Model Solutions' annual Model One Awards (MOAs) recognize industrial design students who challenge themselves and develop products that enhance quality of life, improve safety, disrupt current technologies and utilize new design concepts in exciting ways. 

Through the MOAs, students from design schools across the country are given the opportunity to showcase their skills, creativity and originality. Universities and design schools, on the other hand, are given a platform to gain visibility as leading design institutions.

The 2017 MOA winners were recently presented at the IDSA 2017 Conference in Atlanta. These eight students from various institutions across the United States represent the best of the best when it comes to prototyping new design concepts. If you didn't get a chance to view these designs in person at the IDSA Conference, here's a closer look at the projects and how the selected students are working to address current design problems.

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Andrew Keel — NC State University

Keel's Duo-Shock taser is a non-lethal self/home defense alternative that features a built-in camera. The taser is designed to incapacitate an assailant without taking a life.

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Ben Stibal — Purdue University 

Respire is a customizable respirator with a built-in fan to remove heat and ensure users don't re-breath the same air

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Juliette Laroche — University of Houston 

Laroche's Innsaei scuba diving mask increases communication capabilities between divers.

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Loren Chen — University of Notre Dame

The Homegrown indoor composting solution helps gardeners monitor what they put in their compost bin

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Mike Jacobs — Arizona State University 

Zero is a wearable device that aids athletic performance by strengthening an athletes focus on clear and achievable goals

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Samuel Ach — Metropolitan State University of Denver 

Cybex Mono is a next generation functional weight training platform that maximizes versatility and heightens user engagement through the integration of physical and digital experiences.

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Shannon Chang — University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 

PRELUDE is a Bluetooth Speaker System that has a 2-way communication feature like a pair of walkie talkies.

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Shubham Harish — Detroit College for Creative Studies

Echo canine prosthetic leg is designed to restore a dog's natural abilities, including balance and mobility.

Learn more about the Model One Awards here.