Create the Trophy combines youthful creativity with 3D design technology to construct a piece of engineering history
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (QEPrize) today invites young people around the world to test their design skills in the fourth international Create the Trophy competition. The competition, open to those aged between 14 and 24, seeks innovative trophy designs to be considered for next year’s prestigious QEPrize award ceremony.
Launched in 2011, the biennial £1 million QEPrize celebrates an engineer, or group of engineers, responsible for a ground-breaking innovation that has had a substantial positive impact on humanity.
The previous Create the Trophy competition in 2016 garnered significant attention from across the globe, with submissions spanning six continents. Welsh student Samuel Bentley, 15, was crowned the eventual winner after taking his inspiration from the highest Welsh peak Snowdon.
Create the Trophy gives young people the opportunity to create and submit a piece of engineering history using the latest in 3D technology, QEPrize3D, a smartphone and tablet app available on iOS and Android. The app provides a catalogue of shapes and materials to choose from, and an in-app photo studio allows users to show off their creations.
Entries will be open until 12:00 GMT on 2 December 2018 The competition winner will be revealed, along with the 2019 QEPrize winners, at the announcement ceremony on 12 February.
In addition to seeing their design 3D printed into the finished trophy to be presented to the winners of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, the competition winner will receive a state of the art laptop and an invitation to the London award ceremony, including travel and accommodation.
Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation, Lord Browne of Madingley said: “The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering stands for global excellence in engineering. It seeks to inspire new generations of engineers to innovate for the benefit of humanity.
“Engineering is about creativity, ingenuity, and human impact. The Create the Trophy competition enables some of the world’s best young minds to test their skills with the latest in 3D design technology, and to create something which represents the decisive role that engineering plays in society.”
Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum and Chairman of the ‘Create the Trophy’ judging panel said: “Given the fierce competition we saw from Create the Trophy’s first international pool of entrants, I envisage an even tougher judging process for us this year. Nonetheless, I look forward to seeing the breadth of innovative designs that portray engineering’s integral role in society.”
For more information on how to enter the competition, please visit – www.qeprize.org/createthetrophyapp.
