Run! – for your life

Internal Combustion Engines are doomed to die? Well, imagine yourself when suddenly you are being told that you had only one hour to live! What would you do? Good news – at least – you are …

Virtual Material Characterization: enabling efficient materials engineering for composites

Currently, lightweight materials are increasing their penetration into several transportation industries. For example, in aircraft design, the strict norms on fuel efficiency and emission can only be…

Announcing the Semi-THERM 2019 Educational Foundation Thermal Hall of Fame Award Recipient

We are lucky to work with some very talented individuals at Siemens PLM Software but it’s not every day that you learn that you’ve been working with an industry legend.
 
 
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The Expanding Simulation Needs of Engineers

In modern product development, most everyone knows how important simulation is to successful design. Run analyses early to drive better design decisions. Run analyses late to verify performance. Do t…

5 reasons to visit Siemens PLM and IDS at EUCAP 2019

Siemens PLM and strategic partner Ingegneria Dei Sistemi (IDS ) are teaming up to participate at the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2019 (EUCAP), taking place March 31 st to April …

Quick guide: Predicting pass-by noise earlier in the vehicle development cycle

 
Noise pollution is an emerging issue and is becoming a hot topic around the world. More and more countries strive to improve the living environment and decreasing sound levels is one of the …

Colorful Fluid Dynamics? Say it again, I dare you…

“Colorful Fluid Dynamics”, an old pun on the Computational Fluid Dynamics acronym, CFD, can be divisive. Doug McLean, Boeing Technical Fellow (retired), offered the following perspective from his exc…

Electric vehicles are not quiet! Join the 3 day hands-on masterclass

Greta Thunberg is everywhere these days. For those of you who happen to not know her (is that possible?): Greta is a Swedish 16-year old activist that wants to stop global warming and climate change….

The 2019 Reality Check: Autonomous Driving

We are just back from Lerum, Sweden and, no, we didn’t see any moose. (You’ll hear more about the Swedish trip later.) But seriously, you are probably wondering why the moose? Well actually, a moose …