SME，专业协会致力于促进制造业和发展熟练的劳动力，以及全球添加剂的领导者Stratasys, announced the winners of their cosponsored 2022 Additive Manufacturing Competition, conducted as part of the 58th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, held in Atlanta. The competition was supported this year by partnersNtopology Inc.和Allegheny Education Systems.
三名高中和三支大学团队在SME和Stratasys于2013年创建的增材制造竞赛中获得了最高荣誉。这项比赛旨在对高中和中学后学生进行有关添加剂制造技术及其设计的教育，并为他们提供可用于商业产品的真实世界，动手体验。
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“The partnership between SME and Stratasys makes perfect sense,” said Robert Willig, executive director and CEO of SME. “With our collaborative efforts, we’re changing the world one student at a time through manufacturing. The finalists competing in this year’s additive manufacturing competition blew me away. The sky is the limit for these young innovators.”
除了增材制造竞赛外，所有70名学生都参加了认证。添加剂制造基础认证考试均免费为所有学生进行，并作为每个竞争团队的总积分的百分比纳入。这项考试是基于2016年增材制造业领导力计划（AMLI）对添加剂制造知识的修订，该考试是验证个人对添加剂制造中行业标准概念的知识的第一项认证。
Despite the challenging nature of this portion of the competition, an impressive 23 students of the 70 in attendance passed the Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Certification Exam, and 12 students missed by only 1 point. This portion of the competition displayed the extraordinary knowledge that these students have (and continue to develop) for additive manufacturing.
Stratasys的申请工程师Thomas Whiting表示：“对于Stratasys来说，参加Skillsa之类的挑战非常重要，主要是因为参加的年幼孩子将成为在Stratasys工作的5至10年的孩子。”“我们现在可以做的越多，他们就会越好，他们将来，我们将来将成为制造商。”
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The competition this year challenged students to design a 3D-printed enclosure that would house three key components including a circuit board, a small motor, and a fan. Willig said the diversity of creative designs was outstanding and the innovative problem solving was on full display throughout the three-day competition. It was truly impressive to watch these young competitors collaborate, problem-solve, and work their way through difficult situations to find an ultimate solution, he added. More than 300 parts were printed during the competition, all on Stratasys 3D-Printers.
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这两个级别的获胜团队都从Skillsusa获得了金牌，银牌和铜牌，并分别获得了SME Education Foundation的1,500美元，1,000美元和500美元的奖学金。这两个级别还获得了为期一年的工具U-SME课程和一年的中小企业会员资格，加上大专院校的获奖者获得了快速 + TCT全会议会议通行证。两类金牌赢得的球队也赢得了专业级的素描3D打印机。
在全国会议期间，总共有6,500多名职业和技术教育学生（所有Skillsusa州竞赛获奖者）参加了108个不同的动手贸易，技术和领导领域。
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