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Student Resources

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  1. code_aster, towards massive parallelism

    This presentation was made at the NAFEMS 2018 French Regional Conference held in Paris. Numerical simulation: performance engineering - state of the art practices and industrial impact....more

  2. Generation of Modal Map Using Reduced Order Full System NVH Model

    The introduction of newer technologies, like powertrain electrification, active suspension, and driver assist modules (ADAS components), has made vehicle architecture more complex than ever. The ever-increasing need to bring these new technologies faster to market has led to a reduction in the automotive product development cycle. The manufacturers introduce new technologies in stages to facilitate market transition. This leads to hybridization in products and a need for variant management in vehicle platforms, for example carlines can have powertrain variants such as Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) or Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). These result in complex...more

  3. It's Not All AI, Not Even Close – The Business of Simulation

    It’s fair to say that artificial intelligence andmachine learning—and the process modeling, IPgovernance, and data-center challenges theybring—will continue to occupy significant bandwidthin the coming year, both in the media and in ourtechnical discussions. What we mustn’t do,however, is lose sight of everything else happeningin simulation and design. Here are a few of thetopics I’m most often asked about, and what I seehappening as we enter 2026. This article appeared in the January 2026 Issue of BENCHMARK....more

  4. Simulation's Deep State - How Simulation is Under Utilized and Over Sold – After 50 Years of Development

    NAFEMS Americas hosted its biennial regional conference, formerly known as CAASE, on June 21-23, 2022, face-to-face, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana! The NAFEMS Americas Regional Conference 2022 (NRC22 Americas) brought together the leading visionaries, developers, and practitioners of CAE-related technologies in an open forum, unlike any other, sharing experiences, discussing relevant trends, discovering common themes, and exploring future issues, including: What is the future for engineering analysis and simulation? Where will it lead us in the next decade? How can designers and engineers realize its full potential? What are the business, technological,...more

  5. ASSESS Theme Positioning Paper: Digital Twins

    This ASSESS Theme Positioning Paper: Digital Twins, is from 2020. NAFEMS & ASSESS members can view / download when logged in. The ASSESS Initiative is a broad reaching multi-industry initiative with a primary goal to facilitate a revolution of enablement that will vastly increase the availability and utility of Engineering Simulation, leading to significantly increased business benefits across the full spectrum of industries, applications and users. Since June 2022, ASSESS has been part of NAFEMS....more

  6. Integrating Optimization and Machine Learning: Perspective from Structural Engineer

    These slides were presented at the " AI Assisted Optimization " Virtual Seminar, held on 10-11th of December 2025....more

  7. ICME - What is it?

    As part of our focus on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), David Quinn spoke with Louise Wright, Head of Science for Data Science and the Head of Digital Metrology at The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), and chair of the NAFEMS Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM) Working Group, to get the low-down on how we can really unlock the potential of ICME. This article appeared in the April 2023 Issue of BENCHMARK ....more

  8. 8.2 Common basic issues

    Practical guidelines & common issues Common basic issues This sub-unit provides a useful summary list of what might be regarded as bad practice, common mistakes, pitfalls and rookie errors. This will hopefully provide a useful list of what to avoid, for the novice user and perhaps bring a smile to the face of the more experienced analyst, who may have come across some of these in their travels. Down-right illegal practices are not included here, although one or two listed may be heading in that direction. Some of the so-called basic issues may perhaps be pardonable when working in a team environment off course i.e. in cases when someone who does know what they are doing is directing you and...more

  9. Credibility is Everything

    Credibility is Everything (Or How to Get the Most from Verification and Validation…) 5-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - March 31st 2022 “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas Edison Sure, and well done for persisting Edison, but how much did that cost in time and materials? Yikes! Luckily, we have come a long way since, and nowadays we can simulate and perform those 10,000 iterations within much, much shorter time frames and without the cost of physical testing. Great for the company’s finances and the environment, not to mention the engineers – after all, who really wants to repeat the same physical test 10,000 times? But – there’s always a but! – how...more

  10. Simulation Governance: Managing Simulation as a Strategic Capability

    As companies drive towards virtual product development and complete digital descriptions of their products and manufacturing systems, simulation becomes increasingly important. A company’s actual capability to do simulation well, so it is repeatable, reliable, and robust, can become an important factor in quality, cost and time to market, and overall competitiveness. However, research shows that many companies are failing to achieve an effective (optimum) return on their investment in and commitment to simulation. In this opinion piece, Dr. Keith Meintjes of CIMdata—an internationally recognized authority on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), proposes that simulation can be demonstrably superior...more

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