Speaker Abstracts

Philip R. Martens, Vice President of Product Creation for North America, Ford Motor Company
Making the Elephant Dance: The Transformation of Ford's North American Product Development Operations

William R. Knapp, HUMMER H2 Program Engineering Manager, General Motors Corporation
HUMMER H2: Design Freeze to Production in 16 Months

Tim Culbertson, Manager, Advanced Vehicle Engineering & Performance Parts Engineering, Performance Vehicle Operations, DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Zero-to-Hero in 500 Days: The Dodge NASCAR Winston Cup Engineering Story

Dr. Thomas P. Gielda, Distinguished Technical Fellow, Visteon Climate Systems
Integrating Next-Generation Product Development Tools

Dr. Agus Sudjianto, Manager, V-Engine Engineering Analytical Powertrain, Ford Motor Company
Designing a New Engine: A Case Study in Analytic Robust Design

Henry Hodges, Jr., President, Nevada Automotive Test Center
Combining Physical and Virtual Testing on the Marines LVSR Program

Dr. Christopher Griffen, Senior Director, Acoustics Technology, Collins & Aikman
Efficiencies in Engineering NVH Tools

John C. Schmuhl, Associate Director, High-Performance Computing (HPC), U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)
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Dr. Robert V. Kolarik II, Project Manager, Process Technology--Alloy Steel, The Timken Company
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Dr. Prasad Mangalaramanan, Lead CAE Specialist, Commercial Vehicles Systems Division, Dana Corporation
Design Optimization Method for CAD Structural Components

Dr. Kenneth Butts, Vehicle System Controls, Electrical/Electronic Systems Engineering, Ford Motor Company
Modeling to Manage Electronic Complexity

Robert L. Geisler, Engineering Supervisor, Suspension & Powertrain Mounting, CAE & Validation, General Motors Corporation
CAE/Testing Correlation—A Contrarian View

Dr. Larry Michaels, Staff Development Engineering, General Motors Corporation
Plant Modeling for Powertrain Control Design

Gordon Willis, President, Vulcan Works, LLC
An Integrated Approach to Systems Design Using the Advanced Engineering Environment

Mick Winship, Manager, Simulation & Analysis, Ricardo, Inc.
Physical versus Digital Prototyping

Co-Sponsors

To learn what our co-sponsors have to say about themselves and their Breakout Sessions, please make a selection below:

Co-Sponsor Presenters & Panelists

Mark Bohm
General Manager
ABAQUS Great Lakes, Inc.

Dr. Uwe Knorr
Vice President EM Division
Ansoft Corporation

Michael J. Wheeler
Vice President, Mechanical Business Unit
ANSYS Inc.

Karl Bangert
Sales Director
Function Bay, Inc.

Thomas C. Curry
Executive Vice President
LMS International N.V.

Greg Hopton
General Manager, North America
LMS International N.V.

Jim Tung
Chief Market Development Officer
The MathWorks

Larry McArthur
Senior Director, Manufacturing Industries Marketing
SGI

Dr. Alex Van der Velden
President
Synaps, Inc.

Steven C. Luby
President & CEO
VISTAGY, Inc.