Simulation World 2024

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Ajei Gopal's idea to drive "pervasive simulation," or the use of engineering simulation throughout the product life cycle, has transformed the industry. Prior to Ansys, he served in various leadership roles where he demonstrated his ability to simultaneously drive organizational growth and improve operational efficiency.

Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors. NVIDIA is now driving the platform shift of accelerated computing and generative AI, transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society.

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As an innovative business leader and simulation expert at Ansys, Walt Hearn leads high-performing teams to develop and execute sales strategy, technical excellence, and mentorship across the organization. He prides himself on ensuring customer success and helping organizations achieve top engineering initiatives to change the future of digital transformation.

Marc holds a master in industrial engineering from TU Kaiserslautern, Germany. He worked as a CFD Expert in many CFD projects in the aerospace, automotive, medical technology, process engineering and wind power sector. In addition to CFD, he is also involved in testing, 1D simulation and systems engineering at Globe Fuel Cell Systems. He is working with ANSYS tools ever since.

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Scott is currently VP & Field CTO at Ansys, connecting globally with customers to understand their digital engineering development needs and aligning methodologies Ansys has to support their transitions. Scott had a number of preceding CTO/COO roles with GE, bp and Baker Hughes.

Xiao is currently a Sr. principal engineer at Ansys. Xiao has spent 23 years of his career at ANSYS, Inc. For the last ten years, he has been focusing on EV/HEV battery simulations including battery electrical modeling, battery thermal management simulation, and battery electrochemistry modeling. Xiao has a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.

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Dr. Philipp Reinisch is BMW’s General Manager for Data Driven Development for Autonomous Driving. In his role, he is responsible for all platform and application developments with a focus on virtual test and validation. Being 15 years with BMW Group, Philipp worked in various strategy and development roles with a focus on ADAS, autonomous driving, data analytics and electrics/electronics. He holds a diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in Munich and a doctoral degree for his research on ADAS systems from the Chair of Mechatronics at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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MBSA Expert | Functional Safety Engineer I'm a Certified Functional Safety Engineer with a Master's in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I specialize in Model-Based Safety Analysis (MBSA), particularly deductive analysis scenarios. At ARM, I led the development of top-down analysis methodologies and conducted this analysis for their first safety-certified solution.

Ross Kenyon, P.E., is a Director at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he focuses on advancing computer modeling and simulation for the use of computational methods. Ross holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

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Dr. Hoganson is pediatric cardiac surgeon at Boston Children’s Hospital, and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has co-lead development of patient specific 3D modeling and computational flow modeling of complex cardiac disease for improved pre-operative planning and intraoperative guidance.

Mr. John M. Grigaliunas, a senior-level executive, is the Technical Advisor for Flight Test and Evaluation, Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. He is the senior technical advisor to the AFTC Commander regarding health and suitability of airframe, avionics/cyber, installed propulsion, and electronic warfare flight and supporting ground test capability across AFTC’s test ranges and facilities valued at more than $31 billion, including 116 aircraft and 164 ground test facilities.

John Lee is General Manager and Vice President of the Electronics, Semiconductors and Optics Business Unit at Ansys. At Ansys, John leads a worldwide R&D team that develops market leading products such as HFSS™, RedHawk-SC™, Icepak™ and Lumerical™, which collectively are market leaders for signal integrity, power integrity and thermal integrity for chip-package-system and 3D-IC.

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George is a highly motivated and results orientated engineer with 16 years of work experience. Having Computational Mechanics as his main field of expertise, he has a proven track record of providing exemplary levels of service to a broad range of sectors, including professional civil/structural engineering, consulting services for the Energy sector and academia.

Mr. Thomas currently works for Parsons as a Parsons Fellow, VP and Chief Scientist for Digital Engineering. He has over 30 years leading program assessments and complex technical investigations in increasing positions of leadership supporting critical national security projects in air, missile, and space defense. Recognized expert in the following technical areas: Model Based System Engineering, Software Development/Integration, 2D/3D Modeling and Simulation, Advanced Visualization, Environmental Phenomenology, Electro-optical and Infrared Signature Analysis, Kinematics, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Embedded Hardware/Software Development, and Multivariate Optimization. Mr. Thomas’ educational background includes: GRADUATE STUDIES IN APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS - George Mason University (GMU). Fairfax, Virginia. August 1997 – May 1998. GRADUATE STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS - University of Kansas (KU). Lawrence, Kansas. August 1991 - May 1992. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICS - Double minor in Mathematics and Astronomy. Missouri State University (MSU). Springfield, Missouri. May 1991. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - Missouri Transfer Applicants Pre-Engineering (Electrical) Program. Missouri Southern State College (MSSC). Joplin, Missouri, May 1988. ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL - ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY - Oklahoma State University. Okmulgee, Oklahoma. September 1986.

