🌎 More about Versionbay: https://www.versionbay.com/ Connect with Gareth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/g-thomas/In this episode, we sit down with Gareth Thomas, founder of VersionBay, to explore the critical role of software versioning in engineering and how companies can avoid costly mistakes when transitioning between MATLAB, Python, and Julia. Gareth shares his fascinating journey from working at MathWorks for a decade to launching his own company, helping businesses seamlessly up...
Feb 26, 2025•33 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Mentioned CAE tool by Andreas: https://www.divecae.com Andreas Bauer, Design Engineer at Kessler & Co ( https://kessler-co.com ) — a leading manufacturer of drivetrain and powertrain components for heavy mobility vehicles — reveals how cloud-native SPH simulation software is accelerating their transmission design process. By achieving highly accurate simulations faster than ever with Dive CAE’s cutting-edge simulation software, Kessler & Co is redefining innovation in drivetrain techn...
Feb 26, 2025•29 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Learn more: https://convergecfd.com/ Kelly Senecal is a co-founder of Convergent Science, a global leader in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software that is revolutionizing the industry with its predictive CFD technology. With over 26 years of expertise in the field, Senecal has been instrumental in the development of CONVERGE®, the company's flagship product, which eliminates user-defined meshing and introduces a groundbreaking process that dynamically couples automated meshing with ...
Feb 26, 2025•50 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Learn more: https://www.mathworks.com/solutions/electrification/battery-systems.html Xiangchun Zhang has experience working in the field of battery research and development. They began their career at Sakti3, Inc. as a Design Engineer from 2009 to 2015. During this time, they focused on developing MATLAB codes for battery simulation and design optimization, as well as implementing parameter estimation and improved Kalman filters for battery state of charge estimation.In 2015, Zhang joined Dys...
Feb 26, 2025•57 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Accelerating and Advancing Computer Aided Engineering Workflows: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/lp/desig... 🌎 Ian Pegler's blog: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/aut... Ian Pegler holds an M.Sc. in aerospace engineering from the University of Southampton in the UK and has accumulated 12 years of experience as a CFD engineer. Outside of work, he is a keen runner, enthusiastic programmer, and avid skier. Currently, Ian works for NVIDIA and is based in Chicago. ONLINE PRESENCE ================ �...
Dec 23, 2024•41 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Learn more: http://www.latticept.com/our-services/ Benjamin is the founder and principal consultant of LATTICEPT and has over two decades of experience in process analysis, pressure vessel design, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis and welding engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Georgia and Tennessee. He also holds two patents on novel heat transfer geometries for chemical reactors and process systems. He is an expert in computational fluid ...
Dec 23, 2024•36 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast 👉 Jonathan on LinkedIn: / jonathanollar 👉 Eamon on LinkedIn: / eamon-whalen PhysicsAI is a cutting-edge technology by Altair that leverages Geometric Deep Learning to revolutionize engineering simulations. By combining the power of AI with physics-based modeling, PhysicsAI accelerates simulation workflows, improves predictive accuracy, and enables rapid design iterations. It empowers engineers to solve complex problems efficiently, bridging the gap between traditional computational methods and...
Dec 23, 2024•36 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast Andy on LinkedIn: / andy-fine-6091278 Andy Fine is a passionate engineer with a deep curiosity for understanding how things work, which he believes is the foundation of any engineer's journey. Over the course of his career, he has transitioned from engineering into the commercialization of software, holding leadership roles such as Director at Dassault, Vice President at Altair, and Commercial Head for an AI startup. This unique combination of technical and business expertise led him to launch F...
Dec 23, 2024•47 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast Mo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedsayedh/ Mohamed Aly Sayed is an aerospace engineer who holds a PhD in particle tracking and turbulent flow modeling. He has worked for Aston Martin’s F1 team and is currently a CFD development engineer for WIN-GD. He is also the founder of Simulitica, a CFD company where he builds efficient CFD GUI tools for companies. ONLINE PRESENCE ================ 🌍 My website - http://jousefmurad.com/ 💌 My weekly science newsletter - https://jousef.sub...
Dec 23, 2024•39 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Aliyar on LinkedIn: / aliyar-javadi-4b078124 As a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Multiphase Processes), Aliyar has been involved in characterization of liquid Interfaces & colloids, dynamic surface properties, physical-chemistry & kinetics of adsorbed layers of complex fluids (surfactants, proteins, enzymes and nanoparticles), Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations (CFD) and biomedical engineering for more than 20 years at Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG, 200...
