17th Annual
17th Annual
17th Annual




USA
CSAW’25
Testing cybersecurity defenses in additive manufacturing and computer aided design
The Hack3D competition serves to raise awareness and generate discussion in engineering and research communities about security in the additive manufacturing field.
Competitors will have the opportunity to learn and use skills in graphics programming, file manipulation, and reverse engineering while gaining an understanding of the additive manufacturing supply-chain. Students who are interested in learning more about CAD, reverse-engineering, security, and additive manufacturing are encouraged to participate.
fall challenge
Registration Deadline | October 3rd, 2025, 11:59pm EST
Qualification Round | October 6 - 7, 2025
Finalist Notification | October 10, 2025
Final Round | November 5 - 6, 2025
Final Presentations | November 6, 2025
Please see Rules & Guidelines for the full details of the competition calendar.
JUDGES

Abhijit Chakraborty
Yan Lu
Chrys Koomson
Vikas Varshney
organizers
The Hack3D competition is organized by Professor Nikhil Gupta, post-doctoral researcher Hammond Pearce, and PhD student Gary Mac, from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Thank you to the National Science Foundation for their generous support of this competition