Akira Fujii is a Lead Application Engineer at Ansys Japan responsible to provide the battery solutions especially for the manufacturing processes as well as the physics-based digital twins with ROM (Reduced Order Model) technologies.

Gerald Kreindl is a seasoned industry expert, leading research and development efforts, spanning basic research and technology development through late-stage development in the semiconductor and life-science sector. Gerald earned a degree in Chemical Industrial Engineering from the Technical College in Wels, Austria in 2001 and a Master of Business Administration for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Management from the Danube Business School in 2019. He holds more than 20 (pending and issued) patents and has written several publications in journals.

James is a Principal Product Manager at Ansys and the former CEO of Motor Design Ltd. He has worked throughout his career on the development of design and simulation tools for electric machines and holds a Doctorate in the design of electric machine from the University of Bristol.

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Nate is currently the Sr. Manager of Product Management for Ansys Government Initiatives (AGI), leading the Digital Mission Engineering (DME) product line, where he leverages more than 18 yrs of experience bringing AGI’s aerospace systems simulation solutions to the global aerospace and defense communities. Nate focuses on delivering digital engineering tools built to answer today’s most demanding multidomain, multidiscipline systems engineering problems, and support organizations as they digitally transform their engineering processes to solve the problems of tomorrow. Nate is graduate of the University of Tennessee where he holds both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering.

With over 10 years of experience in the semi-conductor industry, Alexander has had significant exposure to design verification and power convergence, both at IP level and at SoC. He has worked on analyzing and driving power optimization across numerous projects and has developed novel methodologies for getting more accurate results.

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Shawn Carpenter received his BEE degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology in 1988, and an MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1991 concurrently with the General Electric Thomas Edison Advanced Course in Engineering program. He has served as a Senior Microwave Engineer in Module Design and Array Technology for the GE Aerospace Electronics Laboratory (Syracuse, NY), VP Sales and Marketing for Sonnet Software, Inc., and Director, Sales & Marketing for Delcross Technologies. Shawn joined Ansys Inc. during the 2015 acquisition of Delcross Technologies and is currently a Program Director for 5G and Space applications. His current interests include phased array modeling techniques for MIMO and adaptive beamforming, installed antenna-host interactions, mm-wave radar sensor modeling and wireless physical channel modeling for electrically large environments. He is also an active amateur radio (ham) operator with callsign N2JET, embracing a hobby he adopted at age 11.

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Senior process engineer (M.Sc. and PhD) specialized in treatment process modelling and design. Has practical experience with municipal clients (water and wastewater treatment plants) and various types of industries, such as: ammunition, battery, beverage, chemical, cosmetic, metallurgical, and steel

Dr. Anchal Jatale heads the team of application engineers working in Energy, Chemical and Process industry. He is championing the efforts in developing cutting-edge simulation solutions for new clean energy including wind, hydrogen and carbon capture. He has 15 years' experience in CFD modeling and simulations. His expertise is in reduced order modeling, system modeling, reacting flow, combustion, multi-phase flow. Prior to joining Ansys, he received his doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah.

María Angeles Pérez is a Professor at the School of Engineering and Architecture at University of Zaragoza (Spain) and researcher at Engineering Research Institute of Aragon (I3A). She obtained her PhD in Computational mechanics (2004), afterwards she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and at the Ecole de technologie supérieure Montreal (Canada). She is a member of the European Society of Biomechanics since 2007. Her present research and collaborations mainly focuses on computational biomechanics and mechanobiology, design of prostheses and implants and experimental and computational tissue engineering. She is an author of more than 50 publications in peer- reviewed journals, and more than 150 contributions to International and National Conferences. She has been part of the Council of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) during 8 years (2012-2020), being President of the ESB (2018-2020). She is the principal investigator of the research group Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (University of Zaragoza) and of many research projects. She has been also the Director of the MSC in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza and actively took part of the PhD program in Biomedical Engineering.

