PITTSBURGH, PA, Sep 22, 2023 – Newsweek  announced their annual rankings for the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces list and Ansys was ranked among the top 20. The 2023 Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces are the result of a collaboration with the Best Practice Institute (BPI), a leadership development and benchmark research company.

Ansys Headquarters in Canonsburg, PA

The results were determined after surveying more than two million employees from businesses with workforces varying in size from 50 to more than 100,000. The list recognizes companies that have created a workplace where employees feel respected, inspired, and appreciated and are at the center of the business model.

“With the rapidly changing workplace and competition for top talent, more companies are recognizing the importance of employee engagement and commitment,” said Nancy Cooper, global editor in chief, Newsweek. “The workplaces that have demonstrated a commitment to their employees in 2023 are more likely to attract the best talent and deliver strong business outcomes.”

The key areas included in the analysis are based on how well companies demonstrate the areas within the Spark Model as defined by BPI including Systemic Collaboration, Positive Vision of the Future, Alignment of values, Respect, and Killer Achievement. Employee sentiments and emotions indicating how engaged employees are, how positive they feel about their workplace, and how committed they are to the organization’s success were analyzed to identify the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces.

“Fully understanding and acting upon employee sentiment, emotion, and recommendations continues to be a challenge and top priority of executive leadership,” said Louis Carter, CEO of Best Practice Institute. “The companies on this list have committed to listening carefully to their employees to create a workplace employees love.”

“Our commitment to investing in employee success correlates to cultivating a supportive, diverse, and inclusive ONE Ansys culture. We’re proud to have a workplace where employees feel they belong and thrive,” said Kathleen Weslock, vice president of human resources at Ansys. “Our inclusion on the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® List exemplifies that our shared values – adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity – are at the heart of everything we do.”

For the full Newsweek list of 2023’s Most Loved Workplaces, please visit Most Loved Workplaces in America 2023 (newsweek.com).

About Ansys

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

For more information, visit www.ansys.com.

NATICK, MA, Sep 21, 2023 – MathWorks unveiled Release 2023b (R2023b) of the MATLAB and Simulink product families today. R2023b introduces two new products and several major updates that provide new functionality that streamlines the workflows of engineers and researchers.

Simulink Fault Analyzer enables systematic fault effect and safety analysis using simulation. The new product performs fault injection simulations without modifying engineering designs. Engineers time or trigger faults by specific system conditions and can perform safety analyses, such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), while leveraging simulation. Simulink Fault Analyzer helps engineers create and document formal connections between faults, hazards, fault detection and mitigation logic, and other artifacts when paired with Requirements Toolbox.

“The growing complexity of design models makes simulation a critical engineering tool,” said MathWorks director of technical product marketing Dominic Viens. “R2023b’s new products and updates were built to simplify Model-Based Design and help engineers and researchers deliver their best work.”

R2023b also includes Polyspace Test, a new product that empowers engineers to develop, manage, and execute C and C++ code tests in embedded systems. Users can create stubs and mocks to isolate and verify components under test using the Polyspace xUnit API or a graphical test authoring editor. Polyspace Test also lets engineers execute tests on host computers or embedded targets, automate test execution, and link tests to requirements for traceability.

R2023b also includes major updates to popular MATLAB and Simulink tools, including:

• Aerospace Toolbox empowers engineers to propagate and visualize orbits of satellite constellations and to perform line-of-sight (LOS) and eclipse analyses.
• Receive historical and market data using the Bloomberg Hypermedia API with Datafeed Toolbox.
• With DO Qualification Kit, aerospace engineers can now qualify Polyspace Test according to DO-178C and DO-330 Standards.
• Predictive Maintenance Toolbox now extracts physics-based features from motors and rotating machinery.
• Signal Integrity Toolbox allows engineers to automate simulations, analyze data, and create visualizations from the MATLAB command line.
• Simulink Desktop Real-Time now empowers engineers to execute real-time tests from Linux desktop computers.
• Wavelet Toolbox now enables engineers to apply wavelet and time-frequency analysis using apps. The toolbox also now uses automatic feature extraction for AI workflows.
• Wireless engineers can design and implement 5G, satellite, WLAN, and custom OFDM-based communication subsystems for FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs with Wireless HDL Toolbox.

