"It’s a community thing," says Stephen McIlwain, CD-adapco’s Director of Support. "We are constantly surprised by the degree of innovation that our users bring to STAR-CCM+, often writing macros and scripts that enhance STAR-CCM+ in ways that we never would have imagined. JAVA™ Hut fosters this collaboration and communication among the CD-adapco user community for those wishing to extend their use of STAR-CCM+ by sharing and downloading JAVA™ scripts."

Located in Bellevue, Washington, the new, larger facility is specifically designed with customer interaction in mind.

His winning entry, Modeling Local Bridge Scour during Flood Event, is featured as the application note in the Spring 2010 Newsletter.

“We are very excited to have Dr. Ollivier-Gooch joining us this summer. His expertise in unstructured mesh improvement techniques will improve the quality of meshes created by Pointwise software,” said Nick Wyman, director of applied research at Pointwise.

The first 10 customer sites to purchase a new or additional Pointwise license after the release of Version 16.03 will automatically be shipped one 3D mouse SpaceNavigator™ by 3Dconnexion.

The air flow simulations provided 3D visualization of pressure and velocity, along with drag and downforce values. Chief designer Brett Sizeland then used these results to guide the aerodynamic design of the team's CO2 dragster in order to minimize its drag and deliver a well earned victory.