SIMULIA Americas Users Conference - Agenda

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM EDT

Registration, Coffee & Breakfast in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Advanced Seminars

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Electromagnetics Advanced Seminar

Agenda (45-minute sessions) Session 1: Electromagnetic Simulations for the T&M Industry: An Overview, Presenter: Scott Piper Abstract: While transportation and...

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Fluids Advanced Seminar

Tentative topics presented: New Native Thermal Solver in PowerFLOWAdvances in Fluids AI/MLVirtual Porous Media Lab for Semiconductor ManufacturingUpdates on GPU...

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Manufacturing Process Simulation Advanced Seminar

This seminar will showcase various workflows for simulating manufacturing across three key industries: Transportation and Mobility, Aerospace and Defense, and H...

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Modeling & Simulation Advanced Seminar

Session 1: MODSIM R&D Updates What’s new in Structures apps? - Presented by Abelardo Garza What’s new in process apps? - Presented by Christina Feist Sessio...

Josias Bahena

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant

Johann Koshy

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant Specialist

Abby Maltese

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant

Hunter Norrgard

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant Senior

Chris Olson

SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant Specialist

Sai Paranjothy

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant Senior Specialist

Alex Byrne

MODSIM Industry Process Consultant

Abelardo Garza

SIMULIA R&D Roles Portfolio Senior Manager

Christina Feist

SIMULIA R&D | Generatives Experiences Roles Portfolio Director, within Generative Experiences

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Multibody System Dynamics Advanced Seminar

Topics include: Multibody and Motion Technology: Current State and Motion Roles on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform SIMPACK Realtime and ADAS applications

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Multiphysics Advanced Seminar

Multiphysics simulation couples interacting physical phenomena to predict complex system behavior. This seminar covers details on SIMULIA multiphysics framework...

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Structures Advanced Seminar

Session 1 (2.5 Hours): Practical Nonlinear Finite-Element Analysis with Abaqus, Presenter: Randy Marlow Session 2 (0.5 hours): A General Review of Fatigue Asses...

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Morning Break in Sponsor Exhibit Area and 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EDT

Lunch and Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground Open

1:45 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

Welcome & SIMULIA CEO Opening Remarks, Michele Ash, Dassault Systèmes

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

SIMULIA Brand Insights 2026, Michelle Ash, SIMULIA CEO, Dassault Systèmes

Last year, we celebrated twenty years of the SIMULIA brand, using the milestone as an opportunity to showcase our commitment to enhancing and expanding our simu...

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Keynote Presentation: Learning the Physical World: Neural Models for Simulation, and Design, Hadi Meidani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advances in machine learning are transforming how we model and design engineered systems. This seminar presents recent developments in physics-based neural netw...

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Roundtable Discussion

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Afternoon Break in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

SIMULIA Technology Updates

Amethyst Room

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Electromagnetics Technology Updates 2026, Sebastian Kizewski, Scott Piper & Frank Scharf, Dassault Systèmes

This session will include new features and workflow and R&D/AI roadmap for CST Studio Suite, OPERA, IVCAD Suite, Antenna Magus, Idem, and Manatee.

Silver Room

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDT

Fluids Portfolio R&D Update, Nicolas Fougere, Dassault Systèmes

With its Lattice-Boltzmann Method and Navier-Stokes solvers, SIMULIA offers a comprehensive Fluids portfolio covering a broad spectrum of simulation workflows a...

Silver Room

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

R&D Update on AI/ML for Fluids, Nicolas Fougere, Dassault Systèmes

Machine Learning is rapidly transforming how simulation technologies are used across industrial applications, enabling faster insights and more efficient design...

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Evening Reception in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

Thursday, May 14, 2026

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM EDT

Registration, Coffee & Breakfast in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

Welcome & SIMULIA CEO Opening Remarks, Michele Ash, Dassault Systèmes

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Modeling & Simulation ( +AI ) – Enabling Transformation from Sequential to Concurrent Engineering, Ramji Kamakoti, Dassault Systèmes

Exploring how the MODSIM paradigm is allowing customers from many industries to shift their engineering and product development process from sequential to concu...

