Altair recently hosted the 2017 Americas Altair Technology Conference East. The event took place on Monday, October 9th - Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
The 2017 Americas ATC East showcased Altair's innovations in simulation technology. Highlights of the conference included optimization driven design methods, the evolution of the user experience, and the impact of disruptive trends on simulation.
Within the 2-day agenda, innovators across industries were invited to share how simulation driven design has changed the way their businesses operate. Industry leaders explored how simulation continues to be driven by current disruptive trends, including additive manufacturing, big data, and the internet of things. In addition, technical content was delivered by Altair customers and team members showcasing the latest in advanced technology. Sessions were divided into tracks dedicated to specific topics and industries.
"Squeak and Rattle Prevention - Why You Should Not Wait for Your First Prototype" Ismail Benhayoun, Altair
Patrick Schimmelbauer, Ziegler Instruments
"Automatic reproduction of supervisory control system logic diagrams with high fidelity functional simulation purposes using solidThinking Embed"
Alexandre N. C. Rodrigues
GT2 Energia
"Integral Numerical Characterization of Thermal and Lubrication Performance of Hybrid and Electric Drive Systems" Alexy Kolesnikov
AAM
"WORKSHOP: Detailed Multi-body Dynamics & Controls co-simulation using solidThinking Activate"Rajiv Rampalli &Tanuj Kush Altair
HBM Prenscia
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Our vision is to transform product design and organizational decision making by applying simulation, optimization and high performance computing throughout product lifecycles.
We are a leading provider of enterprise-class engineering software enabling innovation across the entire product lifecycle from concept design to in-service operation. Our simulation-driven approach to innovation is powered by our broad portfolio of high-fidelity and high-performance physics solvers. Our integrated suite of software optimizes design performance across multiple disciplines encompassing structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling and embedded systems, while also providing data analytics and true-to-life visualization and rendering.
We were founded in 1985 in Michigan, and have a balanced global footprint with 62 offices in 22 countries, and over 2,000 engineers, scientists and creative thinkers.
Philip R. Guys is AAM’s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President. In this role he leads the company's innovation strategy and roadmap while driving the design and development of advanced technologies as part of AAM's growth plan.
Guys joined AAM in December 2011 as Vice President, Driveline Product Engineering. In March 2016, the expanded role of chief technology officer was added to his responsibilities. In August 2016, Guys was named Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Global Product Engineering and given responsibility for AAM’s strategic technology vision.
Guys began his automotive career in 1985 with General Motors. In 1987, he joined Ford Motor Company. Throughout his career, Guys has been focused on the design, development and manufacturing support of driveline and drivetrain products and systems. Guys received a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in International Business from the University of Michigan in 1992.
Dr. Socie's early research work at the University of Illinois involved the development of fatigue life estimation models for notched and cracked members subjected to variable amplitude loading. He was responsible for the development of ASTM Standard E 1049 Cycle Counting in Fatigue Analysis. This was followed by ten years work studying cyclic deformation of and fatigue of metals under multiaxial states of stress. Although retired, Prof. Socie still maintains an active research program. Current research includes cyclic deformation and fatigue under multiaxial stresses, probabilistic fatigue and fracture design, energy harvesting and structural health monitoring.
Dr. Uwe Schramm is the Chief Technical Officer for Altair’s solvers, optimization and smart multi-physics solutions and strategy. Beyond developing computational engines for speed and accuracy to solve today’s most complex engineering problems, his organization is committed to developing and deeply embedding optimization technology throughout Altair’s software portfolio to spur innovation and to drive the design process.
Holding senior management positions at Altair over the past 18 years and globally recognized for his research contributions in structural and multi-disciplinary optimization, Dr. Schramm brings a unique blend of deep technical and business management expertise to his role as CTO.
Dr. Schramm joined Altair in 1996 as an Engineering Manager following a career in academia at the University of Virginia and University of Rostock. In 1999, Dr. Schramm was promoted to Director and relocated from Germany to California to oversee the development of Altair’s optimization technologies and to build a western region consulting practice. Having success in both endeavors, he was promoted to Vice President of Product Technology for Altair HyperWorks in 2004 and then to CTO of HyperWorks in 2008. Moving back to Germany in 2011, Dr. Schramm assumed responsibility for Altair’s German operations as Managing Director.
Dr. Schramm received his Dipl.-Ing. (Masters degree) and Dr.sc.techn. (Doctorate degree) in Solid Mechanics in 1984 and 1988 as well as his Dr.-Ing. habil. (Doctorate degree) in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 from the University of Rostock.
James Dagg is the Chief Technical Officer for Altair's modeling, visualization and math-based solutions and strategy. With a primary responsibility to create an exceptional user experience across Altair's entire software portfolio, Mr. Dagg's organization is focused on making Altair's simulation, math and optimization technologies available to a broader audience to accelerate sound business and product design decisions.
For more than 25 years, Mr. Dagg has been a visionary behind Altair's software strategy and development activities. Prior to his role as CTO, Mr. Dagg was the Senior Vice President for Altair's newest subsidiary, solidThinking®. In this role, he was responsible for leading the development of its concept design technologies, Inspire and Evolve.
Mr. Dagg joined Altair in 1987 where he worked as a structural analyst and as a multi-body dynamics analyst in the field of vehicle dynamics. He then transitioned to a software development role in 1990 where he was responsible for both custom and commercial software projects. Beginning in 1995 and for more than a decade, Mr. Dagg oversaw the development of Altair's computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite, Altair® HyperWorks®.
Dagg received his BSME in 1988 from the University of Michigan and his MS in Applied Mechanics from U of M in 1993.
James R. Scapa brings more than 35 years of engineering experience to his dual role of Chairman and CEO of Altair Engineering, Inc., a title he has held since the company's inception.
