The first day of CAASE18 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Ohio was off to a strong start with more than 550 leading simulation engineers and vendors in attendance. This largest conference in North America for computer-aided engineering leaders and analysts. NAFEMS and Digital Engineering has delivered. 

Key Note Speakers

Aversa, Chief Engineer Global Power-train, Ford Motor Company

Aversa of Ford Motor Company presented several key challenges that the company is facing and how using SOLIDWORKS Simulation could help companies innovate just like how they are doing. Ford described these challenges as a renaissance of sustainability and mobility within the automotive industry. Their focus is leveraging finite element analysis and computational fluid methods to meet the requirements for electrified power-train and low to zero CO2 emissions that are driving the market. Incorporating renewable & recyclable materials into their manufacturing process has enabled the company to minimize waste and reduce time when designing power-plants and transmissions. Addressing these challenges early in the development process has been invaluable to their business as the automotive market has incoming competitions not traditionally seen in the previous decades.

Robles, Integrated Engineering Block-chain Consortium

In recent years, public consciousness block-chain technology has disrupted the financial market as a new emerging monetary standard is on the rise: Bitcoin. The Block-chain Consortium aims to leverage this technology to solve current problems such as the insurance liability cycle within engineering.  

NAFEMS Training Courses

Tony Abby, a renowned expert within the NAFEMS organization, delivered over six hours of lecture-based instruction on frequency analysis, fatigue and composites. This was the largest filled classroom with over 75 attendees packed in for a comprehensive overview of the common misconceptions relating to these topics. Tony’s core-concepts approach lays the groundwork for taking on more complex problems such as identifying metal fatigue, utilizing Haigh diagrams, or why modal shapes in frequency analyses are important.

Day Two promises to bring even more expert led content as NAFEMS training dives into the world of computation fluid dynamics, and modeling assemblies for finite element analysis. Stay tuned for our Day two recap! 

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