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Student Video Contest to Promote STEM Careers

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OESA and SAE have just announced the winners of their inspirational video competition to promote 
STEM and automotive manufacturing careers. The announcement was made at the 16th Annual OESA Outlook Conference.

 “Attracting talent to this industry is paramount to its long-term success.  This video contest is a wonderful way for college students to demonstrate what drives them to pursue careers in the automotive field.  Promoting the automotive industry as an attractive choice for students is critical to ensuring we are able to develop the next generation of automotive engineers … As we have seen with these videos, there is young talent who believes there is a future for them in this industry,” said Julie A. Fream, president and CEO of OESA.

Here is a look at the top three videos:

First place is California State University Formula SAE for “An Industry with Infinite Possibilities.” The team won $4000:

Second Place we have VIT University’s Team Jaabaz from India. Their video “It’s A Way of Life” won $3000:

Finally, we have third place Formula SAE Oregon State University with their video “GFR for Generation Auto” having won $1000.

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Shawn Wasserman

For over 10 years, Shawn Wasserman has informed, inspired and engaged the engineering community through online content. As a senior writer at WTWH media, he produces branded content to help engineers streamline their operations via new tools, technologies and software. While a senior editor at Engineering.com, Shawn wrote stories about CAE, simulation, PLM, CAD, IoT, AI and more. During his time as the blog manager at Ansys, Shawn produced content featuring stories, tips, tricks and interesting use cases for CAE technologies. Shawn holds a master’s degree in Bioengineering from the University of Guelph and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.