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Shawn Carpenter received his BEE degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology in 1988, and an MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1991 concurrently with the General Electric Thomas Edison Advanced Course in Engineering program. He has served as a Senior Microwave Engineer in Module Design and Array Technology for the GE Aerospace Electronics Laboratory (Syracuse, NY), VP Sales and Marketing for Sonnet Software, Inc., and Director, Sales & Marketing for Delcross Technologies. Shawn joined Ansys Inc. during the 2015 acquisition of Delcross Technologies and is currently a Program Director for 5G and Space applications. His current interests include phased array modeling techniques for MIMO and adaptive beamforming, installed antenna-host interactions, mm-wave radar sensor modeling and wireless physical channel modeling for electrically large environments. He is also an active amateur radio (ham) operator with callsign N2JET, embracing a hobby he adopted at age 11.

Dr Mikael Schill PhD in Solid Mechanics from Linköping University in Sweden 25 Years experience with working with LS-DYNA. Since 2023: Team leader for the Production Process Team at Dynamore (an ANSYS Company)

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Responsible for Automotive CAE Strategy, Business Development & Technology Growth. Engaged with several Automotive OEMs in North America, Europe, Japan. Manages a Global CAE Organization with about 1300 CAE engineers. Also manages Powertrain and Electrified Powertrain Engineering Technology. 26+ Years of Engineering & CAE Experience. Expertise in High Performance Computing (HPC) architecture, Represented National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) as an HPC Application Expert.

Vice Admiral (VADM) Manuel Antonio Martinez Ruiz is a retired admiral, serving previously as Director of Engineering and Naval Shipbuilding in the Spanish Navy Logistics Command. He was graduated in the Naval Academy in 1983 as line officer, spending several in warships. In 1995 he joined the Spanish Navy Engineering Branch once completed the corresponding studies at the Royal Observatory of the Navy and at the ETSIT (Telecommunications Technical School at the Polytechnic University Madrid). In 2003 he became PhD in Telecommunications Engineering after completing the doctorate at the “Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M)”. As a Navy Engineer officer, he was appointed to the Navy Research & Development Center (CIDA), participating in some of the most relevant projects in the Spanish MOD (EW, TDLs, C2, etc…). He was representing Spain (DGAM) in international NATO R&D programs as well. In 2002, he passed the Joint General Staff Course “EMFAS” (2002- 2003) at the “CESEDEN” Center in Madrid, and afterwards he was assigned a position in the Logistics Division of the Navy Staff, Navy Programs Section. In 2005, he was appointed to SPAWAR (International Office of the MIDS Program, Logistics Division), in San Diego, CA (USA), as Spanish representative until 2009, with responsibilities in platform systems integration and in contract negotiation with US and European defense companies. In 2009, he was moved again to the frigate F-100/F-105 Program Office, being named Head of Program in 2011 and Director for the Operational Qualification Tests (CSSQT) for the Frigate F-105 "Cristobal Colon", in the USA. In 2014, he was appointed by the MOD Secretary of State, as the new Frigate F-110 Program Manager, in the Directorate General of Armament and Material (DGAM), Subdirectorate for Programs Management. On March 3, 2018, he was promoted to Rear Admiral and he was appointed as Deputy of Engineering in the Spanish Navy. On September 28, 2018, he was promoted to Vice Admiral and he was appointed as Director of Engineering and Naval Constructions on October 3. VADM Martinez Ruiz is a frequent lecturer in Universities invited by the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies and CESEDEN, such as the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the Complutense University of Madrid, UC3M, the University of La Rioja, the University of Valladolid, the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Camilo Jose Cela University, etc. He has been an associate professor at the Universidad Carlos III, and is a tenured professor of the Master in Logistics and Economic Management for the Defense at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Professor of the International Master of Military Naval Engineering at the Naval Engineering School (ETSIN-UPM). He was given an excellence award by the UCM. He has also given conferences and seminars on naval programs, BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) capabilities and logistic support integrated in multiple specialized forums, both in Europe and in South America and the US. He has passed several engineering courses in NATO and in the USA. He has also completed the Program Management, High Logistics Management Courses and National Defense Course for General Officers at CESEDEN. He has extensive international experience in Program Management, Defense Technology, System Engineering and Integrated Logistic Support topics.. He has represented the DGAM in industrial conferences in International Programs in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, US etc... VA Manuel Martinez Ruiz was retired august 05, 2023. He is still involved in Conferences and Seminars as keynote speaker and defense acquisition expert. He is Senior Advisor for Mckinsey in Aerospace and Defence.

Mr. Jeppe Funk Kirkegaard received a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aalborg University in 2006, a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from VIA University in 2017 and is a certified Senior Project Manager (PMI). He has been with Siemens Wind Power since 2011, first as project manager in the Blades Technology Module and in 2015 moving to engineering management positions starting with responsibility for project and technology management in the blade area before he took the position as head of the Blades Structural Design department in 2018. He has recently been responsible for scoping of new offshore turbines and is currently Head of Digitalization for R&D focusing on how to support design processes and the internal tool stack with technologies like digital twins, surrogate modelling and xR.