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Keynote Presentation: Why 3DEXPERIENCE has Become a Transformative Experience for the Ford Chassis CAE Engineering Team, Satyendra Savanur, Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company aims to implement a true digital twin throughout its product lifecycle by utilizing the 3DEXPERIENCE platform's ecosystem. This initiative in...

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Morning Break in Sponsor Exhibit Area and 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

SIMULIA Presentation

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Keynote Presentation: Advancing Generative Design and Optimization with Modeling & Simulation, Jason Action, Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP) continuously push the frontier of digital engineering to meet today’s defense challenges. The ADP StarDriv...

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM EDT

SIMULIA Champions Welcome

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Group Photo, Lunch & Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground Open

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

Sponsor Presentations

Gold Room

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

GoEngineer

Silver Room

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

Enabling Agile Design Reviews for ABAQUS users: Transitioning from Static Reports to Interactive 3D Slides / Workflows Prasad Mandava, VCollab

Abaqus delivers high-fidelity structural and multiphysics simulation results that enable engineers to predict complex product behavior with confidence. However,...

Bronze Room

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

Introducing Coreform IGA for Abaqus - Empowering Meshing-free Workflows for Abaqus Simulations, Michael Scott, Coreform

Coreform IGA for Abaqus brings meshing free, CAD exact isogeometric analysis (IGA) to the Abaqus ecosystem. Built on Coreform’s Flex Representation Method, it e...

Amethyst Room

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

Load Reconstruction with Wolf Star Technologies’ True-Load, Tim Hunter, Wolf Star Technologies

One of the most common challenges of mechanical product development is driving accurate structural simulations. Wolf Star Technologies provides an innovative so...

Emerald Room

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

TotalCAE HPC Technology Choices for Accelerating the SIMULIA Portfolio, Rod Mach, TotalCAE

The SIMULIA portfolio from Dassault Systèmes — including Abaqus, Isight, Tosca, fe-safe, CST Studio Suite, and more — powers critical multi-physics simulations...

Copper Room

1:35 PM - 1:50 PM EDT

Multiphysics of Oxidation and Fatigue in Elastomer Automotive Applications, William Mars, Endurica LLC

The oxidation of elastomers in automotive applications significantly reduces fatigue life due to the simultaneous, coupled evolution of material stiffness and s...

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM EDT

Sponsor Presentations

Silver Room

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM EDT

Same Goals, Different Rules: FEA Automation Then and Now, Tom Feister, TriMech Solutions

The goal of FEA automation hasn't changed — reduce manual effort, increase throughput, and make simulation-driven design a reliable part of the engineering proc...

Gold Room

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM EDT

Become a Simulation Olympian: The Analyst’s Journey on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, Benjamin Beckelynch, Technia

In today’s competitive engineering landscape, simulation teams must deliver results faster, with greater robustness and traceability. This presentation introduc...

Amethyst Room

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM EDT

VIAS3D

Copper Room

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM EDT

Automated Polymer Material Characterization for Abaqus Using VALIMAT®-AUTOFIT Workflow, Arjun Balagopal Menon, 4a engineering GmbH

Bridging experimental material testing and finite element simulation remains a key challenge in polymer modeling due to the nonlinear and rate-dependent behavio...

Gold Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Structures I Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

To Be Announced

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Prismatic Cell Enclosure Analysis Using Ductile Damage Model, Arturo Sanchez, General Motors

Prismatic lithium-ion cell enclosures are critical to electric vehicle safety and performance, yet their structural behavior is often characterized primarily th...

Silver Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Structures II Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

From Virtual Validation to Reliable Design: CAE Across Caterpillar Machines, Ashraf Idkaidek, Caterpillar

Caterpillar has a range of CAE activities, including structural, systems, and performance analyses across all machine families, enabling safer and more efficien...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

Copper Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Structures III Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Utilizing Rubber Coated Metal (RCM) Gaskets to Seal Openings with a Thin Steel Cover, Brian Engel, Dauch Corporation (Formally AAM)

Rubber-coated metal (RCM) gaskets are widely used in automotive powertrain applications due to their dimensional control, cost-effectiveness, and reliable seali...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

From Microstructure to Bulk Response: Multi-Scale Modeling of Fiber-Reinforced Soft Materials in Abaqus, MD Saiful Islam, University Louisiana-Lafayette

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects approximately 595 million people worldwide, representing 7.6% of the global population, with cases projected to rise 75–100% by 2050...