Nov 21, 2024•41 min•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 MATLAB OSS: https://www.matlabexpo.com/online/202... Heather Gorr holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Physics from Penn State University. Since 2013, she has supported MATLAB users in the areas of mathematics, data science, deep learning, and application deployment. She currently acts a Senior Product Marketing Manager for MATLAB, leading technical marketing content in data science, AI, deployment, and adva...
Nov 21, 2024•34 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Robotics, Vision and Control Book: https://geni.us/ndWI 🤖 Robotics Systems Toolbox: https://www.mathworks.com/products/ro... Computer Vision Toolbox: https://www.mathworks.com/products/co... Lidar Toolbox: https://www.mathworks.com/products/li... Image Processing Toolbox: https://www.mathworks.com/products/im... All MathWorks toolboxes: https://www.mathworks.com/products.html Peter Corke is a distinguished professor of robotic vision at Queensland University of Technology, serving as the Dir...
Nov 21, 2024•40 min•Ep 136•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Hyperganic Homepage: https://hyd.sg/3XZ1qO8 With nearly four decades of global technical experience, Michael combines dynamic business acumen with transformative tech leadership. Before Hyperganic, his extensive career has seen him in pivotal roles, such as the Head of Data Science at Minds and CTO at several firms, including Tasman Analytics and Snupps. His expertise in technical architecture, IT, project management, and cloud computing skills are pivotal in blending technology strategies wi...
Nov 21, 2024•43 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast Rob Bastiaans is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). In this capacity, he is also Chairman of the Dutch Section of the Combustion Institute and Chairman of the workgroup on Fuel Flexibility and Emissions of ETN (European Turbine Network). His teaching at TU/e revolves around mechanical Engineering, modelling combustion and sustainable energy sources. Rob’s areas of expertise include fluid mechanics, modeling and simulatio...
Oct 17, 2024•51 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast Synera is the leading low-code platform for Connected Engineering, enabling full automation and algorithm-based process modeling. It integrates all data and expert knowledge into the development process, providing engineers with technical capabilities that are usually only available to software developers. Based in Bremen, North Germany, Synera supports international firms across a wide range of industries, including the automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods sectors. Would you like to learn ...
Oct 17, 2024•37 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast After receiving a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 and a PhD for CFD research in 1996 from Brunel University in the UK, Robin joined Flomerics as a Simcenter Flotherm support and application engineer. By the time of the acquisition of Flomerics by Mentor Graphics in 2008 he was the Product Marketing Manager for Flotherm. Since the acquisition of Mentor Graphics by Siemens in 2017 he is a Senior Key Expert in the Simulation and Test Solution division. With over 25 years’ experi...
Oct 17, 2024•44 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast Franziska Geiger, born in Apfeldorf, Germany, is a talented software developer currently based in Zurich, Switzerland. With a strong background in computer science and a passion for technology, Franziska has made her mark in the tech world, particularly as a software developer at Google. Her journey in the field began with a focus on natural sciences during her time at the Ammersee-Gymnasium in Dießen. She went on to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Business Informatics at the University of Aug...
Sep 04, 2024•34 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast Digital Twins are considered so important to business that they were named three years in a row among Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends. It is widely accepted that Digital Twins lead to high savings along the entire lifecycle and will allow for novel services such as on-site diagnostics, prescriptive maintenance, or operation optimization. 🌎 Sven on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sven-herr... 👉 Explore Simq: https://simq.de/en/ As a pioneer of in silico medicine, Simq drives ...
Aug 06, 2024•39 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast Synera leverages Low-Code to automate engineering processes, fostering agile hardware development while seamlessly connecting CAx tools and centralizing expertise across the organization. 📥 Free Science News Every Sunday: http://jousef.substack.com ONLINE PRESENCE ================ 🌍 My website - http://jousefmurad.com/ 📸 Instagram - / jousefmrd 🐦 Twitter - / jousefm2...
Aug 06, 2024•40 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast Marco Pietropaoli is the CEO and Co-Founder of ToffeeX. Dr Pietropaoli attended Imperial College London in 2015 where he obtained his PhD. Experience the future of engineering design. ToffeeX is a cloud-based, physics-driven generative design software that employs physics simulations to guide the engineering process, autonomously creating optimized designs that meet the user’s objectives. 📥 Free Science News Every Sunday: http://jousef.substack.com ONLINE PRESENCE ================ 🌍 My website...
