Student Wins Alias/Wavefront Design Award at Canadian Auto Show

    TORONTO--Feb. 13, 2003--Alias/Wavefront(TM), an SGI company, announced today that Jang Yong Pil, an automotive design student at Hong-IK University in Seoul, Korea, has received a special award from Alias/Wavefront for best digital presentation at the World Automotive Design Competition sponsored by the Canadian International Auto Show(TM).
    Jang Yong Pil won a seat of Alias/Wavefront DesignStudio(TM), computer aided industrial design (CAID) software (retail value of $7,500 USD), and a cash prize of $1000 for his concept of Run/Turn/Stop, a sporty concept vehicle designed for the taste and pocketbook of a young university student.
    Sixty-eight entries, comprised of 90 students from 12 internationally recognized design schools entered this year's invitational Canadian automotive design challenge. Countries represented were China, India, Japan, Korea, England, Italy, France, Sweden, the USA and Canada.
    "The ingenuity, sophistication and attention to practicality shown by the students in this international contest reflect how accomplished the next generation of automotive designers are going to be. Judging by the high caliber of the ideas I've seen here, I envision some very exciting, very diverse automobiles in our near future," observes Peter Mehlstaeubler, Vice President of Development, Alias/Wavefront, who presented the award during a press conference at the Canadian Auto Show this morning.

    Contact Information

    For more information on Alias/Wavefront and the StudioTools(TM) family of CAID software, please visit the company's website at www.aliaswavefront.com or call 800/447-2542 in North America. International contact numbers include: Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, +44 (0) 1494 441273; Germany, East & Southeast Europe, 0049 89 31 70 20; France, Spain and Portugal, +33 1 44 92 81 60; Italy, 39 039 6340011; Japan, 0120 764 088; and other parts of Asia Pacific, 81 3 3470 8282.

    About Alias/Wavefront

    As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the industrial design, technical surfacing and visualization markets, and for film and video, games and interactive media. Alias/Wavefront design customers include AT&T, BMW, Boeing, Fiat, Fisher-Price, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Italdesign, Kodak, Mattel, Rollerblade, Trek Bicycle, Teague and Timex. Alias/Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI(R). To visit Alias/Wavefront, go to www.aliaswavefront.com.

    The Alias/Wavefront logo and the StudioTools logo are registered trademarks and Alias/Wavefront, StudioTools, and DesignStudio are trademarks of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. SGI is a registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. The Canadian International Auto Show is a trademark of Canadian International Auto Show Ltd. All other products, companies or institutions mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Alias/Wavefront, 210 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 1J7, Tel: 416-362-9181, FAX: 416-3369-6140.
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    NOTE TO EDITORS: Throughout this release the vertical bar symbol in the company name Alias/Wavefront has been changed to a "/", since the vertical bar causes transmission problems on many systems.