What’s new in automation?

Today, mass consumption leads to new trends in terms of production. In order to meet production requirements (such as quality, safety, throughput and costs) processes must be automated. Process …

Deep dive in the magnificent world of VEM and VTM

Last week, I joined a 2 day master class on vehicle energy management (VEM) and vehicle thermal management (VTM) master class in Chassieu, Lyon, in France. Together with 50 customers and industry exp…

Accurately evaluate your vehicle architecture

All means of transport are getting electrified: bikes, public transport, and even skateboards. Trends and innovations are shaking the automotive world up and bring this word “electric” on all car mak…

Connect Students with Real-Life Experience: The PurdueTracer

The National Fluid Power Challenge is a series of math and science competitions designed to connect today’s students to tomorrow’s fluid power careers. Students’ team are challenged on of the three f…

Safety first, optimize your vehicle thermal management architecture

Remember the road to family vacations when you were younger. Let’s be honest that this was not always a good memory (not only because of brothers and sisters’ quarrels). Especially in summer… The lon…

The Driving Simulator That Puts You in the Loop

As autonomous vehicles gain momentum in the transportation sector, you may have heard some skeptics vocalize their opinions against self-driving cars. You can rest assured that safety is a top priori…

Simcenter system simulation solutions 16 are now available

Dear system simulation fellows,
 
Today, Siemens PLM Software announced version 16 of the system simulation solutions that are part of the Simcenter portfolio:

Simcenter A…

Your challenge? Bring machines to market that respond in a balanced way to multiple attributes

You are an industrial machinery builder and are asked to bring to market machines which are answering to multiple attributes in balanced way?
You are expected to design a machine which will be at t…

The ITA prepares future aeronautics engineers

A recent report from the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) indicates that Brazil’s national innovation system is still maturing, and the link between research and industry needs to continue to imp…