It is also a good time to renew our invitation to you to participate in the second European Automotive CFD Conference (EACC) which we are holding at the Congress Center of Frankfurt (Germany) on the 29th and 30th June 2005.

This event is a renewed opportunity for the whole of Fluent's extensive European automotive CFD community to get together again and keep abreast of the latest technical developments in our industry. It is also an ideal place for you to present your work to a knowledgeable and interested audience and to get some valuable feedback from experts and peers working on comparable tasks across the continent.

The continuing trend towards stricter global emissions regulations means future exhaust systems and control strategies will become even more complex. The added complexity stresses already very aggressive product development cycles, requiring robust simulation methods be implemented throughout the process.

Join our 1 hour webinar on exhaust aftertreatment system design methodology using an integrated toolchain of AVL's BOOST, CRUISE, and FIRE coupled with Engineous Software's iSIGHT optimization software. The webinar will focus on Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and catalyst design to achieve performance objectives.

Register for the webinar by sending an email to ast@avlna.com. After registration you will receive a logon ID and password.

Seminar Schedule

Burnaby, BC, Canada - February 8

Redmond, WA - February 9

Richland, WA - February 10

What will be discussed?

Using a combination of real-world customer examples and live demonstrations, our experts will discuss how ANSYS CFX can shorten product design times and improve product development processes.

Intelligent Light and Silicon Graphics have been associated for years and share many customers around the world. The two companies have been working together for months to bring a solution to market that exploits SGI® graphics systems and Reality Center facilities.

CFD engineers now have a full set of powerful post-processing capabilities available to them in large scale, immersive and collaborative environments. Virtual Environments such as SGI® Reality Center® facilities. Full support for multi-pipe/parallel graphics, immersive navigation devices and multi-panel walls and rooms is provided with full FIELDVIEW functionality.

"Customers have been developing VR capability within their engineering organizations for some time now, but the investments have seldom affected the teams responsible for fluid flow engineering," said Steve Legensky, founder and general manager of Intelligent Light. "FIELDVIEW eXtreme will deliver the power and ease of use that customers have been asking for and will help CFD Engineering come to the forefront of their organization’s focus."

The new office is located in an important manufacturing region of the United States and is a consequence of the rapid growth in Fluent’s Icepak related electronics industry simulations business since 1997, from a very small base to be the fastest growing CFD and allied simulation services provider to Electronics companies.