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A career practitioner of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Dr. Duque has over 27 years of direct algorithm, workflow research and development and extensive experience with large scale HPC systems.

Almost every person who has performed a CFD analysis has experienced delusion to some degree at one time or another.  The thrill that CFD creates by enabling us to visualize the invisible tempts us to believe the fluid always behaves exactly as calculated. In reality, a CFD analysis can be fraught with potential errors that can create inaccurate results if not properly considered.

"The addition of Dr. Karman to our Applied Research Team is a major coup for Pointwise," said Dr. John Steinbrenner, Pointwise’s vice president of research and development. "I have known Steve for more than 30 years, having spent several years working collaboratively with him at the start of our respective careers."

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