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NORTH AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON DESIGN INTEGRATION
01 January 2007 - NAFEMS
| NAFEMS, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, has announced the “Symposium on the Integration of Analysis in Product Design”.
NAFEMS is an independent not-for-profit body with the sole aim of promoting the effective use of engineering simulation methods such as finite element analysis, multibody system dynamics and computational fluid dynamics. |
Integrating analysis with the product design process is one of the most talked about topics in the analysis community today. Software vendors, industrial users, and engineering managers all realize the vital importance of timely integration of analysis in the design process, but the visions, opinions and priorities placed on this can vary from one company to the next. The reality is that many questions remain unanswered -
What importance do industry leaders place on design integration?
How quickly will we see the transition to a fully-integrated process?
How will the industry handle the obvious challenges now and in the future?
How many other companies are struggling with the options? How are they handling this?
Does the industry know what its users actually want?
In its role as The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, NAFEMS aims to bring the industry together in order to answer these questions. Sponsored by Solidworks, UGS, LMS and ABAQUS, the Symposium on the Integration of Analysis in Product Design is the first event of its kind, and will provide attendees with a truly unique insight into how the industry is prepared to handle the challenges ahead. In a roundtable format, industry leaders will share their vision for the future of analysis as an integrated component in product design. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from the developers how they plan to handle the integration challenges that they will be facing in the coming years. The floor will be open for participants to question, challenge or expand on the plans described by the panelists. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how others facing similar challenges have resolved their integration issues. If your company has determined that product simulation and analysis is going to be a growing part of your product design process, this symposium will be the best place to learn how the industry is growing and how to best prepare for it while making sure your needs are heard. The Panel will include industry experts from NAFEMS, Solidworks, UGS, LMS, ABAQUS, and others to be confirmed. The symposium promises to provide an active and lively debate about the future of design integration.
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About: NAFEMS
NAFEMS is a not for profit organisation aimed at promoting best practices and also fostering education and awareness in the engineering analysis community. In line with its objectives to promote the effective use of simulation technologies, NAFEMS is continually seeking to create awareness of new analysis methodologies, deliver education & training, and stimulate the adoption of best practices and standards by offering a platform for continuous professional development.By the late 1970s and early 1980s, as computing power became more widely available, increasingly industry was starting to solve practical engineering problems using finite element analysis techniques. There was however considerable concern that the accuracy of the methods, and software implementations, required to be verified in order to allow the results to be effectively used. Following extensive lobbying, by industry and academia, the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) set up, and funded, a project within the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), based in East Kilbride, Scotland, to investigate the issues. As a result the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, quickly shortened to the acronym NAFEMS, was founded as a special interest group in 1983 with a specific objective namely: "To promote the safe and reliable use of finite element and related technology" In order to keep engineers abreast of the latest developments in the Analysis World the quarterly magazine BENCHmark was launched by NAFEMS in July 1987. After seven years of seed funding by the UK government, and with the support of its industrial members, the decision was taken to launch NAFEMS Ltd as an independent not-for-profit company, owned by its member's in 1990. The company celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2000, and has developed both the scope of its technology focus and its membership well beyond the original vision. Today NAFEMS and its members are involved in many different types of engineering simulation covering both products and processes. Membership continues to grow, now exceeding 700 corporate members in over 30 different countries. Steering groups have been set up in the UK, France, Germany, and the USA to co-ordinate local activities and interaction with members. |
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