Day 1: Tuesday, September 16 7:30 am Registration 8:30 am Day 1 Welcome/Introduction 8:45 am Altair Vision Presentation: Jim Scapa, CEO - Altair Engineering 9:30 am Morning Keynote: Computers & Information Driving Digital Product Creation at Ford Nand Kochhar, Ford Motor Company 10:15 am Morning Break - Exhibitor Hall 10:45 am Simulation and PLM in Integration Research and Education Dr. Steve Hung, ICAR 11:15 am Panel Discussion: The Relevance of Simulation in Today’s Enterprise Moderator: Desktop Engineering Panelists: Aberdeen Group, CIMdata, CPDA, CYON Research and Altair Engineering 12:15 pm Lunch - Exhibits Open 1:15 pm Afternoon Keynote: Making Stuff More Sustainably From the Start! Terry Swack, Sustainable Minds 2:00 pm Structural Optimization for High-rise Buildings Dr. A. Beghini, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 2:30 pm Finite Element Approach to Mechanical Earth Modeling Dr. Peter Connolly, Chevron Corporation 3:00 pm Afternoon Break - Exhibitor Hall 3:30 pm Integrating Analysis Using HyperWorks into Force Protection’s Design Process Harley Wattrick, Force Protection Industries 4:00 pm Associative Optimization in the Structural Design and Analysis Process John Vandeventer and Brian Gattman, The Boeing Company 4:30 pm The Engineering Executive's Strategic Agenda Chad Jackson, Aberdeen Group 5:15 pm Closing Remarks - Jon Bonapace, Sun Mircosystems 5:30 pm Evening Reception Sun Microsystems presents The Sun Messengers, a horn-driven R&B show-band with hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Day 2: Wednesday, September 17 7:30 am Registration 8:30 am Day 2 Welcome/Introduction 8:45 am Morning Keynote: Simulation as a PD Tool - Land, Sea & Air Giovanni Greco, Sea Ray 9:30 am HW Partner Solutions for the Enterprise Mike Humphrey, Altair Engineering 9:45 am HyperWorks Enabled Partner Program Breakout Sessions Session 1 Antenna Design and Placement Optimization for Automobile and Aerospace Industries - C.J. Reddy, EMSS Duct Design Optimization of an HVAC System Using Fast CFD solver SC/Tetra - Mitsushi Okada, Software Cradle CAE Fatigue/Durability Analysis for HyperWorks Users - Jeffrey Mentley, nCode Session 2 Optimization in Consideration of Fatigue Results Shown by the Example of an Aircraft Landing Gear System by Using HyperStudy, OptiStruct and FEMFAT - Robert Wahlmueller, ECS - Magna Powertrain Product Lifecycle Intelligence - Insight into Key Product Performance Metrics - Yeshwant Mummaneni, HiQube CFD Analysis of the American Challenger Rocket Car using CFD++ - Dr. Paul Batten, MetaComp Technologies 10:30 am Breakout Sessions/Industry Presentations: Session 3 Optimization Applying Optimization Tools in Design of Chassis Systems and Components - Andrew Chen & Shawn Zhang, ZF Lemförder Boeing Rotorcraft Optimization - Ethan Hunter, The Boeing Company Optimization of Injection Molded Housing - Bharath Shripathy, GE Transportation Brake Component Robust Design and Optimization for Reducing Brake Squeal Propensity - Lixin Zhang, Robert Bosch Computing IT Grid Effect in Animation - Shajy Thomas, Crest Animation Rapid Cluster Deployment of HyperWorks Applications using Scyld ClusterWare and PBS Professional - Joshua Bernstein, Penguin Computing Intel Cluster Ready? Making HPC Simpler - Paul Besl, Intel Green Provisioning™ with PBS GridWorks: A Success Story - Bill Nitzberg, PBS GridWorks Process Automation/Data Management Seagate's Use of HyperWorks to increase Hard Disk Drive Suspension Design Process Throughput - Razman Zambri, Seagate Global Perspective on Simulation Trends to Bring Innovative Products Faster to Market - Arun Chickmenahalli, International Automotive Components HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering NVH/Linear Use of HyperWorks for Unique Analyses at Force Protection - Lorraine Pizzirani, Force Protection Industries Replacing the Nastran Software with RADIOSS at General Motors - Dennis D. Schwerzler, General Motors HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering 12:15 pm Lunch - Exhibits Open 1:15 pm Breakout Sessions/Industry Presentations: Session 4 Modeling/Visualization Automating the FEA Process by way of HyperWorks BatchMesher and Specialized Scripts - Mike Start, Paulstra CRC Rapid Mesh Generation for Finite Element Casting Simulation - Gerald Backer, Flow Logic Crash/Safety Numerical Simulation and Experimental Correlation of Fuel Tank Sled Crash Test - Fabiano Passos, Aethra Automotive Systems Fully Coupled FSI Modeling of an Hydraulic Mount with RADIOSS - Russ Moerland, Trelleborg Automotive Manufacturing Springback Calculator, The One Step Solution to Accurate Tool Design - Nishad Prabhu, Cessna Aircraft Company Moldflow Plastics Insight, HyperMesh and Moldflow - Mike Rogers, Moldflow Mechanical Systems Customization of MotionView for Automotive Strength and Durability Analysis - Hernán Mercado-Corujo, Honda R&D Americas, Inc HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering 2:15 pm Break 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions/Industry Presentations: Session 4 Continued Modeling/Visualization Verity Weld Fatigue Method in FE-Safe with HyperWorks - Radwan Hazime, PHD, Safe Technology HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering Crash/Safety New Dummy Models for RADIOSS - Jim Rasico, FTSS Trends and Advancements in Crash & Impact Simulation Technology Using Radioss - Jean-Michel Terrier, Altair Engineering Manufacturing Advanced Metal and Polymer Extrusion Simulation with HyperWorks - Pradeep Srinivasan, Altair Engineering HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering Mechanical Systems Advanced Multibody Dynamics Solutions with HyperWorks - Jon Quigley, Altair Engineering HyperWorks Innovates Track Presentation - Altair Engineering 4:00 pm HyperWorks Vision & Closing Remarks Uwe Schramm, Altair Engineering