Tom Quan has been with TSMC for more than 15 years. He has held positions in several high tech companies throughout his career.

Aaron has over 25 years of global energy industry experience in research, technology & product development with major international energy companies. He has led teams responsible for commercializing a range of technologies more recently focusing on clean and renewable energy. These include DVD manufacturing optimization using AI (this dates him); the Edwardsport IGCC gasification critical equipment; advanced controls used on GE wind turbines; combustion systems for GE gas turbines; prototype acoustic, nuclear and NMR downhole tools for formation evaluation; digital platforms for fleet monitoring; large gas reciprocating engines; additive manufacturing; and most recently led the Mosaic Materials acquisition and continued development. At Baker Hughes, Aaron leads technology selection & commercialization to advance new frontiers for energy that will position the company to help meet global energy demand by offering lower carbon solutions across industries. Aaron has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sydney and a BMath(Hons1) from the University of Wollongong in Australia. His international journey began with a post-doctoral Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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David has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering with a research focus on spine biomechanics and simulation. He joined Numalogics team in 2019 where he has been working on the development of CM&S in the field of medical devices and sports equipment. His expertise extends to explicit simulation encompassing a wide range of applications such as nonlinear materials, material failure, and advanced meshfree methods.

Dr. Vittorio Cuoco is Senior Principal Engineer at Ampleon, where he is responsible for Multiphysics simulations. Before, he was Principal Modeling Engineer at NXP and at Philips Semiconductors. He earned a Ph.D. at the Delft Technical University. He is (co)author of more than 20 conference papers and 15 patents.

Professor Alejandro F Frangi FREng is the Bicentennial Turing Chair in Computational Medicine at the University of Manchester, Man-chester, UK, with joint appointments at the Computer Science and Health Sciences Schools. He is Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute on health technologies research and in-novation. He is also the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, with a focus on Precision Computational Medicine for in silico trials of medical devices. He is an Alan Turing Institute Fellow. He also leads the InSilicoUK Pro-Innovation Regulations Network. Professor Frangi's primary research interests lie at the crossroads of medical image analysis the Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute on health technologies research and inmodelling, emphasising machine learning (phenomenological models) and computational physiology (mechanistic models). He is particularly interested in statistical methods applied to population imaging and in silico clinical trials. His highly interdisciplinary work has been translated into cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and neurosciences.

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Len Orlando is a Senior Business Development Executive for Ansys Government Initiatives Federal Aerospace and Defense BU. Previously Mr. Orlando was a Senior Scientist at the Air Force with over 20 years of experience researching high frequency Analog, Digital, and RF systems for DoD Applications with >40 technical papers.

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Juliano Mologni is a Lead Electronics Product Manager at Ansys. Over 20 years of experience in computational electromagnetics, author of patents and more than 60 journal and conference papers. Previous experience includes Lead Application Engineer at ESSS, Systems Engineer at Delphi Automotive and hardware engineer at WebTech Wireless.

I have been working in navigation products for 30 years. Digital Safety is a cornerstone of our flight management product. Without the full product design for safety, the FMS could not provide the ability to fly through weather and over terrain in the safe manner that it does today.

Young is the founding CTO of Amogy, leading development of ammonia-based energy storage solution for decarbonization of heavy-duty transportation and stationary power generation. Amogy demonstrated the world-first ammonia-powered mobilities, including drone, tractor and a class 8 semi-truck. Young’s previous work covers R&D on various hydrogen storage materials, such as ammonia, methanol, formic acid, and LOHC, and development of a compact energy conversion solutions based on them. Young received his mechanical engineering PhD at MIT in 2016, with the focus on energy conversion devices.

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Dirk Slama is a Vice President at Robert Bosch GmbH, chairman of the digital.auto initiative, conference chair of the Bosch ConnectedWorld, and Editor-in-Chief of the Digital Playbook for OEMs and manufacturers. He is the director of the AIoT Lab at the Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute, where he also holds a full professorship. Dirk has 25 years of project experience in automotive, aviation, manufacturing, and telecoms. He is co-author of 4 successful books and holds a PhD in Information Systems, an MBA, and a Diploma in Computer Science.

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As a dedicated advocate for computational modeling in medicine, I aim to enhance product safety and medical therapies through computer simulations. As a representative of DIN and ISO, I champion the use of simulation in patient-specific implants and medical device approval processes.

