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Competition Rules

Entries must be received by the ET Foundation® by the deadline date noted on the ET Foundation Design Competition website and in the Call for Entries. Submission of an entry acknowledges the right of the ET Foundation to use it for exhibition and publication. All entries received shall become the property of The ET Foundation. However, entrants may request that their entries be returned at the conclusion of the Competition at their own expense. The ET Foundation is not responsible for any lost, late, or damaged entries. Winners shall be selected by a panel of independent judges chosen by the ET Foundation. If any category yields no entries deemed by the judges to address adequately the competition criteria, a prize will not be awarded in that category. Winners will be announced via a news release posted to the ET Foundation website and disseminated to the media. All taxes due on cash awards are the winner's responsibility. Entry into the Competition constitutes permission to use the entrant's design and his, her, or its name, likeness, and affiliation for promotional purposes without further compensation.

Any person signing the application on behalf of a company, firm, or organizational entity represents and warrants that he or she has authority to enter the Competition on the company's behalf and bind the company to any and all Competition rules. All entrants agree to be bound by any and all additional rules established by the ET Foundation for the Competition.

 

 

Student Eligibility

Entrants for the Student Design Competition must currently be enrolled in a 2-year, 4-year, trade, or technical school to be eligible to participate, which includes graduate students. High school students are also eligible. Graduate students are also eligible, provided the student is currently enrolled as a full- or part-time student.

 

 

Entry Materials and Submissions

  • Individual and Team submissions will be accepted
  • Multiple entries from individuals or teams will be accepted
  • An Official Entry Form MUST be submitted for each design complete with all information requested, including the school's name, student's permanent address, phone, and e-mail address. Note: Please include an appropriate, descriptive design name as it will be used to identify the entry.
  • Entry materials may be submitted as a PDF (no larger than 10 mb), which can be emailed to mail@ETFoundation.org or saved on a CD-ROM disk or flash drive and mailed to the ET Foundation at the address noted on the Official Entry Form. Submission of the entry on a presentation board no larger than 17" x 11" is also acceptable, however digital entries are preferred.
  • Any drawings or CAD models should be saved as JPG images
  • Entries must be received by the ET Foundation at the address noted on the entry form no later than the competition deadline date.

 

 

Judging Criteria

Winning entries will be those that demonstrate the benefits of aluminum extrusions - whether by inventing a new product or improving an existing one - by achieving the following objectives:

 

  • Creativity: innovative design, new application capability, methods to meet a new design challenge

 

  • Practicality: ease of fabrication and assembly, cost-effectiveness, use of extruded aluminum over other materials or processes

 

  • Process improvement: customization or improvement of extrusion processes, close tolerances

 

  • Market Potential: design marketability and likelihood of market success.