AVEVA announces 2021 winners of Global Academic Program Competition
Published on : Wednesday 04-08-2021
Winning students gain AVEVA Internship opportunity or can claim cash prize.
Mumbai, August 3, 2021 – AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has announced the winners of the 2021 AVEVA Academic Program Competition, which was open to students in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and European Union. Entrants were judged on several criteria including the quality, completeness, and precision of their project entries, as well as their Process Engineering and Simulation abilities. Overall winners gain the unique opportunity to conduct a three-month internship at the AVEVA offices in Lake Forest, California, or receive the equivalent of $3,000 in prize money.
The AVEVA Academic Program Competition, now in its third year, is designed to provide chemical engineering students with the unique opportunity to develop their engineering skills. Students are invited to solve real-world engineering problems utilizing AVEVA Process Simulation, an integrated platform encompassing the complete engineering lifecycle of design, simulation, and training, developed to deliver the next generation of engineers. It is an easy to learn and use software so students with no prior experience are also encouraged to enter the competition.
The Competition Winners:
In North America:
• Best overall winners and also winners of the Best Dynamics category - Dexter Alarcon and Jesse Williamson of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
• Best Steady State title - Mason Meadows, Thomas Mathwig, Gray Matthews and Josh Leger from the University of Mississippi.
• Best Economics title - Wilson Medina from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
In UK/EU:
• Best Overall entry - Lea Scharli and Oliver Hoppchen from the University of Applied Science Mannheim, Germany
• Best Steady State - Benedikt Steinbach from the University of Applied Science Mannheim, Germany
• Best Economics - Aliya Magazova from TU Dortmund, Germany
• Best Dynamics - Carlo Cortellini and Alessandro Calisse from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
The 2021 competition was split into three parts, with deadlines spread across three dates – February 15th, March 15th and April 15th 2021. This enabled the students to enter the competition multiple times, while also supporting their academic coursework and enabling eager participants to tackle a new and different project on three different occasions. As a result, contestants gained a wide range of skills, knowledge, and practical experience using AVEVA’s Process Simulation, by working on a unique project for each phase.