Materialise Pyramid Awards in 2008.

The Materialise Pyramid Awards 2008 consisted of two categories, Magics applications and 3-matic applications. The most creative and/or groundbreaking software applications were selected to win prizes. The winner in each category received a check for 2,000 Euro. Runners-up won 1,000 Euro, and third place winners received an .MGX design lamp.

Win 2,000 Euro, 1,000 Euro or an .MGX design lamp! Join in now for the Materialise Pyramid Awards 2009!

All six winners were announced at the end of the first conference day of the Materialise Innovation Forum on September 17th, 2008, in Leuven, Belgium. Most participants also attended this two day conference on software solutions for Additive Fabrication, Additive Manufacturing and CAE professionals, and were called on stage to personally receive their prize. Each participant also received a trophy which represented the three dimensional pyramid that is used as a logo for the awards. Both first place winners received a painted stereolithography model, while the runners-up received a smaller, laser sintered model. Below is an overview of the winners of the Materialise Pyramid Awards 2008.

The winners in the 3-matic category are:

• 1st Place / 2,000 Euro: Ares Lagae, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  "The Usage of 3-matic in Ray Tracing Research"
• 2nd Place / 1,000 Euro: Michael Grasseau and Elsie Phé, INRIA, France
  "3-matic Applications in Computational Bio-mechanics"
• 3rd Place / .MGX Design Lamp: Pluton Chen, Shanghai Union Technology, China
  "Quick Reproduction of Impeller"

The winners in the Magics category are:

• 1st Place / 2,000 Euro: Ajay Purohit, Tata Motors, India
  "Partial Cubing Models Using Rapid Prototyping and Magics as a Software"
• 2nd Place / 1,000 Euro: Maurizio Romeo, ProtoCast, Italy
  "Honeycomb Structures"
• 3rd Place / .MGX Design Lamp: Saima Elahi, Entire Imaging Solutions, Canada
  "The Falling Waterhouse"

The ancient Egyptians were the first to build triangular structures layer by layer. Now it’s your turn to show your most innovative side. Join in now for the Materialise Pyramid Awards 2009 and submit your paper before July 13, 2009.

Before you submit your paper, you need to submit the application form below in order to be able to participate. Further details and rules for submission can be found in the document below.