Philippe Notton is the CEO and founder of SiPearl, the French company building the world’s first energy-efficient HPC-dedicated microprocessor designed to work with any third-party accelerator (GPU, artificial intelligence, quantum) for the European exascale supercomputer. In June 2019, he has launched SiPearl with the support of the European Union. He assembled a team of experts and managers from Atos, STMicroelectronics, Marvell, Intel, Nokia and MediaTek and now employs 140 engineers in 6 R&D centres in France, Germany and Spain. SiPearl’s first generation microprocessor, named Rhea, will be commercialized in 2024. As a senior executive, Philippe had previously built an outstanding track-record in the multimedia, semiconductor and security fields. Passionate about high technology and fast-moving environments, he has worked in France, the UK and the US for market-leading groups (Thomson, Canal+, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics, Atos), as well as a successful startup (MStar Semiconductor, sold to MediaTek in 2012 for US$4B). Philippe Notton is a Supélec engineer (1993) and has an Executive MBA from ESSEC & Mannheim (2008).

3D-IC RV CAD Engineer at Intel, focused on delivering 3D EMIR solutions to client and servers teams.

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Dr. Laila Salman received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics and communication engineering from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 2003 and 2005, respectively, and the PhD. Degree in electromagnetics and antenna design from the University of Mississippi, MS, USA in 2009. She also worked as a post-doctoral student at the Université de Quebec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada till 2010. Her research was on dielectric resonator antennas, wearable antennas, microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and systems, microwave imaging for early detection of breast cancer and scattering from left-handed metamaterials. Dr. Salman joined Ansys Canada Ltd. In August 2010 as a Principal Technical Services Specialist for High Frequency Electromagnetics. Her current expertise is mainly in high frequency RF microwave applications, antenna design, 5G & millimeter wave applications, Automotive Radar, and IoT Applications

Theresa has over 15 years' experience in the marketing and product development. Before joining Novamera and entering the mining industry, Theresa specialized in supporting emerging technologies find product/market fits and effective go-to-market strategies. Theresa holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business, a Publicity and PR/ Certificate at Rotman from the University of Toronto, Marketing Analytics Certificate from Berkeley and most recently a professional certificate in Sustainable Mining from the University of Queensland.

Eric Corndorf is the VP of R&D for Advanced Surgical Technologies at Medtronic, Plc. In his 18-year career at Medtronic Eric has focused on product development and served many therapy spaces including cardiac rhythm, heart failure, neuroscience, robotics, and surgery. Eric holds a PhD in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and a BSEE from the University of Michigan. Eric sits on the board of directors of the Science Mill – a not-for-profit science museum in Texas that serves underrepresented communities. Eric lives in Minneapolis with his two kids and remarkably talented wife.

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As Principal Application Engineer at Ansys, I have accrued over 5 years of experience in the domain of application engineering, anchored in the tech hub of San Francisco, California. My specialization is in AI/ML-based development and validation for perception and decision-making in autonomous systems using simulations and real-world data, with a focus on applications in complex and uncertain environments such as Aerospace and Defense.

I have been working in Ansys for 8 years, starting my journey of physic-based simulation with lighting and optical design, now extended to sensors and autonomous driving expertise

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Biomedical engineer by training, Mathieu dedicated his career to orthopedics (surgical robots, navigation, implants) with various positions in start-ups and international group. In 2020, he cofounded Twinsight with the ambition to make digital twins essential to personalize and improve orthopedics surgery.

Dr. Christian Vandervort is as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). He champions commercialization of technologies in the fields of carbon capture and sequestration, high temperature alloys and coatings, fuel cells, nuclear fission, and gas turbines. Prior to joining ARPA-E, Chris served with General Electric for 29 years with roles at GE Power and GE Global Research Center (GRC). At GE Power, he was Product Manager for the 9HA.02 Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Power Plant. In this role, he focused on product development, introduction, manufacturing, and sales. The system was successfully introduced with multiple, major power generation projects spanning six countries across two continents. Chris rejoined GE Power & Water in 2013 following 10 years at GE’s Global Research (GEGR) Center. As Technology Leader - Combustion Systems, his team performed Research and Development in support of key initiatives across multiple businesses in the transportation, power, and aviation sectors. Prior to his move to GRC, Chris held leadership positions in several design engineering departments, including Hydro, Steam Turbine, Generator, and Gas Turbine Combustion Engineering. Chris completed Nuclear Plant Engineer qualification with the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory nuclear plant operations program. He participated in operations and training at a Naval Nuclear Submarine Prototype. Chris received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, and B.S. in Nuclear Engineering & Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chris has been awarded 38 patents, authored numerous technical publications, and delivered multiple technical presentations.

