Innovate for Sustainability Challenge!

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This article originally appeared on the 3D Perspectives blog in July 2020. 

Are you a student with ideas on how to improve our world? Are you passionate about finding a way to keep our oceans clean? Or about making life better in cities? What about how to bring more affordable and clean energy to help the 800 million people worldwide who don’t have access to electricity?

We are excite to announce the 2nd annual Innovate for Sustainability Challenge! This global competition gives university and high-school students around the world the opportunity to explore, learn and use Dassault Systèmes solutions to tackle some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a series of 17 objectives to help our world achieve a better and more sustainable future by 2030. The SDGs address global challenges including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. For this challenge, we selected four:

  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Life Below Water


Students 18 and older are encouraged to pick one of these challenges, develop their idea on how to address it and then explore how Dassault Systèmes solutions can help address their solution. Via a dedicated online community, they will have support from Dassault Systèmes mentors and experts. Selected projects will have the opportunity to be pitched in front of a panel of industry experts, and win high-tech prizes.

You don’t need previous design experience: all you need is imagination and a drive to change the world.

The contest is open for entries until December. Visit our website to get all details and rules, and feel free to spread the word about this competition!​​​​​

Good luck to all of the participants!

SIMULIA offers an advanced simulation product portfolio, including Abaqus, Isight, fe-safe, Tosca, Simpoe-Mold, SIMPACK, CST Studio Suite, XFlow, PowerFLOW and more. The SIMULIA Learning Community is the place to find the latest resources for SIMULIA software and to collaborate with other users. The key that unlocks the door of innovative thinking and knowledge building, the SIMULIA Learning Community provides you with the tools you need to expand your knowledge, whenever and wherever.

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Katie Corey

Katie is the Editor of the SIMULIA blog and also manages SIMULIA's social media and is an online communities and SEO expert. As a writer and technical communicator, she is interested in and passionate about creating an impactful user experience. Katie has a BA in English and Writing from the University of Rhode Island and a MS in Technical Communication from Northeastern University. She is also a proud SIMULIA advocate, passionate about democratizing simulation for all audiences. Katie is a native Rhode Islander and loves telling others about all it has to offer. As a self-proclaimed nerd, she enjoys a variety of hobbies including history, astronomy, science/technology, science fiction, geocaching, true crime, fashion and anything associated with nature and the outdoors. She is also mom to a 2-year old budding engineer and two crazy rescue pups.