Concept for Digital Battery Twin Wins at Immersive Design Challenge

Student Competition Concept for Digital Battery Twin Wins at Immersive Design Challenge

2025-05-07 From Siemens | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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Siemens Digital Industries Software, in collaboration with Sony, hosted the first Immersive Design Challenge. The aim was to provide today's students with the tools and skills they need for their role in tomorrow's workforce.

Students from around the world participated in the first Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. A team from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) emerged as the winner.(Image: Siemens) — Students from around the world participated in the first Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. A team from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) emerged as the winner.
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900 participants representing over 230 universities from 38 countries took part in the first Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. The aim was to further develop the students' digital thinking and skills. They were to learn more about how sustainable design principles can be combined with immersive technology to shape the future. The Immersive Design Challenge was initiated by the Siemens team for academic and future workforce development.

At CES 2025, Siemens and Sony jointly demonstrated how engineering for the industrial metaverse works. (Image:Siemens)

The first round consisted of short questions about the students' product or idea and their understanding of immersive engineering. In the second round, 40 teams were shortlisted to develop and visualize their ideas using Siemens NX Student Edition with support from Siemens experts and mentors. In addition to learning and networking opportunities, all participants received digital badges to recognize their achievements.

Bringing Ideas to Life

The three finalist teams from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia, and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany brought their idea to life with the support of Siemens experts and presented their concepts during a live online event.

The projects ranged

from an immersive, engineering-based digital twin of a Formula Student car to
the simulation and visualization of a horticulture-oriented lunar lander to
a project to increase recycling efficiency, improve battery performance, and reduce waste in the automotive battery industry.

FAU Project Wins Challenge

The winning team of the challenge was Next Cycle from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. They impressed the jury with their innovative concept BatteryTwin XR: an integrated digital twin for a sustainable lifecycle of electric car batteries. The concept demonstrated not only technical creativity but also a clear commitment to sustainability and practical impact.

The jury considered criteria such as the degree of innovation, the quality of the business model, how well the team utilized the Siemens NX Immersive Designer and the Sony XR headset, and the sustainability of the team's idea. The jury included representatives from Siemens as well as Hirohito Henry Kondo, General Manager, New Contents Creation Business Unit, XR Business Division, Sony Corporation, and Prof. Dr. Paloma Diaz, Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, and Chair of the Global Engineering Deans Council.

The team members of Next Cycle are invited to attend the Siemens Realize Live event. Their university will receive a Sony XR head-mounted display and a one-year license for NX Immersive Designer.

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