Bentley Launches 2009 BE Awards Student Design Contest
 EXTON,
PA, Sep 25, 2008 – Bentley Systems’ BE Careers Network today announced the
opening of its 2009 BE Awards student design competition – an integral part
of Bentley’s annual BE Awards of Excellence program honoring the
extraordinary work of its users.
University, technical college, and high school students are invited to
submit projects they’ve designed using Bentley software, along with a short
essay describing their work. The judging will focus on creativity and skill
in applying design and engineering principles. The program welcomes both
individual and team efforts, but teams cannot exceed three members. All
submissions must be received by Feb. 20, 2009. Bentley will award a $1,000
scholarship to the winning individual or team in each of the five submission
categories.
“As we continue to progress toward our goal of sustaining the world’s
infrastructure, we must also sustain the architectural, engineering,
construction (AEC), and geospatial professions charged with this critically
important mission,” said Scott Lofgren, global director of BE Careers
Network. “It is well known that the world faces an increasing shortfall in
the number of trained architects and engineers available to surmount the
growing backlog of infrastructure work. By bringing software-supported
infrastructure curricula into academic institutions and sponsoring
initiatives such as our BE Awards student design competition, Bentley
strives to encourage a new generation to pursue careers that span the broad
spectrum of infrastructure professions.”
Lofgren continued, “Each year, the job of determining the top projects in
our competition becomes more challenging for our panel of independent judges
– as the software tools the students are required to use help them achieve
ever-higher levels of creative, quality design work. It’s a challenge
everyone involved in the program eagerly anticipates since it provides us
with a growing number of incredibly imaginative entries to review and
appreciate.”
University and technical college students can submit projects in one of
three categories:
- Architectural Design
- Computational Design Using GenerativeComponents
- Engineering
In each of these categories students must make clear the project’s
problem, intent, and solution, and support the design models with
architectural or engineering drawings using any of the applications in
Bentley’s comprehensive portfolio of software for the lifecycle of
infrastructure. High school students can participate in the Design a Sports
Arena of the Future category using MicroStation PowerDraft XM Edition. The
fifth category, Animation and Freeform/Artistic Expression, is open to all
academic levels and requires students to take their projects from concept to
completion using Bentley software.
The winning projects will be recognized at BE Conference 2009, which
takes place next May in Charlotte, N.C. In addition to the $1,000
scholarship, winners will receive an award trophy and can select 10 seats of
Bentley software – from the more than 50 products available through the
academic subscription – for use by their schools. Project submissions will
be judged by a distinguished panel of educational leaders and industry
professionals from around the world.
For more information on the submission process or to fill out a
submission form, click
here.
To view the 2008 jury process,
click here.
About BE Careers Network
BE Careers Network is dedicated to helping students graduate with the
technology skills needed for today’s infrastructure professions, including
civil engineering and architecture. It accomplishes this by providing
programs for students, teachers, and schools, including free and discounted
software licenses, training, curriculum counseling, and scholarships. The
programs are geared to the needs of students in universities, colleges,
technical schools, and high schools.
For more information, visit
www.bentley.com/becareers.
About the BE Awards of Excellence
The BE Awards of Excellence, which are judged by independent panels of
industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE
Conference, honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the
world’s infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks and showcase the
imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them.
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing comprehensive
software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Architects, engineers,
constructors, and owner-operators are indispensable in improving our world
and our quality of life; the company’s mission is to improve the performance
of their projects and of the assets they design, build, and operate. Bentley
sustains the infrastructure professions by helping to leverage information
technology, learning, best practices, and global collaboration – and by
promoting careers devoted to this crucial work.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 2,800 colleagues, offices in more
than 50 countries, annual revenues surpassing $500 million, and since 1993,
has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and
acquisitions. Nearly 90 percent of the Engineering News-Record Top Design
Firms are Bentley subscribers, and a 2008 Daratech study ranked Bentley as
the world’s #2 provider of geospatial software solutions.
For more information, visit
www.bentley.com.
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