Ulsan City Announces Recruitment for Participants in the '3D Printing Suitable Design' Competition

Total Prize Money of 20 Million Won for Industry, Lifestyle, and Student Categories

Ulsan City is hosting a 3D printing design competition open to the entire nation.

On the 13th, Ulsan City announced that it will recruit participants for the "7th 3D Printing Suitable Design (DfAM, Design for Additive Manufacturing) Competition" from the 17th of this month until August 16.

"3D Printing Suitable Design" refers to a design method that maximizes the advantages of 3D printing technology, which differs from traditional manufacturing methods by building shapes layer by layer, and is a core technology related to 3D printing.

This competition is open to everyone. It is divided into three categories: △Industry Sector (3D printed products efficiently usable in the manufacturing industry) △Lifestyle Sector (3D printed products with excellent ideas and designs applicable to daily life) △Student Sector (3D printed products with innovative ideas and designs).

The competition schedule involves recruiting participants until August 16, followed by document screening preliminaries in August, physical production of designs (September 1 to October 31), and presentation judging (scheduled for November 9) to select the final winners. A total of 12 works will be selected and a prize money of 20 million KRW will be awarded.

In the Industry Sector, the Grand Prize (Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, 3.5 million KRW, 1 winner), Gold Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 2.5 million KRW, 1 winner), Silver Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 2 million KRW, 1 winner), and Bronze Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 1.5 million KRW, 1 winner) will be awarded.

In the Lifestyle Sector, the Grand Prize (Minister of Science and ICT Award, 3 million KRW, 1 winner), Gold Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 2 million KRW, 1 winner), Silver Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 1.5 million KRW, 1 winner), and Bronze Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 1 million KRW, 1 winner) will be awarded.

In the Student Sector, the Gold Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 1 million KRW, 1 winner), Silver Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 800,000 KRW, 1 winner), and Bronze Prize (Ulsan Mayor Award, 600,000 KRW, 2 winners) will be awarded.

Those wishing to participate can download the application form from the Ulsan City website's public notices and submit it via email.

Ulsan City has been holding this competition annually since 2017 to advance and commercialize 3D printing technology.

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