Bronze Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Electromagnetics Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Advanced Electronic Packaging System Level Modeling: PCB Voxelization and Submodeling, Shams Arifeen & Aiman Shibli, Google

Electronic chip packages and underlying PCBs are very complex structures with multiple layers and components. Running simulations on full scale detailed models...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Efficient Gap Modeling in CST Studio Suite for Early Prediction of EMC Failures in Automotive Shielded Interconnects, Safal Sharma & Abbas Alwishah, Molex

Shielded interconnects are a key element of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) control in automotive electronic systems. Practical implementations involving co...

Amethyst Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Modeling & Simulation I Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

To Be Announced

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Optimization Process Applied to Agricultural Tires Victor Messias, Titan Tire & Thomas Schlitt, GoEngineer

This study investigates the influence of geometric parameters on the performance of agricultural tires for very low-pressure (VF) and high-torque applications....

Emerald Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Multidiscipline Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Predictive Simulation and Virtual Twin Framework for Material and Design Optimization in Comfort-Focused Products, Arindam Chakraborty, VIAS, on behalf of Purple Innovations

Predictive simulation is increasingly applied in the development of comfort-focused products, where achieving an appropriate balance between firmness and pressu...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

MOBI-LAB: A Multibody-Driven Load Intelligence Framework for Vehicle Performance, Paul Lucas, Daimler Truck North America

Modern durability workflows rely heavily on multibody simulation (MBS) to generate load time histories; however, the scale and variability of these datasets pre...

Coral Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Fluids Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Power insight VR Enabling Real Time Collaboration for Flow Filed Understanding, Fernando Saito, General Motors

Aerodynamics has become a critical focus area for modern vehicle development, particularly for electric vehicles, where aerodynamic performance can account for...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

High-fidelity Computational Approach to Study sUAS Aerodynamic Degradation in Rime Ice Conditions Edwin Daniel, Wichita State University – NIAR

Ice accretion has been a critical safety concern in aviation since its earliest days and continues to challenge the aerospace community despite significant rese...

Pearl Room

2:10 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

Vibro-Acoustics Track

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Flight Test Reduction via Vibroacoustic Analysis, Gary Simpson, Lockheed Martin

This presentation demonstrates the ability to accurately predict vibroacoustic behavior of weapons under various captive carriage states in a typical flight env...

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

3:10 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

Afternoon Break in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground

Gold Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Structures I Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Progressive Failure Simulation of Both Polymer– And Ceramic–Matrix Composites Performed Using Abaqus Dr. Jim Roach, RTX – Pratt & Whitney

A robust method of predicting progressive failure in both polymer– and ceramic–matrix composites (PMCs and CMCs, respectively) was pursued. PMCs and CMCs are su...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

Motor Laminate Stack Interlocking & Dismantle Simulation, Marcus Chen, General Motors

Interlocking is a primary laminate stacking method in electric motor construction. This study utilizes Abaqus to simulate the interlocking and dismantling of ro...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Numerical Assessment of High- and Low-Cycle Bending Fatigue Failure in ENP-Coated Carburized Shafts, Anoop Vasu, Dauch Corporation (Formerly AAM)

Previous research proposed an effective method for predicting the fatigue life of carburized 4320 steel shafts subjected to pure bending loads (1). However, the...

