WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2002--Mentor Graphics
Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced the winners of its 2001 -
2002 Higher Education Program Student Design Contest.
A top award of U.S. $5,000 was presented to the most innovative
and complete design project among four technology categories
including, printed circuit board design (PCB), IC/analog mixed-signal
design, hardware description language (HDL) design and system-on-chip
(SoC) design. Winners for individual technology categories were also
recognized and receive U.S. $2,000 in prize money. Co-sponsored by Sun
Microsystems, Inc., the contest is designed to promote innovation and
excellence in education for engineering students at both undergraduate
and graduate levels.
The grand prize winner of this year's contest was Ayman Hassan Abd
El Aziz of Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, for his project
titled, Design and Implementation of an IF Gm-C filter for Bluetooth.
Ayman also won the award for the IC/analog mixed-signal design
category with this project. Other contest winners included:
HDL Design:
Ryan Henderson of the Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath
Falls, Oregon, for his project, CMOS Digital Camera Controller
and Frame Capture Device.
"We are very excited that an engineering student from Ain Shams
University has won the student design contest for a second time. This
contest and our participation in Mentor's Higher Education Program
allows our students to apply the valuable experience they gain in the
field of electronic design to real projects using the latest design
tools," said Professor Mohamed A. H. Sheirah, Dean of Faculty of
Engineering, Ain-Shams University. "Our Faculty of Engineering greatly
appreciates the continuous support of Mentor Graphics, not only in the
design tools they provide, but for recognizing the work of our
students and engineering programs through this contest."
"Sun Microsystems was proud to co-sponsor the Mentor Graphics
Student Design Contest," said Joerg Schwarz, group manager, Global
Education and Research, Sun Microsystems. "We have always fostered a
close relationship with researchers in non-profits, national labs and
academia. Partnering with Mentor to conduct this contest which
promotes innovation and excellence in education for designers at
colleges and universities is again demonstrating our commitment to
academia. We congratulate the winners of this year competition."
The Higher Education Student Design Contest is open to any
full-time undergraduate or graduate student attending a college or
university participating in Mentor Graphics Worldwide Higher Education
Programs. Entrants were judged for the most complete and innovative
design project created by a student or team of students enrolled in
VLSI classes during the 2001-2002 school year. Final projects were
evaluated and the winners determined by a panel of technology experts
from Mentor Graphics.
"We were impressed with the number and quality of applicants for
this year's Student Design Contest," said Shanthi Pattison, manager,
Higher Education Program, Mentor Graphics. "Our colleges and
universities are breeding grounds for innovation in the area of
electronic design and we are pleased to be working with Sun
Microsystems to foster and encourage continued innovation in this
area."
About the Higher Education Program
Through its Higher Education Program, Mentor Graphics offers more
than 550 colleges and universities worldwide a way to acquire
commercial EDA software for classroom instruction and academic
research, to help ensure that engineering graduates are proficient
with state-of-the-art tools and techniques. More information on the
Mentor Graphics Higher Education Program and the 2001 - 2002 Student
Design contest is available at www.mentor.com/partners/hep/.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about
$600 million and employs approximately 3,700 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are
located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314.
World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics
Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Leanne White, 503/685-1984
leanne_white@mentor.com
or
Weber Shandwick
Mark Mohammadpour, 503/552-3734
mmohammadpour@webershandwick.com
