Global Design Contest Challenges Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and Students to Create the Future

NEW YORK, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13th annual "Create the Future" Design Contest (www.createthefuturecontest.com), sponsored by COMSOL and Mouser Electronics, along with Analog Devices, is now open for submissions and runs through July 1, 2015. Design an innovative new product idea that benefits society and the economy for the opportunity to receive global recognition and win a cash prize of $20,000.

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The "Create the Future" Design Contest has been responsible for bringing attention to product designs that increase the quality of life, improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare, and help to reduce dependence on non-renewable energy sources.

"The Create the Future Design Contest does an amazing job of shining light on new product ideas and innovators. That is why COMSOL is delighted to be sponsoring the contest for the 11th year running," said Bernt Nilsson, COMSOL Senior VP of Marketing.

"Advancing technological innovation is at the core of what we do here at Mouser Electronics and we are very excited to support design engineers by helping once again to sponsor this global design contest for them," said Kevin Hess, Mouser Electronics' Vice President of Technical Marketing.

Past contests have generated over 10,000 design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs, and students in more than 100 countries. Previous grand prize winning entries include a computerized construction method that rapidly 3D prints large-scale structures directly from architectural CAD models; a ChemoPatch capable of delivering quality early stage chemotherapy in developing countries; and an economical, rapid screening device that prevents foodborne illness.

This year's categories include: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive/Transportation sponsored by KAMAN, Consumer Products, Electronics sponsored by Imagineering, Inc., Machinery/Automation/Robotics sponsored by Maplesoft, Medical Products, and Sustainable Technologies. In addition to product concepts, designs for products that have been introduced to the market within the past 12 months are eligible.

Contest entries can be submitted by an individual or a team. An independent industry panel will judge the entries. Web site visitors are invited to vote for their favorite entry. For more information on how to enter the contest, go to www.createthefuturecontest.com.

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About COMSOL
COMSOL provides simulation software for product design and research to technical enterprises, research labs, and universities through 21 offices and a distributor network throughout the world. Its flagship products, COMSOL Multiphysics® and COMSOL Server™, are software environments for modeling and simulating any physics-based system and for building and distributing applications. A particular strength is its ability to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. Add-on products expand the simulation platform for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications. Interfacing tools enable the integration of COMSOL Multiphysics simulation with all major technical computing and CAD tools on the CAE market.
www.comsol.com

About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices.  Mouser ships globally to over 400,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. 
www.mouser.com

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