Mr. Frank Popielas

Power Technologies Group, Dana Holding Corp.

Currently

Manager of Advanced Engineering at the Power Technologies Group, Dana Holding Corp.

Responsible for:

• Global CAE activities of the Division,
• Special development of new advanced materials and generations of their products.
• Lead of the Dana CAE Council
• Responsible for:
• Dana CAE strategy
• Global coordination of CAE activities, technology and infrastructure

Background

• Master of Science in Engineering at the Technological University in Moscow, Russia in 1994 with major on theoretical physics for metals and the thesis on High Temperature Super Conductors.
• Started the carrier with Dana in 1994. Worked first in Germany before moving to the USA.
• Detailed knowledge in:
• powertrain for automotive and heavy duty applications, and testing, validation, design and simulation of it’s components.
• Simulation technology and software
• High Performance Computing and it’s architecture 
• Made several publications / presentations over the last few years in England, Germany, Japan, Russia and the USA in CAE, HPC, material development and product technology for sealing and shielding application.
• Hold around 30 patents.