BENCHmark July 2006
Support is the Key to Success
 Organisations are continually striving to become leaner operations.
For individual employees, including senior personnel, this often
results in an increasing need to justify how they spend their time.
Not-for-profit bodies like NAFEMS rely on leading experts to
voluntarily contribute their time to serve on the numerous
committees that provide the very lifeblood of the organisation.
These experts, as well as making invaluable input, do find
that they can benefit from being on such committees. For
example, they comment on how useful it is to meet with other
experts in the field and exchanging information. However, these
benefits are largely intangible. When asked to do so, it can be
difficult to describe and quantify them.
It should come as no surprise therefore to learn that many
organisations that rely on the assistance of volunteers,
particularly those in the engineering sector, are struggling to
continue. Against this backdrop, it is particularly gratifying to
see growing interest in NAFEMS. Not only is the membership
continuing to grow, but we are seeing strong support from experts
throughout industry and academia who are willing to get involved
with our committees. Many of the existing working groups of NAFEMS
have recently recruited new members who have much expertise to
offer. And when two new working groups were recently launched (the
MultiPhysics Working Group and the Dynamics and Testing Working
Group), there was tremendous support offered individuals who are
well-qualified to contribute. These offers came from across the
engineering analysis community: industrialists, researchers and
software developers alike.
 NAFEMS is grateful for all such assistance that it receives, and we
look forward to developing an interesting new range of informative
material that should be useful and valuable for all our members.
Tim Morris, Chief Executive
July 2006
Articles are available to NAFEMS Members to download below.
Knowledge Base 012 - Pressure Vessel Stresses
Practical use of CAE-Tools for High-Tech-Polymers
Virtual Test Lab
Structural Design and Optimisation of the Beijing National
Aquatics Center
Simulation of Vehicle Soiling at Audi
Putting the Swerve into Soccer
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