AVEVA Announces 2021 Winners of Global Academic Program Competition for Chemical Engineering Students

03 Aug 2021

Mumbai, India 3rd August 2021 –AVEVA,a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability,today announced the winners of the 2021 AVEVA Academic Program Competition,which was open to students inthe United States, Canada, United Kingdom and European Union. Entrants were judged on several criteria including the quality, completeness, and precision of their project entries, as well as their Process Engineering and Simulation abilities.Overall winners gainthe unique opportunity to conduct a three-month internship at the AVEVA offices in Lake Forest, California, or receive the equivalent of $3,000 in prize money.

The AVEVA Academic Program Competition, now in its third year, is designed to provide chemical engineering students with the unique opportunity to develop their engineering skills. Students are invited to solve real-world engineering problems utilizing AVEVA Process Simulation, an integrated platform encompassing the complete engineering lifecycle of design,simulation, and training, developed to deliver the next generation of engineers. It is an easytolearn and use software so students with no prior experience are also encouraged to enter the competition.

The Competition Winners:
In North America:

• Best overall winners and also winners of the Best Dynamics category - Dexter Alarcon and Jesse Williamson of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
• Best Steady State title - Mason Meadows, Thomas Mathwig, Gray Matthews and Josh Leger from the University of Mississippi.
• Best Economics title - Wilson Medina from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

• Best Overall entry - Lea Scharli and Oliver Hoppchen from the University of Applied Science Mannheim, Germany
• Best Steady State - Benedikt Steinbach from the University of Applied Science Mannheim, Germany
• Best Economics - Aliya Magazova from TU Dortmund, Germany
• Best Dynamics - Carlo Cortellini and Alessandro Calisse from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Dexter Alarcon, one of the overall winners from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, commented, “The most unique aspect of both this design competition and AVEVA Process Simulation software we used, was the opportunity to work on a dynamic simulation as falls outside the scope of our curricular design and process control classes. The chance to work on developing and testing the control system for a distillation column was as exciting as it was challenging. As we look to launch our professional careers as engineers, we know the skillsacquired from this challenge will be extremely valuable as we continue to seek and solve many more exciting chemical engineering challenges in the future.”

Marina Velazquez, Senior Principal Quality and Assurance Engineer, AVEVA, one of the competition judges also commented, “As we all know, what we learn in school is just the fundamental knowledge for any vocation. We really learn when we are actively working and participating in industry. The AVEVA Academic competition enables studentsto see the problems from the eyes of a graduated, working engineer, as well asutilizetheir own problem-solving skills.”

Neil Forster,Senior Manager Customer Support, AVEVA,another of the judges,added, “This competition has been an excellent opportunity for Chemical Engineering students to use AVEVA Process Simulation to solve the kind of real-life problems they will be presented with when they graduate. It was very encouraging to see so many high-quality, enthusiastic entrants, although that made for some tough decisions when it came to selecting the final list of prize winners.”