Abstract

CAE Trends to Address Challenges in Powertrain Engineering  

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) is ideally suited to engineer powertrains that deliver the best Fuel Economy (FE) & Emissions and meet government mandates.  Over the last decade disciplined execution of CAE at GM Powertrain has already had a positive impact in the product development process e.g., engineering optimized & capable hardware.  Developments in compute infrastructure and software capability have also been key contributors to this success.  Now FE & Emissions challenges are putting a new demands on these processes, tools and infrastructure.  For example, some of the required enablers are the ability to sort & engineer new concepts quickly, design systems that are not over-designed and designing systems that are predicted to be robust.  The talk will highlight trends in CAE e.g., automation, optimization, co-simulation, & large system simulations with the potential to address these challenges.

About the Speaker

Dr. Uday Korde, General Motors

Manager, Powertrain CAE Methods Group

Uday Korde is the manager of the Powertrain CAE Methods group at General Motors, Pontiac.  He Chairs the Global Powertrain CAE Focus Group and is on GM’s CAE Invention Review Board.  His team develops new CAE tools & methods for Engines, Transmissions, and Powertrain Electrification groups.  Uday has been a part of this activity for last 16 years and prior to that he worked in Knowledge Engineering for Transmission Product Design & Manufacturing Analysis.  Uday has authored a dozen papers & GM Tool/Method awards, U.S. Patents, a teamGM Transformers and a GM Boss Kettering Award.  Uday has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and a B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.