While thinking about the theme of this article, I remembered the title of a famous book by Henry Petroski, “To Engineer is Human”. Although the book covers many examples of engineering feats and lessons learned from spectacular failures that resulted from inadequate … Read More
The complexity of today’s products requires the use of simulation models from early concept design to final validation testing. These simulation models need to cover various disciplines, allowing the assessment of the system’s functional behavior and hence optimization with respect … Read More
In 2003, the German band Kraftwerk released Tour de France Soundtracks to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the prestigious bicycle tour. I have to admit that I like that video – black and white images refined with minimal and subtle colorful … Read More
This guest post on Innovation Intelligence is written by Lieve Boeykens, Brand Manager at Materialise, developer of Additive Manufacturing software 3-maticSTL. Materialise is a member of the Altair Partner Alliance. Fashion designers are always seeking to create innovating, mind-blowing outfits and the … Read More
Altair, Quantech ATZ, HBM nCode, and voxeljet today announced that the companies have collaborated on a new design and manufacturing process which combines the freedom of 3D printing for innovative mold making with a simulation-driven design process. At the Hannover Messe … Read More
Dr. Ming Zhou introduced the new OptiStruct® solver release during the “Productivity: Meeting the Industrialization Challenge” segment of the 2015 SpeedNews Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Briefings in Los Angeles. This event provided a great platform for attendees to interact and network with innovators and … Read More
Continuous improvement is a significant thrust in elite competition: small incremental changes can yield important performance gains on race day. As an example, Monash Motorsport has steadily improved its race car’s performance since the team’s first Australian SAE Student Racing competition in 2000. Today, with six consecutive … Read More
When the U.S. Paralympian runner, Blake Leeper, who was born without legs below the knee, challenged the audience of industrial designers at the 2013 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) conference to advance running blade technology, what did Altair do? … Read More
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