Silver Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Structures II Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

From Abaqus Simulation to Real-Time Structural Integrity Using Physics-Informed AI Benedikt Engel, MatAlytics Ltd

Across industries such as power generation, oil & gas, and heavy manufacturing, the integrity of high-value assets depends on accurately predicting stresses and...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

Automating Results Extraction for Families of Products Henry Hojnacki, Engineering Strategies

Often in the course of doing simulation, particularly in dedicated industries, we find ourselves doing repetitive tasks. We simulate families of products, using...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Nonlocal Drucker-Prager Plasticity: A VUMAT Implementation, Verification, and Application Timmy Ngo, Purdue University

Strain localization in finite elements remains a persistent challenge, leading to mesh-dependent solutions. This work introduces two primary contributions to ad...

Copper Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Structures III Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Rotordynamics Design Analysis of a High-Speed Composite Flywheel: Key Challenges & Solutions, Joshua Gorfain, Quartus Engineering

Novel fiber-reinforced composite materials enable the potential for high performance flywheel energy storage systems. Designing flywheel components capable of...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

High Cycle Fatigue Evaluation of a Marine Outboard Cylinder Head Under Combined Assembly, Thermal, and Vibratory Loading, Ameer Ambavaram, Mercury Marine

The cylinder head of a four-stroke engine is subjected to a combination of mechanical and thermal loads, including gas pressure, assembly bolt up forces, therma...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

Bronze Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Electromagnetics Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Investigation of Electromagnetic Emissions from Automotive DC-DC Converters, Matthew Gee, Robert Bosch

DC-DC buck converters are widely used in modern automotive electronics due to their high efficiency and compact size. However, the fast-switching voltages and c...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

An Analytic Approach for the Noise and Vibration Optimization of an Electric Motor, Babak Sakhaei, Dana TM4,Inc

The adoption of electrified powertrains has added NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) emphasis to include electromagnetic phenomena intrinsic to electric trac...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Compact High-Performance Circularly Polarized Dish Feed for 1296 MHz, Bill Siino, Curious Communications & Clint Patton, GoEngineer

A new compact high-performance circularly polarized dish feed has been developed with the help of CST MWS. The feed is designed to be used within a paraboli...

Amethyst Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Modeling & Simulation Track I

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Ultra-Optimized Packaging Design Brad Philip, Amcor Rigid Packaging

In this work, we demonstrate a cutting‑edge approach to sustainable packaging development by leveraging advanced design‑space exploration and multi‑physics opti...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

Non-Pneumatic Tire Design and Validation, Thomas Feister, TriMech Solutions on behalf of A3T LLC

TriMech and A3T LLC, the US Research and Development arm of Triangle Tyre Group, collaborated to simulate a next-generation non-pneumatic tire (NPT) using Dassa...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Topology Optimization for Lightweight Aerospace Structures in 3DEXPERIENCE, Andy Shahbazian, Iliad Innovations – supporting U.S. Air Force–aligned programs

In the push for sustainable aviation, reducing aircraft weight without sacrificing structural integrity is paramount. This presentation showcases a cutting...

Emerald Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Modeling & Simulation II Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Flow Driven Generative Design and Parametric Optimization Case Studies, Prashanth (Pat) Pai, Ford Motor Company

In modern vehicle engineering, HVAC component development is a critical lever for maximizing aerodynamic efficiency and minimizing energy losses. As interior ar...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

To Be Announced

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Medical Device Product Development- Ensuring Success amidst Uncertainty, Kyle Johnson, NeoCoil, Chris Schaefar, GSC

Medical device manufacturers face challenges across many aspects of a product’s life cycle. Lower manufacturing volumes, stringent regulatory requirements, and...

Coral Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Fluids Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

Computational Framework for Designing and Testing Novel Open Rotors Propeller Barry Lim, Wichita State University - NIAR

Propeller driven aircraft and drones face growing challenges related to noise emissions as regulations tighten and public concern over acoustic pollution increa...

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

Introduction, and Execution of Advance Common Model at General Motors for PowerFLOW Simulations, Antonino Destasi & Brian Schroll, General Motors

The automotive industry continuously explores, evolves, and adopts new processes for vehicle development while refining established methods to reduce turnaround...

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

Pearl Room

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

Vibro-Acoustics Track

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

To Be Announced

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

To Be Announced

5:10 PM - 6:10 PM EDT

Evening Reception in Sponsor Exhibit Area & 3DEXPERIENCE Playground