In a competition sponsored by glassmaker PPG Industries, winning designs by students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) show how glass can provide differentiation while adding utility, style, luxury, comfort and convenience for a 2008 vehicle.
PPG's Ernest Hahn, vice president, automotive glass, presented the PPG Design Challenge Awards, for 2002, to these CCS transportation design sophomores:
First place: Shane Lindsay, 24, New Lenox, Ill.
Second place: Takahiko Suginoshita, 22, Tokyo.
Third place: Daniel Bohman, 24, Fairfax, Va.
Hahn presented the awards in the third annual auto glass design competition during ceremonies at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The students received scholarships of $1,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place and $500 for third place.