Lalitha Immaneni is a Vice President of Engineering in the Assembly Test Technology Development organization for Intel Corporation. Lalitha manages the “Architecture, Design & Technology Solutions” team, which spans multiple geographies such as the United States, Malaysia, and India. She is responsible for substrate/silicon assembly and board design rule development. She designs building blocks for emerging package technologies and electrical and physical design methodologies for packaging, executes product package design, provides product electrical analysis support, and drives product architectures for Intel. Lalitha owns centralized package and board flows/tools for Intel’s packaging and board design needs and enables EDA ecosystem readiness. She also leads architecture and design enabling services for Intel Foundry. Recently, she led the delivery of Intel Foundry Services’ Package Assembly Design Kit. She is currently focused on EDA ecosystem enablement, interoperable formats, and standards for chiplets. Presently, Lalitha is the Assembly Test Technology Development Staff-level Diversity & Inclusion team sponsor and a formal mentor, coach, and sponsor to many technical females and diverse employees. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from Arizona State University, with an emphasis on computer graphics and software engineering.

Ger Janssen has a PhD in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He joined Philips in 2001 in the computational modeling domain, and later started to focus also on AI and hybrid intelligence, combining AI with computational modeling. He was head of the AI, Data Science & Digital Twin department in Philips Research and currently Principal Scientist Data & AI and lead of Data Management, Computational Modeling and Responsible AI supporting Philips businesses in bringing new innovative solutions to the market.

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Shawn Carpenter received his BEE degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology in 1988, and an MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1991 concurrently with the General Electric Thomas Edison Advanced Course in Engineering program. He has served as a Senior Microwave Engineer in Module Design and Array Technology for the GE Aerospace Electronics Laboratory (Syracuse, NY), VP Sales and Marketing for Sonnet Software, Inc., and Director, Sales & Marketing for Delcross Technologies. Shawn joined Ansys Inc. during the 2015 acquisition of Delcross Technologies and is currently a Program Director for 5G and Space applications. His current interests include phased array modeling techniques for MIMO and adaptive beamforming, installed antenna-host interactions, mm-wave radar sensor modeling and wireless physical channel modeling for electrically large environments. He is also an active amateur radio (ham) operator with callsign N2JET, embracing a hobby he adopted at age 11.

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Over 18 years, Santosh has gained extensive experience in Automotive, Aero, Electronics, and industrial engineering, collaborating with research engineers from startups to Fortune 500 OEM companies. He specializes in NVH and Acoustics with Multiphysics analysis for vehicle electrification and other automotive applications.

Dr. Ki Wook Jung graduated in 2020 with his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. He has a strong background in MEMS fabrication techniques, and embedded cooling solutions for high-power density electronics. He is currently working on developing thermal-aware design methodology for 2.5D/3D IC multi-die systems at Samsung Foundry Business.

Dave Richardson is currently serving as the Astrophysics Line of Business Manager for the Goddard Space Flight Center. Much of his academic career focused on modeling and simulation – with a focus on Energy Systems and their optimization. After receiving mechanical engineering degrees from the University of Rhode Island, Marquette University and the University of Maryland at College Part, Dave joined GSFC in 2006. Dave started his career at GSFC in the Facilities Management Division, performing roles for project planning, project design and construction, and program management. Dave learned a broader view of the Agency as an analyst in the Space Technology Mission Directorate, in 2012, where he contributed to the NASA Strategic Plan and captured the strategic alignment of the STMD technology development portfolio within the context of the Agency's overall strategy. In 2016, while in the Instrument and Payload Systems Engineering Branch, Dave began to focus on improvements to the Engineering Process through digital means and methods, specifically Model Based Systems Engineering. This focus, applied to science missions prepared him for his current role, where early lifecycle development of Astrophysics Mission Concept is working to establish a proper ‘digital footing’ for a science investigation from the beginning.

Jiwon Jung, CEO and Co-Founder of MORAI, utilized his expertise from KAIST's autonomous research institute to establish MORAI, aiming to develop a premier autonomous vehicle simulator. He directs operations of the company, and manages external relationships, guiding MORAI through its ongoing growth.

Chip leads the Physical Design team for the AI custom silicon products at Microsoft. He started his career at Intel and also worked at Broadcom and Google.

