The concept phase has become the most critical to the product development cycle. As an example, the ongoing electrification of mobility requires redefining structures to accommodate and address new packaging challenges related to securing the battery pack. Body structures or components must be lightweight, meet performance requirements, be scalable, and deliver the same level of performance across different configurations, with minimum design changes. Find out the views of domain experts & industry thought leaders on:
- Emerging trends and associated challenges in mobility and product design
- Relevance of current tools & processes for future innovation
- MODSIM approach to design advanced structural concepts
- Topology optimization for lightweight
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Fabien CHANCELDesigner Agile Project - Air Liquide |
Fabien is a designer/engineer working with agile methods at the Air Liquide campus innovation center. He has worked on healthcare device projects and used generative design apps for 4 years. His background is in robotics, UX design, product design, and motion, and is committed to innovation in order to make faster access to proof of concepts, integrated with a focus on a user-centric approach, human ergonomics, low material use, and price. He uses the CATIA application for this alongside craft methods. Chancel believes that design innovation is only possible with a mix of multidisciplinary methods, tools, and people. |
Behrooz SHAHIDISimulation Integration Manager - Ford Motor Company North America & Europe |
Behrooz SHAHIDI is the Global Vehicle Simulation Integration Manager at Ford Motor Company North America & Europe. His department has responsibilities of leading Ford CAE disciplines, which include vehicle safety, vehicle durability, vehicle NVH, Thermal System Engineering, and vehicle weight optimization, through all phases of product development – from Architecture concept development through tooling release, testing, and Job 1. Behrooz has over 20 years of management experience at Ford, leveraging CAE to achieve optimized body and vehicle designs that best balance attribute tradeoffs and performance targets. He has been a core part of Ford’s truck, SUV, car, and future EV vehicle programs. Vehicles he supported include Ford Explorer, F-Series, Ranger, EcoSport, Escape, Fusion, Expedition, Transit, Taurus, Focus, Mustang, and Flex. Behrooz had a long-standing association with Body Structures CAE, where he supervised the evolution of several vehicle programs. He was leading a team responsible for evaluating Body Stiffness, NVH, and Durability attributes. Since the beginning of 2016, Behrooz has been the Manager for CAE Integration within the Digital innovation group at Ford, where he plans to leverage heavily on a CAE-driven design process. Behrooz is credited for successfully bringing Dassault SFE into Ford as a key tool to develop vehicle concepts and utilize its powerful features and capabilities to quickly create vehicle concepts and their variants for study. With CATIA and SIMULIA suite of tools (Abaqus, Eyesight, Tosca), Behrooz pioneered and implemented a process using SFE’s abilities to help Ford select a single architecture concept for product design execution. Behrooz is currently exploring leveraging SIMULA for Ford’s new MBSE activities. |
Matt KNAPPChief Engineer - H2 Clipper |
Mr. KNAPP has a Master’s in Aerospace from MIT and over 25 years of innovative aircraft design experience including founder and CTO for the Zunum hybrid-electric aircraft and lead design for the Javelin very light jet. Mr. KNAPP is currently Chief Engineer for H2 Clipper on the next generation of airships for zero emissions air transport. |
Kenneth WONGSenior Director - Digital Engineering |
Kenneth WONG is DE (Digital Engineering) 24/7’s senior editor and the host of the DE Hot Seat webcast series. He regularly writes feature articles on trends in CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, and AR/VR, among others. |
Brian ALBRIGHTEditorial Director - Digital Engineering |
Brian ALBRIGHT is the Editorial Director at Digital Engineering magazine. He has been writing about engineering and design topics since 2014. |
Laurent ROTAExpert Advanced CAE Modelling & Structural Mechanics - Stellantis |
Laurent ROTA (Dr.-Ing.) is a mechanical engineering expert in advanced numerical methods, currently in the virtual engineering team in Stellantis, where he is responsible for the digital plan, dedicated to new methodologies and numerical modeling development. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and defended his PhD on inverse problems applied to structural dynamics. He joined PSA Peugeot Citroën (now Stellantis) after a decade at the French Ministry for Defense. He also teaches as an associate professor at ENSTA Paris engineering school. |
Tim LAIRAdditive Manufacturing Engineer, BOBST
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I studied mechanical engineering in Switzerland, before I specialized in AM when starting my position in the Additive Manufacturing Department of BOBST, 5 years ago. My daily tasks range from AM parts design to the study of new AM processes, including internal parts production, parameters optimization, design reviews, … The use of polymer and metal technologies allows us to leverage the full potential of AM for our products. |