For information on all the new products, enhancements, and bug fixes to the MATLAB and Simulink product families, visit mathworks.com/products/new_products/latest_features.

About MathWorks

MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of engineers and scientists, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a block diagram environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain and embedded engineering systems. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these products to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, communications, electronics, industrial automation, and other industries. MATLAB and Simulink are fundamental teaching and research tools in the world’s top universities and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 6,000 people in 34 offices around the world, with headquarters in Natick, MA, USA.

For additional information, visit mathworks.com.

TROY, MI, Sep 20, 2023 – Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), is pleased to announce that Fabrizio Sara has been named as the new country manager for Altair Italy.

Sara joins Altair with more than 30 years of experience in sales and marketing of mathematical modeling and simulation software while at MathWorks and Teoresi. Prior to joining Altair, Fabrizio was the MathWorks’ country manager for Italy for seven years, responsible for business development and strategy, sales operations, technical roles, enterprise deals, and country oversight of employee relations. Earlier in his career, he held various complex leadership roles relating to MathWorks’ worldwide sales enablement, technical customer-facing sales workforce, and training and consulting services roles.

“I am truly honored to join the exceptional team in Italy. Altair is an outstanding force in engineering, data science, AI, and high-performance computing, and I look forward to building upon its legacy of excellence,” said Sara. “Together, we will embrace our values, innovation, delivery of high-quality solutions to our clients, and explore new opportunities for growth.”

Sara brings a solid track record and proven experience in the simulation and data analytics fields. His global perspective and strong knowledge of the Italian market makes him a great addition to Altair’s global, regional, and local teams.

About Altair

Altair is a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future.

For more information, visit www.altair.com.

TROY, MI, Sep 20, 2023 – Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced that the Ultra Librarian CAD model library is now available to Altair users in several Altair ECAD verification and multiphysics solutions, including Altair PollEx, Altair SimLab, and Altair One UDE. Ultra Librarian gives users instant access to more than 16 million symbols, footprints, and 3D models and provides a comprehensive, cloud-based library that eliminates the need for manual building and maintenance.

“Integrating Ultra Librarian into Altair tools is a massive step for our ECAD verification and multiphysics solutions, which will give users more power than ever before,” said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair. “Now, users have access to verified Ultra Librarian CAD models directly from within Altair desktop applications and cloud-based systems. This makes workflows far more accurate and efficient – saving time, effort, and costs.”

The integration of Ultra Librarian into Altair electronics solutions gives users the ability to search, preview, and place components quickly through the web or with native CAD integrations, saving time and eliminating errors. Each model is extensively verified for accuracy and consistency with industry standards, empowering users to confidently plug models directly into their tools to see exactly how designs, components, and systems will look upon completion. This will significantly cut modeling time and ensure simulations are accurate and represent a true digital twin of their design.

Users can now utilize Ultra Librarian’s models in Altair’s multiphysics products for printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing verification, and thermal, structural, and mechanical simulation and beyond. This will benefit any user and organization that designs, simulates, and verifies PCB/electronic components.

“We are excited to take this next step with Altair to give its customers more power, efficiency, and accelerated opportunities to innovate,” said Manny Marcano, president and chief executive officer, EMA Design Automation. “This collaboration further enhances Altair’s world class technology and will help electronic design customers in all industries increase their productivity.”

To learn more about Ultra Librarian, visit https://www.ultralibrarian.com. To learn more about Altair’s multiphysics capabilities, visit https://altair.com/multiphysics-applications.

About Altair

Altair is a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future.

For more information, visit www.altair.com.

CINCINNATI, OH, Sep 15, 2023 – The global simulation industry collaboration and technology alliance Revolution in Simulation (Rev-Sim), created to accelerate innovation through the democratization of engineering simulation, announces Wolf Star Technologies as its newest partner and collaborator.

