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John Mannisto, Engineering Director, Simulation-Based Design, Whirlpool Corporation John Mannisto is Engineering Director for Simulation-Based Design at Whirlpool Corporation. Prior to joining Whirlpool, over five years ago, John held positions at Lockheed and John Deere. Has also been a CAE consultant to the aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries. His current focus is on CAE productivity in structures, fluids, dynamics, and manufacturing. John holds BSME and MSME degrees from Rutgers University in New Jersey.  

Rolf Hüsemann, Manager Engineering Systems & PLM, GETRAG FORD Transmissions Rolf Hüsemann and his team help define and maintain the IT processes and tools for GETRAG’s global product development (PD) solution. He advocates a PLM implementation strategy that respects the local requirements as well as the quickly changing global environment. He has 26 years of experience in supporting PD with IT solutions at Ford of Europe, Visteon, and GETRAG.  

Daniel E. Nicholson, P.E., Executive Director, Global Powertrain Embedded Controls, GM Dan Nicholson is the Executive Director for Global Powertrain Embedded Controls at GM. He has held this role since April, 2011. Dan is responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the global engineering team responsible for all powertrain controllers and software as well as calibrating all powertrains, providing customer-pleasing drive quality, and ensuring compliance with tailpipe emissions standards and on-board diagnostics. Prior to this appointment, Dan was the vice president of Global Quality from 2010-2011. He held this role after repatriating from Germany where he served as the head of Powertrain Product Engineering Europe from 2005-2010. The scope of this role included the development and engineering of all engines, transmissions, and alternative propulsion systems in the region. Dan began his career with General Motors as a co-op student at Buick Motor Division in 1982. He has an extensive background in Product Engineering

Lou Young, Jr., Director of New Business Development – Tooling & Manufacturing, Linear Mold & Engineering As Linear Mold & Engineering’s Director of New Business Development – Tooling & Manufacturing, Lou Young is on the front-line educating both new and existing customers of the benefits of conformal cooling. Overall, he provides strategic direction for the Linear tooling and manufacturing sales force. Lou spent the last 18 years in the automotive and plastics industries. He began his career working in various skilled trade positions including CNC operator, plastic injection mold maker, tool designer, and automotive part designer. After studying at the University of Southern California for Industrial & Systems Engineering, he joined Linear in 2003.  

Greg Schroeder, Assistant Director, Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Greg Schroeder is an assistant director at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), where he works in the Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (MET) Group. He joined CAR in 2008. Greg’s primary focus within MET is opportunities for mass reduction of new automobiles through advanced materials. As part of his focus, he has conducted technology reviews of advanced light weighting technology, investigated the impact of advanced lightweight materials on the automotive workforce, and conducted case studies documenting new applications with advanced materials. In addition to his primary responsibilities within MET, Greg has performed several studies on the viability of automotive testing services and has analyzed data for automotive body assembly variation modeling. He frequently works with the Transportation Systems Analysis (TSA) Group on telematics technology. Prior to joining CAR, Greg worked at General Motors first through their College Graduate Training Program,

Dan Mekker, Manager, Gas Turbine Design Integrity, Siemens Energy Dan Mekker has been working in the field of product design and development at SIEMENS Energy for over 30 years. Currently he is a manager in the Gas Turbine Design Integrity organization where he is responsible for design process and method integrity. His career has spanned development of product definition methods, standards and tools associated with the introduction of CAD, development of advanced analytical design methods and tools including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), development of Integrated Design Environments, and recently Collaborative Product Development environment (Teamcenter). Dan has worked constantly to introduce enabling product development capability associated with technical computing and advanced engineering design methodologies and tools.  

Anders Carlsson, Senior Advisor, Volvo Car Corporation Anders Carlsson is a senior advisor to Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) in the area of Virtual Manufacturing and PLM. In this role he is responsible for the Volvo Cars lead time reduction project within Manufacturing. He has been using and implementing Virtual Manufacturing solutions at Volvo Cars and within the BMW Group for over 25 years.  

Peter Bilello, President, CIMdata Peter Bilello has more than 25 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has participated in PLM analysis, selection, implementation, and training; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM implementation and management; synchronous and lean manufacturing consulting; software engineering; and general data management strategy development and support. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives have appeared in publications throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Peter has been directly involved with consultation on the selection, integration, and implementation of large-scale PLM solutions. He has spoken on a number of different PLM-related topics in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Peter holds a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Physics from California State University, Fullerton, and an MSE in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from The University of Michigan.  

DST (Design Simulation Technologies, Inc.; www.design-simulation.com), announced the availability of SimWise V9.5. This release continues to expand the Optimization, FEA, CAD Integration, and Interoperability capabilities of the product. Dimension and other parameters from select CAD systems can now be transferred to SimWise and used as optimization variables. During an optimization run new values for these parameters are sent back to the CAD system where the CAD model is updated and sent back to SimWise to be used in the next optimization step. This allows part shapes to be changed as a result of quantities calculated by a dynamic motion simulation or an FEA analysis. V9.5 introduces a new 3D FEA mesh generator that is more robust and faster than previous versions. Users can expect quicker results from FEA and Motion plus FEA simulations and optimizations that include FEA results. The Geomagic Design CAD system from 3D Systems joins SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Autodesk Inventor and SpaceClaim Engineer

Bentley Institute Press announced the publication of Principles of Structural Analysis – Static and Dynamic Loads, the second book in a three-part series. This compendium of information about STAAD.Pro – a mainstay of Bentley’s 3D structural analysis and design engineering software – bridges the gap between structural engineering concepts and their practical application to real-world challenges. The book is authored by Bentley Systems technical support director Krishnan Sathia, a structural engineer with more than 15 years of experience developing and applying STAAD.Pro. Principles of Structural Analysis – Static and Dynamic Loads is written for a broad spectrum of readers pursuing an in-depth understanding of structural information modeling best practices. Students and early career structural engineers will learn how to model, analyze, and design using STAAD.Pro, while seasoned practitioners will benefit from detailed explanations of STAAD.Pro’s many advanced features. Said Sathia, “I’ve written this book to help students become structural engineers and practitioners to become more proficient and productive. For instance, in addition to