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At present Dr. Rupesh Reddy is working as a Principal Simulation Scientist in NOV Inc a leading energy industry equipment manufacturer. He has around 20 international peer reviewed journal publications and over 500 citations. He obtained Doctorate degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of chemical technology, Mumbai. Dr. Reddy has 14 years of experience in cutting edge simulation analysis and design optimization in wide range of industrial applications in areas such as multiphase flows, turbulence modeling, combustion modeling, free-surface flows, FSI and fluid-particle flows. He has experience in application of simulation analysis to the design and optimization of the oil and gas equipment’s like Multiphase separators, BOP and Downhole tools. Recent years he is involved in developing Hybrid Digital Twins and Simulation methodologies related to Renewables.

Dr. Haufe studied engineering with a strong focus on structural mechanics, statics, and dynam-ics at the University of Stuttgart and as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Calgary, Canada. After receiving his Ph.D. by the University of Stuttgart, he was awarded a DAAD post-doctoral scholarship for the University of Calgary be-fore he joined DYNAmore. As a partner, he headed the process simulation / MCC department as well as all major R&D activities. Since January 2024 he acts as Director Application Engi-neering for Ansys Inc. His professional interest is focused on material, damage and fracture models of steels, alloys and plastics/composites when applied in the field of short-term dynamics. Furthermore, he is interested in modelling technology of process simulation of all kinds of fasteners. Mr. Haufe teaches at the Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures at the University of Stuttgart in his field. In 2019 he was appointed honorary professor by the University of Stuttgart. Mr. Haufe is married and father of two sons aged 27 and 24. For several years he was regional director of the German Canadian Society, before he devoted more of his free time to sailing, where he is currently acting as an International Measurer (1c) for the World Sailing Association.

David holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta. He has 7 years of experience in design and innovation. At Wyvern, he is developing key technologies for deployable optics in Wyvern’s hyperspectral earth observation constellation.

Mechanical Engineer with B. Political Sciences, MBAs in International Relations and Marketing Management (SUNY-USAL), and post-grade in (Tele) Communications Regulations. Brings over 28 years of experience in Telecommunications and Radio Spectrum Regulations, International, Institutional and Governmental affairs, Satellite regulations, and advocacy on Radiocommunications and wireless technologies, Telemedicine, eHealth, Artificial Intelligence, Interoperability and Cybersecurity, and In Silico technologies. ​ With vast experience in ETSI (including SIG Securing AI), Bluetooth SIG, IEEE PHD Cybersecurity WG, AAMI, ENISA, etc. On top of official job, she is also innovator and inventor.​ In previous job at Medtronic, formed and led a CoE of Radio Frequency Certification serving many business units and led the EMEA Digital Health Policy WG, was member of the R&D Council’s (AI WG) and the Telecommunications Council and was Advisor of the CISO and Product Security WG. I also collaborated with Core Technologies in the advocacy efforts on In Silico technologies via Avicenna Alliance.​ Since 2019 until end-2021 I has co-chaired MedTech Europe (MTE) Digital Health Committee actively participating in the AI, Data and Interoperability working groups, and since March 2021 has chaired its Cybersecurity WG, which has brought MTE members to learn and share information about cybersecurity regulatory challenges, standards, and good practices. In my role as Chair of CWG, I also have represented MTE in the European Commission’s Task Force for the drafting of the MDCG 2019-16 Guidance on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices and represented MTE in ENISA’s eHealth Security Experts Group. ​ Joined Edwards Lifesciences in January 2022 as Director Regulatory Affairs Manager for EMEACLA, serving as strategic advisor, with focus on its Critical Care business unit, and also advising THV, TMTT, Advance Technologies, the Computer Modelling & Simulation Team, and the Corporate Data Management organisation. Liaises with R&D, CISO & InfoSec on specific on cybersecurity regulations and standards and is member of the Corporate Regulatory Intelligence Council and the PAOW project as subject matter expert on digital health. In partnership with Edwards’ CM&S Team, promotes internally the development and incorporation of in-silico clinical trials and digital twins. ​Edwards representative in MedTech Europe, participating actively in its Digital Health Committee: Data Governance (as Co-Chair), Interoperability, AI and Cybersecurity WGs (re-elected as Chair); MedTech Canada; AdvaMed Cybersecurity WG. Martha also achieved the goal of making Edwards an active Avicenna Alliance member by collaborating actively in different Working Groups and their deliverables.​ ​Martha is currently the Leader of Avicenna Alliance’s Policy Development Working Group.

Anusha Vemuri works at NVIDIA as a Physical Design Methodology Engineer in the Hardware-VLSI team. She studied at UCLA for her Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering and graduated in December, 2020.

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Jim is responsible for the development, verification, and enhancement of algorithms related to orbit determination. Jim has worked in the field of satellite dynamics and operations since 1986. He holds three U.S. patents, a B.S. degree (aerospace engineering) from Penn State and a Ph.D. (aerospace engineering) from Texas at Austin.

