Monday, December 15, 2008
Barry Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR) has announced its first annual engineering design contest, ‘Design Ace 2009’. The contest targets the engineering students across Tamil Nadu and will offer awards worth Rs.75,000 and three months’ paid internship at BWIR, which provides business and technology solutions to the manufacturing domain.

“The competition is an effort to promote and encourage design capabilities among the engineering students in Tamil Nadu. BWIR has taken this effort to give an opportunity for young brains to bring out their fresh, innovative ideas and exhibit their design capabilities,” said Vasant Bennett, President and Managing Partner of BWIR.


The competition will be conducted in two rounds: In the first round, participating teams need to submit an innovative design of their choice and a design for a business problem provided by BWIR, along with a short write-up.

For the second round, 20 short-listed teams will travel to Chennai and present their models in front of a jury that would choose the top three teams.

Registrations are open to teams of two from all engineering colleges across Tamil Nadu.

The final is expected to be held on March 7, 2009. For more information, log on to: www.bwir-designace.com. Phone: 044-4390 9100.