The final result presentation and prize ceremony of the 1^st SNUMAE Start-Up Competition was held on the 31^st of August, hosted by the SNU BK21+ Transformative Training Program for Creative Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers, organized by SNUMAE and the Institute of Advanced Machines and Design.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

This competition, funded by SAZZE, SEIL Precision and UNITEF, was hosted to find and fund excellent start-up ideas and people ad to increase awareness and interest in the start-up scene in the mechanical engineering sector.

For this competition, any team including MAE Students (Graduates and Undergrads) with a excellent start-up idea was eligible to sign up. Started on the 22^nd of July, after 40 days of the competition, 8 final winners were announced.

The grand prize when to team ‘2DT’ (Team Leader Doogon Kim, SNUMAE Doctorate course) with the product “Ultra-thin smart card key for cars”. The first prize went to team “Soonga’s Playground” (Team Leader Sung Hyuk Song, SNUMAE Doctorate Course) with the product “Biomimicry robot made with flexible composites”. The grand grize winners and the first prize winners took 4 million won and 2 million won respectively, with the grand prize winners additionally receiving incubating and an excursion to overseas venture company estates.

We hope to see more participating and interest in future start-up competitions

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