Simulation Governance: Challenges in the Age of Data and Digitalization

Wednesday, 6 November 2024 | Online

07:00 (Los Angeles) | 10:00 (New York)
15:00 (London) | 16:00 (Berlin)

As innovations in product development and the digitalization of everything continue, the challenge to ensure and improve simulation capability is key to product design quality assurance.

Trends such as digitalization, democratization and the data deluge of IoT are placing increased stress on simulation confidence and credibility. Simulations are to be embedded in other tools (e.g., generative design in CAD) and used by many non-experts. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning propose data-based “simulations” that challenge usual approaches to V&V and UQ. Simulation is acritical and essential strategic capability across the company, and not the exclusive province of specialist simulation groups in product engineering and manufacturing.

Our panel of experts will discuss these and other governance challenges to ensure simulation quality and accuracy. Following initial questions from the Moderator, the Panel will address questions and comments from the audience.

Agenda

W​elcome and Introduction
Keith Meintjes

Working Group Update
Greg Westwater

D​iscussion Panel
A​lexander Karl, Rolls-Royce
F​atma Kocer, Altair
A​ndy Richardson, PHRONESIM LTD

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Participants:

Alexander holds a PhD and MSc in Aerospace technology from the University of Stuttgart in Germany. He has 25+ years of work experience with Rolls-Royce. During this period Alexander was working in several major sites and sectors (Dahlewitz, Derby and Indianapolis). Alexander’s background is thermo-mechanical analysis but for the last 20+ years Alexander is working actively in the area of multi-disciplinary optimization, Robust Design (Design for Six Sigma) and Systems Engineering. His main focus is the application of these tools, methods and processes to real engineering challenges. Alexander is a Fellow for Robust Design and Systems Engineering within Rolls-Royce.He is also an active member of NAFEMS promoting a wider application of these methods, processes and tools.

Fatma Kocer-Poyraz has received a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Iowa in Structural Optimization. After graduation, she joined Visteon to develop processes for design optimization of structural and electromagnetic parts. In 2006, she started in Altair as Product Line Manager for Altair HyperWorks design exploration and optimization products. Currently she works as the Vice President for Engineering Data Science. In this role, she and her team works on engineering data science strategy, development and execution which includes investigating and applying latest technologies in the field, providing feedback to Altair software and supporting customer projects. Fatma Kocer-Poyraz is one of the recipients of Crain’s 2019 Notable Women in STEM recognition. She is also the Vice-Chair for NAFEMS Engineering Data Science Working Group since 2021.