The 2021 SIMULIA Champions come from locations around the world, as well as from a variety of industries. Several of them have agreed to share their stories about how they are using simulation and what led them to the engineering field.

Dr. Simone Mancini is an Acoustics and Vibration Engineer at Airbus in Germany. He is involved with simulation work concerning aeroacoustics and vibroacoustics and he began using SIMULIA, specifically PowerFLOW, about four years ago for aeroacoustic applications.

Dr. Mancini’s background is in aerospace engineering, and his , from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in the United Kingdom, focused on aeracoustics. He gained experience with Rolls-Royce and Siemens before joining Airbus.

“I have always enjoyed physics and engineering,” he says. “I think the possibility to use it to investigate and solve engineering problems is what has been driving me.”

He has a genuine curiosity and interest in discovering things, which he believes served him well as a young engineer and can help other new engineers to find their passions in the field.

Outside of work, he enjoys sports such as tennis and sailing. While at his job, he is motivated by the challenges presented by the nature of aeroacoustics and vibration.

“We deal with a lot of complex problems,” he says. “For sure, SIMULIA and PowerFLOW allow us to represent them, to generate models and try to understand the physics behind them. So we can take and solve them. For example, reducing the noise impact of our products is one of our main goals.”

To new users of SIMULIA software, he suggests starting with simple problems to better understand and get used to the software, and to explore using hands-on practices. SIMULIA is quite user-friendly and supportive, he adds.

Dr. Mancini likes working for Airbus and the aerospace industry because, in short, airplanes allow people to connect. He enjoys tackling the problems and challenges that he encounters on a daily basis; solving these issues helps him to improve himself as well as the company. He finds it exciting that there is no standard process for solving challenging engineering problems, making every day different – but no matter what, simulation is a consistent part of addressing these problems.

“I love simulation because it allows reality to be explored, to be explained,” he says.

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