Autodesk Sponsors Shell Eco Marathon Europe Challenge
 FARNBOROUGH,
UK, May 27, 2008 - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that it is
the exclusive global software sponsor of the
Shell
Eco-marathon Europe. The event to be held between 22 and 24 May 2008 at
the Nogaro Motor Circuit in France will include 200 teams from schools and
universities in 25 countries including France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Germany, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, UK, Hungary, Turkey
and more. As a global sponsor Autodesk also supported the Americas event
held between 12 and 15 April at the California Speedway.
This year’s event is shaping up to be the toughest and most innovative to
date. After receiving more than 300 entries, 200 teams from schools and
universities across Europe have been invited to participate. The marathon
challenges competitors to drive as far as possible using the equivalent of
one liter of fuel and producing the fewest emissions possible. To beat last
year’s entries the vehicles will have to average more than 3,000 km per
liter of fuel.
The Shell Eco-marathon aims to inspire young designers and engineers to
develop new approaches to the future of modern transport by fostering
innovative ideas about fuel efficiency while promoting technical courses to
people all over the world. The event is also a great example of the
interaction between industry and the academic world with Shell and its
sponsors working together with students.
Autodesk also takes a keen interest in encouraging and advancing the next
generation of design and engineering professionals. In order to meet this
aim Autodesk created the
Student Engineering & Design Community. With more than 500,000 free
licenses downloaded by students and teachers in the world and already
130,000 members in Europe, Middle-East and Africa the Autodesk Student
Community offers students the ability to download free versions of Autodesk
software and great learning resources. With more than 160,000 downloads so
far, Inventor Professional is proving extremely popular. The community also
allows members to search for jobs and internships, learn from educators and
experts from around the world, display examples of their best work and take
part in online tutorials.
Alistair Brook, education manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at
Autodesk comments, “We are proud to be supporting the Shell Eco-marathon as
their aims are very similar to our own, to encourage the next generation of
designers, engineers and architects. By providing these students with
industry leading solutions and true multi disciplinary learning resources we
hope to help them design efficient and sustainable solutions to ease global
issues such as the shortage of fuel and rising emissions.”
Entries for the Shell Eco-marathon are in two groups, Prototype and Urban
Concept. This year 75% of entries are Prototypes and 25% UrbanConcept
vehicles, an increase of 40% on 2007 Urban Concept entries. While the
Prototype cars are more experimental, the UrbanConcept cars are more similar
in size and design to traditional cars and must have four wheels, a steering
wheel, head and tail lights, a driver’s seat, a brake pedal and doors. This
year 58 teams are expected to compete in the UrbanConcept category with
entries contributing to the development of more sustainable vehicles.
At the Americas leg of the event the first, second and third placed
entries all used Autodesk products in the design of their winning vehicles.
By reducing reliance on physical prototypes and allowing rigorous testing to
be carried out on a digital prototype software such as Autodesk Inventor can
give teams a competitive advantage in building and testing vehicles that can
travel further using less energy.
Products such as Autodesk AliasStudio deliver industry leading sketching,
modeling and visualization tools, helping students quickly realize ideas by
capturing ideas from initial sketches through to 3D concept models. These
models can then be shared with the engineering team using a common file
format and data can then be incorporated into a digital prototype, saving
time and effort.
Students and educators can experience the benefits of the Autodesk
Student Engineering and Design Community today by registering at
www.autodesk.com/edcommunity.
About Autodesk Education
Autodesk supports worldwide academic achievement and lifelong learning by
providing 2D and 3D solutions for teaching and learning design in the fields
of manufacturing, industrial design, architecture, construction, civil
engineering and media and entertainment. Autodesk is committed to helping
the next generation of engineers, architects and designers experience their
ideas before they are real by making state-of-the-art digital prototyping
solutions available inside and outside of the classroom through substantial
discounts, subscriptions, grant programs, training, curricula development
and community resources. For more information about Autodesk's education
programs and solutions, visit
http://www.autodesk.com/education.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the
manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment
markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has
developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital prototyping
solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are real.
Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate
and analyse real-world performance early in the design process to save time
and money, enhance quality and foster innovation.
For additional information about Autodesk, visit
http://www.autodesk.com/.
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