Aug 06, 2024•35 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Paola Jaramillo is working at MathWorks as the Technical Manager for the Application Engineering team supporting you and your team of domain experts in the vision creation and implementation of innovative technologies with leading tools and services for professional software development. She is an active participant in high-tech events in Benelux, such as the Smart Systems Industry Summit, Bits & Chips Smart Systems, Dutch Machine Vision Conference, and AutoSens. Her interests are sensor dat...
Aug 06, 2024•40 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Throughout his professional career, Moritz has have always been inspired by the elegance and simplicity of solutions produced by nature. With todays tools we are rapidly approaching a state where we will be able to design parts that come very close to natures designs. To Moritz the combination of creativity (thinking outside of the box, or cross-disciplinary), openness (culturally and to other approaches like seen in nature) combined with the tools available (like computational design, optimizat...
Aug 06, 2024•35 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast Justin Hodges’ passion for Artificial Intelligence (AI) was ignited in 2017 during an internship at Siemens Healthineers, where he used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model airway diseases within the lungs. His experiments fusing AI with CFD tools and workflows produced astonishing results, becoming the central focus of his graduate studies and his AI-focused career at Siemens. Online, Justin is well-known for his fluid dynamics videos on LinkedIn and his appearances as an AI expert on va...
Aug 06, 2024•42 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast Jim has always been interested in solving hard math problems under pressure. He runs Fastway Engineering, a two-pronged business providing world-class CAD/CAE training and in-demand CAD/CAE consulting services. The training arm of Fastway helps engineering teams of all sizes stay competitive by teaching powerful and profitable FEA skills to all levels of employees. Jim has over 16 years of high-level engineering experience. He is a leading expert in the application of computer-aided design (CAD)...
Aug 06, 2024•47 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast Rafael Ritterbusch is a Product Manager specializing in structural solvers at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Since October 2023, he has been responsible for managing structural solvers within the Mechanical Solution Domain. Prior to this role, Rafael was the Technical Product Manager for Solid Mechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, and CAE Interoperability at Siemens, working on Simcenter STAR-CCM+ from March 2017 to October 2023. He also served as a Business Development Technical Special...
Aug 06, 2024•41 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast Kanchan is an aerospace engineer by training. Early on, she became fascinated with computational fluid dynamics and decided to make her career in this field. Her last stint was in a CFD software development firm that catered to the helicopter industry. She spent some time in the US at Iowa State University. Mumbai after marriage, and presently, she lives in Singapore with her husband and her two lovely daughters (my opinion on their loveliness is liable to change depending on how the day progres...
Apr 25, 2024•41 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast 🌎 Simcenter Engineering: https://go.sw.siemens.com/QeBWrR7w 🎬 Simcenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SiemensSoft... Hear Petr Kodl from Siemens talk about GPU-enabled acceleration of CFD simulation. Representation of the benefits of running Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on GPUs provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) capabilities to go faster while modeling the complexity. One of the constant challenges for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) engineers is to have a good level of simulation thro...
Apr 25, 2024•45 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast 💻 Full tutorial: • Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PIN... Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) integrate known physical laws into neural network learning, particularly for solving differential equations. They embed these laws into the network's loss function, guiding the learning process beyond just data fitting. This integration helps the network predict solutions that are not only data-driven but also align with physical principles, making PINNs especially useful in fields like flui...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Mike Grau is an engineer by heart, with a passion for challenges. He believes the future is in the convergence of design, simulation, and manufacturing through automation. And it is energizing for him to work with customers at Synera to inspire and demonstrate new workflows. In this podcast, we dive deep into the world of "The New Engineering: Transforming Workflows Using Low-Code" Each episode features insightful conversations with industry experts and thought leaders who share their ...
Apr 25, 2024•30 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast 🌍 Free Trial: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHRB0 📝 Whitepapers: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHTf0 As a renowned aerospace engineer and entrepreneur, Moritz specializes in model-based engineering and generative design. His journey began with obtaining a doctorate in product development processes, followed by invaluable experience as a senior consultant in generative design and additive manufacturing. This led him to establish Synera, a deep-tech startup dedicated to revolutionizing the engineering sector....
Apr 25, 2024•33 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast 
