Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition seeks innovative designs (December 2009)

The Wauconda, Ill.-based ET Foundation—the educational and scientific organization devoted to promoting and advancing aluminum extrusion processes and technologies—is seeking entries for the 2010 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition. Professionals along with students studying design and engineering are invited to enter their designs featuring aluminum extrusions. Prizes and student scholarships presented as cash awards totaling $18,000 will be sponsored by Hydro Aluminum, Oslo, Norway. The ET Foundation will accept entries for the 2010 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition until Feb. 15, 2010. Aluminum profiles can be the solution to many design challenges. To communicate the advantages of extruded aluminum to engineers, designers, students and others, a variety of tools and resources are available at the ET Foundation’s Design Competition Web site at www.etfdesign.org, including a new slide presentation, “Designing to the Limits of Your Imagination,” which is available to download from the site.