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Create the Future Design Contest

Supported by Mouser Electronics

Mouser is pleased to sponsor the 23^rd Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and innovators around the world to design the next great thing. Mouser, which has sponsored the contest for many years, is joined again by valued manufacturers Intel^® and Analog Devices, Inc. as co-sponsors. The contest is produced by SAE Media Group, an SAE International Company. COMSOL is also a principal sponsor of the contest.

Congratulations to all of the winners:

Grand Prize Winner

100X Audio Digital-to-Analog Performance Improvement
John La Grou, imersiv, Diamond Springs, CA, USA
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2025 Contest Finalists

Aerospace & Defense Category

Silent Sentry: A Software-Defined Passive Sensor for Counter-Stealth and Battlefield Survivability
Robert Moerck, Værløse, Denmark

Automotive/Transportation Category

Making Diesel Engines Nearly Emission-Free
Mansour Masoudi, Mill Creek, WA, United States

Electronics Category

Plastalyst - Chemical Recycling
Robert Kunzmann, Tadashi Kubo, Hesperange, Luxembourg

Robotics & Automation Category

Woodpeckr
Christian Sforza, Waterloo, Canada

Helpful Tips

The best entries clearly and concisely answer all of the following questions and are accompanied by an illustration that compliments and illuminates the text:

What problem does your design idea solve?
What are the potential benefits?
How is your idea novel or an improvement on what is currently available in the marketplace?
Where would this idea be applied?
What is the market potential?
How does your design work?
How would your product be manufactured?
How would the production cost compare with products already in the marketplace?

The best design ideas will: