Thank you for attending the 2017 Great Lakes Regional User Meeting on September 28, 2017, which was a beautiful sunny day at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan. We welcomed over 600 members of the SIMULIA community which we look forward to continuing to grow with your continued engagement!

All were able to enjoy numerous networking opportunities, as well as thought-provoking presentations provided by both SIMULIA and our users alike. Some highlights include:

• Keynote Speaker: Bjorn van Uem, Jaguar Land Rover
  • Centralized CAE Methods Development and Virtual Prototyping at Jaguar Land Rover

• SIMULIA Executive Update, Sumanth Kumar, Vice President, Growth, SIMULIA
• Abaqus Technology Update - 2018
  • Randy Marlow, Senior Expert Solution Consultant, SIMULIA
• Advanced Technical Seminar: Paul Lam, Senior Solution Consultant, SIMULIA
  • Jump Start Your Productivity: Abaqus Scripting Quick-Start

During the networking reception held immediately following our meeting, all who stayed were eligible for the following raffle items:

• Star Wars LEGO Set
  • provided by sponsor Penguin Computing
• Google Home, Linksys Wireless Router, Amazon Echo Dot & a Lithium Drill
  • Provided by the SIMULIA Great Lakes CoE

We received permission to share the following customer presentations:

• Analytical and Computational Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for Similar and Dissimilar Spot Welds in Lap-Shear Specimens under Clamped Loading Conditions, Shin-Jang Sung, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
• A Numerical Approach for Diffusion-coupled Cohesive Interface Simulations of Stress Corrosion Cracking at Multiple Length Scales, Chao Pu, Research Engineer, AK Steel Corporation
• FTire: The Virtual Tire in MBD and FE Environments, Michael Gipser, Partner/Owner, cosin scientific software
• Strength Assessment of Injection Molded Plastic Parts in the Scope of FEA, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sascha Pazour, PART Engineering GmbH
• Evolution of NuStep Exercise Machine Sickle Design Utilizing Tosca Optimization and Additive Manufacturing, Rob Hurlston Ph.D., Project Engineer, Caelynx (Presenting for NuStep)

The following SIMULIA presentations are also available:

• Additive Manufacturing at Scale, Subham Sett, Director Strategic Initiatives, SIMULIA
• Expanding Scope of Simulation with Standalone Products, Paul Lam, Senior Solution Consultant, SIMULIA
• Recent updates in SIMULIA Tosca, Claus Pedersen, R & D Technology Director, SIMULIA

The files for these presentations are attached below.

Thank you to our 21 wonderful sponsors and thank you, our users. You as our customers are our most important asset and we would not be where we are without your support and knowledge!

We look forward to seeing you again next year October 10 & 11, 2018...