Gabriele Dubini holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (cum laude, 1988) and a PhD in Bioengineering (1993) from POLIMI. He worked as Research Assistant in the Cardiothoracic Unit of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London and was lecturer of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer in the Energy Engineering Department of POLIMI, Associate Professor in Industrial Bioengineering and Director of Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics – LaBS of Politecnico di Milano. At present, he is Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ‘Giulio Natta’. From 2008 to 2012 he was a member (elected) of the Council of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) and the Secretary-General for the 2010-12 biennium. Major research activities have included the microcirculation, virtual planning of paediatric cardiac surgery procedures, design and characterization of endovascular devices and microfluidic devices for biomedical applications. He has been the Chair of the PhD Programme in Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano since January 2022. His h-index is 50, with more than 7,000 citations (Scopus, as of 31 July 2023).

Judy is an accomplished senior automotive executive with over 30 years of experience in automotive/mobility engineering, and technology leadership. She currently is the Chief Technologist Automotive at Ansys: partnering with OEMs and suppliers in their digital transformation. She is also an independent corporate board director at FORVIA, and MicroVision providing guidance on the automotive industry, and key technologies.

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Rev Lebaredian is vice president of Omniverse and simulation technology at NVIDIA. From the dawn of the computer graphics revolution to the present day, Rev Lebaredian has always been at its cutting edge. His career has taken him from Warner Brothers Digital and Disney Dream Quest Images to starting his own venture, Steamboat Software. For the last five years at NVIDIA, he and his teams have been combining the rendering, physics simulation, and artificial intelligence technologies pioneered by NVIDIA into a single platform for creating and simulating physically-accurate virtual worlds—NVIDIA Omniverse. Rev continues to lead the Omniverse product, engineering, and research teams as Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology.

Dr. Jeffrey Bischoff is Senior Director of Biomechanics at Zimmer Biomet, where he has been since 2006. Prior to joining the medical device industry, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, served as Lecturer at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and as Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina, where he pursued federally funded research in various aspects of computational biomechanics and was instrumental in forming a biomedical engineering degree program. Over the past fifteen years, Jeff has supported device development efforts using computational analysis across a wide range of orthopaedic applications, and throughout the total product life cycle from design ideation through regulatory clearance and commercialization. He has been actively involved with the ASME VVUQ40 Sub-Committee, including as chair of the orthopaedic working group and as vice-chair of the sub-committee. He is currently on his second term as chair of the sub-committee, effective 2022-2025.

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Mike represents and manages the technical activities for two of our largest customers across the full portfolio of Ansys products. Education: First degree in mechanical engineer before specialising in fluid flow modelling of secondary steel making and obtaining a Phd from the Materials dept. at Newcastle University UK Joined Fluent in 1997 which became an Ansys company in 2006.

Dan Caton has been at PTC for 4 years, supporting PTC’s alliance partners - including Ansys and others within PTC’s Sustainability initiative. He now covers the full PTC suite - from ALM (Codebeamer) to SLM (ServiceMax). Dan Caton has been a technical specialist for over 30 years, including Vodafone – supporting IoT and secure network services.

Feilian Liu has been with Ansys’ Semiconductor and Optics Business Unit for 8 years, recently taking on responsibility for Pathfinder-SC. She earned her master’s degree from Nankai University in Tianjin, China.

Nick Ward is a trusted business advisor with deep experience in leadership of large-scale change with a focus in product development and manufacturing operations. He brings over 12 years of professional services experience in digital transformation program leadership. Nick leads Kalypso’s Ansys partnership globally, focusing on client service delivery and joint business development for emerging technologies like Granta, Minerva, and Digital Twin Builder.

Domenico Caridi, PhD (Master Degree in Aeronautical Engineering and PhD in Aeroacoustics from University Federico II of Naples, Italy) Employed at Ansys in 2008 after 8 years’ experience in CFD and Experimental Aerothermal Testing at FIAT Research Centre. Following positions as Application Specialist and Technical Manager, he assumed the role of Fluids Regional Product Manager for 6 years focusing on Electrification. He is currently Sr. Principal Engineer and Global ACE Lead in the Ansys Automotive Industry Team, with a focus on Electrification solutions.

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Dr. Xinying Liu, a Research Associate at the University of Sydney, specializing in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) applications for biomedical engineering. Her work in cardiovascular and gastric flow systems enhances medical understanding and facilitates innovative healthcare solutions for improved patient outcomes.