3 - 4 November 2003 • Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel, Anaheim, California

Day Two

• Session M2A1 - Digital Product Simulation; Test & Measurement: Supplier Technologies & Challenges (Part II)
• Session T2A2 - Control Systems Simulation: Technical Strategies & Discussion
• Session M2A2 - Integration, Interoperability, Data & Process Management: Overcoming Challenges
• Session T2A3 - CFD Simulation: Technical Strategies & Discussion
• Session M2P1 - In-House Development vs. Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software: Managing the Tradeoffs
• Session T2P1 - Coupling and Multidisciplinary Optimization Best Practices
• Session M2P2 - Reducing Aircraft Lifecycle Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Session M2P3 - Conference Wrap-Up

M2A1 - Digital Product Simulation; Test & Measurement: Supplier Technologies & Challenges (Part II)

This session continues with more presentations by top executives from the world's leading providers of digital product simulation and physical test solutions sharing their vision of the future and discussing how their technologies will support users' strategic directions today and in the future. Discover what's available, who's behind it, and where the technology is headed.

Kenneth Short, Vice President, Marketing, ABAQUS Inc.
Methods and Process Evolution (2.5MB PDF File)

Janet C. Wylie, President & CEO, Engineous Software, Inc.
Process Improvement: The Final Frontier (867KB PDF File)

Dr. Alex Van der Velden, President, Synaps, Inc. & Dr. Frank Dvorak, President, Analytical Methods, Inc.
The Epogy Process Integration and Design Optimization Software (263KB PDF File)
Digital Product Simulation: Current CFD/CAA Solutions (421KB PDF File)

Tomi Mossessian, President & CEO, PlassoTech, Inc.
PlassoTech, Inc.—Concurrent Design Merged with Analysis Tools (420KB PDF File)

T2A2 - Control Systems Simulation: Technical Strategies & Discussion

Skyrocketing product complexity and performance demands are making control systems design more challenging than ever, even as it remains critical that this function not constrain program schedules. This session will focus on simulation technologies and best practices for coping with increasing control-systems complexity while more closely coordinating controls engineering with overall product development.

Ken Salter, Executive Director, Systems Engineering, Walt Disney Imagineering
Control Systems Simulation (6KB PDF File)

M2A2 - Integration, Interoperability, Data & Process Management: Overcoming Challenges

Interoperability barriers—both CAD-to-CAE and CAE-to-CAE—are a major bottleneck in product development, while a related stumbling block is the shortage of data management and process management tools for engineering modeling & simulation. This session will explore how manufacturers are successfully tying together the many systems and applications related to digital simulation and physical prototyping, and managing the resulting data and processes.

Lory Arghavan, Senior Manager, JSF Program Integrator, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Extending the Enterprise: JSF Collaboration Leads the Industry (1.8MB PDF File) Abstract

Larry Schmidt, Digital Shuttle Project Manager, NASA JSC
Paul Keller, Research Engineer and Technical Project Lead for the Digital Shuttle Project, NASA Ames Research Center
Digital Modeling and Simulation—Select Applications at NASA and Future Challenges (3.8MB PDF File)

T2A3 - CFD Simulation: Technical Strategies & Discussion

Computational fluid dynamics technology is being used in more and more situations where empirical data was long the only trusted basis for decision-making. Case studies and discussion will focus on leading-edge usage of CFD technology and explore key technical issues in this domain.

Edward N. Tinoco, Technical Fellow Aerodynamics Research, Enabling Technology & Research, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Getting the Value of CFD into the Product (1.3MB PDF File)

M2P1 - In-House Development vs. Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software: Managing the Tradeoffs

Aerospace and defense manufacturers have historically made substantial investments in custom software development, but today the economics of adopting commercial off-the-shelf software wherever feasible are becoming more and more compelling. What's the right balance? When does a COTS approach make sense, and when are the expenses of in-house development, maintenance and support still justified? Moreover, are aerospace and defense manufacturers sitting on a goldmine of proprietary technologies ripe for commercialization? If so, where are the hot opportunities, what—and how big—are the costs and risks, and which business models are most likely to lead to success?

Jim Pederson, Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, C17 Program, The Boeing Company
Systems Engineering Tool Selection and Deployment (14KB PDF File)

Daniel Kaufman, Mechanical Division Structural Dynamics Group, Lead, NASA GSFC
Software for Integration of Structural Dynamics Analysis and Test (249KB PDF File)

T2P1 - Coupling and Multidisciplinary Optimization Best Practices

Complexities abound when coupling the simulation results of one discipline with another—for instance controls with aerodynamics, hydraulics with mechanical systems, flexible body with dynamic simulation—and increase exponentially when multiple disciplines are introduced into the equation. This session will focus on overcoming the challenges of integrating multiple disciplines at the system level.

Dr. Pat Piperni, Group Leader, High-Speed Aerodynamics, , Bombardier Aerospace
The Building BLocks of a Multi-Disciplinary Wing Design Method (3.8MB PDF File)

M2P2 - Reducing Aircraft Lifecycle Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

How can digital modeling & simulation during product design reduce costs over multi-decade aircraft lifecycles? What are the best approaches to managing the simulation and test data for long-term reference and updates? How can operating and maintenance costs—constituting the bulk of the total cost—be reduced over the long haul with up-front digital modeling & simulation? Case studies will focus on strategies and technologies, as well as obstacles and solutions to reduce lifecycle TCO.

Mike Kamrowski, Senior Principal Systems Engineer, Raytheon Missile Systems Company
Raytheon Missle Systems Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis from Cradle to Grave (6.4MB PDF File)

James A. Villani, Research Fellow, Logistics Management Institute
Considering Lifecycle Costs in Design and Effectiveness Analysis (1.4MB PDF File) Abstract

M2P3 - Conference Wrap-Up

This session will sum up what has been learned at this conference, identify issues that have come into clearer focus, and raise questions that deserve further investigation. Questions and statements from the audience will be invited.

Conference Wrap-Up (8KB HTML File)

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