Speaker Abstracts

How the Skunkworks is Leveraging CAE
Dr. Paul M. Bevilaqua, Chief Engineer, Advanced Development Projects, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Decision Making Risk Management Process Back to Basics
Jean Mallebay-Vacqueur, Director, Environmental Emissions Testing Labs, DaimlerChrysler Corporation

Bridging the Product Design and Analysis Gap
Thomas D. Chimner, Design/CAE Manager, Truck Technology Team, Eaton Corporation

CAD, CAE and Beyond - Emerging Trends in Automotive Engineering Analysis and Lessons from Other Industries
Paul Pollock, Chief Engineer, Advanced Products, Commercial Vehicle Technology Division, Dana Corporation
Jack Dawson, Director of Technology Planning and Development, Dana Corporation

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Evan Jacobson, Collaborative Product & Process Development Black Belt, NTEC (New Technologies) Mechatronics, Caterpillar, Inc.

Simulation Based Design
Arvind J. Padgaonkar, CAD/CAE Applications Sr. Manager, Climate Control Systems, Visteon Corp.

Characteristics and Uniqueness of CAE Information and Process Management
Subhasish Roychoudhury, Manager, CAE Systems, Ford Motor Company

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Jagmohan Kohli, Program Manager, General Motors

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Richard Sun, Senior Manager, Aero/Thermal Center of Competence and Core CFD Group, DaimlerChrysler Corporation

An Approach to Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis & Optimization For Rapid Conceptual Design
Atherton Carty, Rapid Conceptual Design Project Lead, Advanced Development Projects, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Fusion of Aircraft Synthesis and Computer Aided Design
Atherton Carty, Rapid Conceptual Design Project Lead, Advanced Development Projects, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Fully Integrated System Approach to Powertrain Design - PowerKIT (Powertrain Knowledge-based Integrated Toolset)
Dr. Khurshid A. Qureshi, Powertrain KBE Methods Technical Specialist, Ford Motor Company

Product Development: A Ricardo Perspective Effective Use of Analysis, Simulation and Test
Mark Kuhn, Director, Design Engineering, Ricardo, Inc.

Platinum Co-Sponsors

ANSIS, Inc.CD adapco
IBM/Dassault
LMS InternationalUGS

Co-Sponsors

DynavistaFunction Bay
Moldflow
PlassoTech SGI

Media Co-Sponsors

Desktop Engineering

Industry Review & Outlook

Charles Foundyller"The top-level (at the manufacturers) need to recognize the massive under-utilization of simulation. Simulation is the heart and soul of PLM. It's about making things that work and last. Sure you can create geometry and move files around, but building products that perform is far more important."

Charles Foundyller, CEO & Founder, Daratech, Inc. will share Daratech's latest research and forecasts on today's unprecedented opportunities to revolutionize product development, through mainstream, in-line deployment of simulation and testing techniques, technologies and processes within the context of PLM and digital manufacturing. With PLM initiatives now underway at many manufacturing OEMs and suppliers and given their interest in digital manufacturing, the moment seems right for simulation and test to become fully integrated with mainstream product creation processes. This presentation will examine why this deployment is not happening as quickly as it might, and the challenges and obstacles — cultural, organizational and technological — facing those that are working towards greater deployment and integration of simulation and test technologies into the mainstream of product creation. This session will also examine the main suppliers to this market, and their vision for the future, and their outlook for success, stability and growth.