TRIESTE, Italy, Feb 12, 2016 – Students and Researchers at Purdue University’s MAHA Lab stand to benefit from leveraging ESTECO’s design optimization and multi domain integration solutions in their laboratory environments
By providing its newly launched ESTECO Academy Membership, including the company flagship product, modeFRONTIERand access to the online learning portal and onsite training, ESTECO aims at offering innovative product development education with sophisticated software and comprehensive training environment.
“Purdue University’ Engineering College is excited to provide its researchers and students with access to the ESTECO AcademyMemberships,” said Andrea Vacca, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering, ASME executive member, and former chair of the SAE Fluid Power division. “Having research team membersimmerged in such complex technology is highly beneficial both for their career development and for research outputs. We look forward to continuing working with the ESTECO optimization technology.”
Andrea Vacca is an associate professor at the MAHA Fluid Power Research Center of Purdue University. The Center is the largest academic research laboratory fully dedicated to research in the Fluid Power technology in the States. In this Center, Andrea Vacca leads a team of about 15 researchers (mostly PhD students) doing research on fluid power components, such as hydrostatic pumps and motors and fluid power transmission systems. In particular, the team is working on novel design principles for fluid power components and innovative control system architectures for hydraulic machines.
The main goals of the research are to increase the energy efficiency level of current applications, improve the controllability of fluid power machines reducing their oscillatory behavior and reduce the level of noise emissions of fluid power technology. To accomplish these goals, Dr. Vacca’s team has formulated novel numerical simulation models for fluid power components, which are used together with advanced testing as well as numerical optimization technique in order to enhance understanding and formulate state-of-the-art conceptsfor the fluid power field.
For more information visit https://engineering.purdue.edu/Maha/
About ESTECO SpA
ESTECO is a pioneer in numerical optimization solutions, specialized in the research and development of engineering software for all stages of the simulation-driven design process. Perfecting engineering and reducing complexity in the design process is our vision. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Area Science Park in Trieste (Italy) and currently employs 60professionals worldwide and serves more than 250 international clients including BMW, Daimler, Embraer, Ferrari, FIAT, Ford Motor Company, Petrobras, Toyota, Whirlpool. modeFRONTIER, the company’s key product, is a multidisciplinary and multiobjective optimization platform capable of streamlining the engineering process through innovative algorithms and integration with leading simulation software.In numerous industries, modeFRONTIER has become essential to increasing the understanding of cost/performance factors and reducing product development time.
For more information visit www.esteco.com.
About the ESTECO Academy Program
ESTECO Academy promotes a variety of initiatives dedicated to students, professors and researchers involved in the development of optimization-based design. The membership program provides access to software, dedicated online and offline training sessions and materials, certification exams and complementary seminars and events.
For more information visit www.esteco.com/academy.