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Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition Winner Brady Hawks
Brady Hawks, Second Place winner of the 2023 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition and Industrial Design student at Purdue University in Indiana, talks with competition judge Craig Werner about his winning design. Brady discusses his electric motorcycle design, the inspiration for the design and how his background in the bicycle industry informed the design process, digging deep into research on the manufacturing process, alloys, design versatility and functionality that can be built in with extrusions, what he learned from participating in the competition, and more. Visit ETFdesign.org or AEC.org/DesignCompetition to see Brady’s award-winning design and learn how you can enter the competition for 2024!
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