In 1985, Mr. Scapa and two partners founded a small consulting activity in the new field of computer-aided-engineering. Today, the company employs over 2,000 employees with more than 40 offices throughout 20 countries.
Through Mr. Scapa's leadership, the company is now a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making.
With over 5,000 clients, Altair serves the automotive, aerospace, government and defense, heavy equipment industry sectors as well as the consumer products, ship building, energy, electronics, life sciences, and architecture engineering and construction markets.
Prior to establishing Altair, Scapa served as an engineering consultant to the automotive industry, beginning his career with Ford Motor Company in 1978.
Scapa holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Vance leads Harley-Davidson’s Advanced Engineering organization of 300+ engineers, designers and technicians that:
· Develop breakthrough system and vehicle architectures
· Drive game-changing innovation
· Advance understanding and optimization of the rider experience
· Develop next generation Test and Core Engineering tools and techniques
· Execute world class specialized technical work on new motorcycle and technology projects
Vance has been with Harley-Davidson since 1997, beginning at Buell Motorcycles where he led the development and launch of the XB motorcycle platform and early design work on the 1125 platform. He spent time in Strategic Planning creating strategies for H-D’s sales and marketing organization then held multiple leadership roles in Product Development including leading the team that developed Harley-Davidson’s first-ever electric motorcycle prototypes in 2011. Prior to joining Harley-Davidson, he served as an engineer at Parker Hannifin and engineering leader at Team Losi Racing.
Vance earned a Bachelor’s of Science in mechanical engineering from Loyola Marymount University and a Masters of Business Administration from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He’s ridden motorcycles since he was 9 years old.
Iain Percy OBE, a double Olympic and multiple world champion, is one of the most talented and successful sailors in the world. Iain has a remarkable Olympic pedigree, winning gold in the Finn class at the Sydney Olympics; before teaming up with lifelong friend Andrew 'Bart' Simpson to win gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Iain had his first taste of America's Cup action in 2005 as helmsman for +39 Challenge, and was part of Great Britain's America's Cup challenge, Team Origin. He joined Artemis Racing at the end of 2012 as tactician, following the London Olympics. After showing inspirational leadership qualities during the difficult final few months of the 34th America's Cup campaign, he was appointed Team Manager in October 2013. Iain is now responsible for leading Artemis Racing's challenge for the 35th America's Cup.
Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird joined Qualcomm Technologies Inc. as a VP of Strategic Development in 2012 and is responsible for developing and implementing a transportation vision around wireless and compute solutions for future automated, connected and electrified vehicles.
Prior to this, Dr. Borroni-Bird was GM’s Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts and Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) Program. The EN-V concepts are small battery powered urban mobility vehicles that can communicate with each other and drive autonomously, and were demonstrated extensively at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Chris was selected as one of Automotive News’ Electrifying 100 in 2011. He also led GM’s Autonomy, Hy-wire and Sequel “skateboard” vehicle concepts and has 50 patents.
Before joining GM in 2000, he led Chrysler’s gasoline fuel cell vehicle development and was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame as a Young Leader in 2000.
Dr. Borroni-Bird is co-author of “Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century”, with Larry Burns and the late Bill Mitchell, that was published by MIT Press in 2010.
Chris obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Natural Sciences from King's College, Cambridge, completed his Ph.D in Surface Science from Cambridge University and performed Post-doctoral research in solid state physics from the University of Tokyo.
Srikanth (Sam) Mahalingam is the Chief Technical Officer for Altair's cloud computing and high-performance computing strategy, with the primary responsibility of applying the newer cloud and mobile technologies to the digital simulation, high performance computing world and identifying and mentoring talented individuals within the organization.
With more than 20 years of experience in software development, software architecture, technical management and project management, Mahalingam's role focuses on shaping the current products and identifying newer products and solutions to ease the cloud adoption and mobile strategies for Altair customers both in the Simulation Lifecycle Management and High Performance Computing Lifecycle Management arenas.
Mahalingam joined Altair in 1994 and worked on various products and projects both in the custom services and product teams. He then joined a technology start-up as a joint promoter for launching disruptive virtual try-on product into the market that was later acquired by a large software services firm in India. He rejoined Altair in 2005 to spear head newer product initiatives that includes the cloud platform and eventually became the thought leader within Altair for the Enterprise Software Strategy.
Mahalingam holds a bachelor of engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering and executive masters of business administration from the Indian School of Business.
Mark A. Meili is Director of Modeling and Simulation for The Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has held a variety of technical and management positions in both R&D and Product Supply Engineering and his current role spans technical work processes from research to commercialization to supply chain operation.
Mark has been both a practitioner and champion of first principles understanding to reduce risk and enable robust technical decision making throughout his 31-year professional career. Mark received Bachelor of Science degrees from Kansas State University, one in Mechanical Engineering and one in Grain Science.
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nCode products are offered through HBM Prenscia, developer of innovative concepts and software solutions for improving reliability, availability, maintainability, safety, durability and performance. For over 30 years, the nCode brand has provided cutting-edge solutions spanning both test and CAE applications with specific capabilities for fatigue and durability.
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GeonX S.A started up its activities in 2012 with headquarters in Belgium and offices in France, USA and representatives in Korea, China and Japan.
GeonX S.A develops robust and powerful software packages to support manufacturing engineers in their daily design duties. From the design office to the factory, VIRFAC®
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Making virtual manufacturing a reality is the mission of GeonX S.A. Modelling manufacturing processes such as Additive Manufacturing, Machining, Heat Treatment and Welding allows designers to reduce tedious manual tuning and waste of material. It leads, as well, to the optimization of the resulting manufactured part in terms of mechanical properties, residual stresses and final deformations.