Awards have been handed out after a two-month-long competition that saw students in the Timmins area getting creative with new technology.
Northern College recently finished its first-ever 3D Printing Competition with high school students across the region.
It launched on March 7 with 10 high schools taking part — Timiskaming District Secondary School, Englehart High School, Kirkland Lake District Composite School, Roland Michener Secondary School, Timmins High & Vocational School, Hearst High School, Kapuskasing District High School, Cochrane High School, and Iroquois Falls Secondary School.
"We are incredibly proud of all the participants," said Keith Deslaurier, Northern College's applied research, entrepreneur and innovation research officer, in a news release. "Their innovative designs and technical abilities demonstrate the tremendous potential of these young minds. Events like these are vital for fostering creativity and problem-solving skills among students."
For the competition, students created project concept descriptions and sketches, which were evaluated by Deslaurier and mechanical research technologist Christian Smith.
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The judging was based on originality, complexity and functionality or artistic expression.
The awards were handed out on June 3 at the college's Timmins campus, where CAD MicroSolutions Inc. public and education sector manager Alireza Pasha also talked to students about the technology and trends in Ontario industries.
Timiskaming District Secondary School's Andrew Cull won the grand prize in the creative category.
"For this project, I am creating an articulated Hydra dragon model with moveable knees, legs and heads that will allow this model to dynamically move and be posed as desired," he said in a news release.
James Buller from Englehart High School won in the functional category for his clamp design.
"This is a clamp to hide your garbage can under your desk. It can swivel to bring the garbage can out to throw out trash on your desk easily. I made this clamp because my desk is dirty, and this would make it super easy to keep it clean," he said.
The runners-up in the creative category are:
- Nicholas Sikkema, Englehart High School – 80s Style Beach
- Hailey Field, Englehart High School – Ocean Scene
- Devon Hayes, Englehart High School – Camper
- Emily Mauro, Iroquois Falls Secondary School – Clown
The runners-up in the functional category are:
- Nicolas-Xavier Racicot, Kapuskasing District High School – Airless Football
- Aaron Mowbray, Englehart High School – Drawers
- Ross Levesque, Roland Michener Secondary School – Lock Box
- Madison Heavens, Englehart High School – Black Projector
“Northern College looks forward to continuing to support educational initiatives like this one that inspire innovation and excellence,” said Dean Lessard, senior vice president, academic at Northern College.
“This competition is the first of its kind in the region and our partnership with local high schools will help advance innovation across the region and encourage our youth to explore additional learning opportunities with Northern College. Congratulations to the participants and winners for their outstanding achievements."
The grand prize winners received Bambu Lab A1 Mini 3D Printers and the runners-up took home custom engraved Yeti mugs.