Based on years of practical experience, Wolf Star Technologies understands the challenges of Product Development. The company knows the structural and dynamic issues that plague every Product Development project and offers unique, first-to-market solutions that meet the fundamental needs of engineers / analysts working with FEA tools. Wolf Star software packages, True-Load, True-QSE and True-LDE, bring understanding to dynamic loading of structures and extract decision ready data from FEA models.

Wolf Star Technologies president, Tim Hunter, explained that the Rev-Sim simulation community is the logical platform to share the company’s expertise.

“Wolf Star Technology’s customers come from a very diverse set of industries.  Rev-Sim is one of the few places on the web that brings diverse solutions and applications together. In this community engineers can be exposed to many ways of solving problems. Wolf Star Technology’s unique True-Load suite of software provides engineers with tools to simulate reality. Being able to realistically simulate the operating environment gives engineers the ability leverage more expansive simulation domains.  Rev-Sim is the place where engineers can learn about these solutions.”

Mike Nieburg, Rev-Sim director of partnerships said, “The demand for broader simulation usage is exploding and each of our partners are working to advance and expand the use and value of engineering simulation software by innovating within their market spaces. We are excited to have Wolf Star Technologies demonstrate their technology in a collaborative alliance that benefits all industrial users of engineering simulation.”

Wolf Star Technologies adds its name to a growing list of partners that includes Altair, Aras, BETA CAE, CIMdata, Corvid HPC, Dassault SolidWorks, Diabatix, Digital Engineering 24/7, EASA, Hexagon, NAFEMS, Neural Concept, Novus Nexus, nTopology, OnScale, PASS Suite, PTC, SDC Verifier, Siemens, SimScale, SimuTech Group, TrueInsight, and VCollab.

About Wolf Star Technologies

Wolf Star Technologies understands the challenges of Product Development. We know the structural and dynamic issues that plague every Product Development project and offers unique, first-to-market solutions that meet the fundamental needs of engineers / analysts working with FEA tools.

Wolf Star software packages, True-Load, True-QSE and True-LDE, bring understanding to dynamic loading of structures and extract decision ready data from FEA models.

About Rev-Sim

Revolution in Simulation is a web-based resource and community-building platform that educates, advocates, collaborates and innovates for the advancement and democratization of engineering simulation. The Rev-Sim.Org website offers the largest curated collection of engineering simulation news, articles, presentations, white papers, videos, recorded webinars, case studies, and directories of software and consulting service providers to help organizations maximize the impact and ROI from simulation investments.

Existing and new industry users of simulation technologies are invited to explore our resources and submit questions about democratization to our panel of subject matter experts and topic moderators at www.rev-sim.org.

HUNTSVILLE, AL, Sep 13, 2023 – CFD Research Corp. held a groundbreaking ceremony for an additional facility at its Engineering Test Center in Hollywood, AL, on August 28, 2023. US Congressman (AL-05) Dale Strong headlined the ceremony. Other speakers and attendees included Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield, Alabama State Senator Steve Livingston, Scottsboro Mayor Jim McCamy, and Nathan Lee, president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority.

“CFD Research specializes in delivering next-level technologies, services and products that keep us all safe, and this expansion project at its Hollywood site will help the company achieve new milestones in that critical mission,” said Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce.

The new 19,000-square-foot building will support work for ongoing contracts with the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), the Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), and other customers. The building will provide more than 28 additional offices, a second-high bay, larger conference room space, and closed areas for classified meetings. This facility will expand the team’s capability to provide services, perform technology development, and enable increased test capacity.

“Thank you to the town of Hollywood and Jackson County for welcoming us so graciously and celebrating this groundbreaking event, and thank you to the Alabama Department of Commerce for its support. The location and proximity to our other facilities has been an ideal solution and will enable us to work more efficiently and economically,” stated Sameer Singhal, president and CEO of CFD Research.

In August of 2021, CFD Research opened its 13,125-square-foot test and evaluation facility positioned on 10.4 acres in Jackson County Industrial Park in Hollywood, AL. In November of 2022, CFD Research added 63 acres of property to the facility and an additional test stand four times larger than CFD Research’s previous capability to expand the company’s manufacturing, system integration, and test and evaluation services. CFD Research had 4 employees at the Testing Center when it opened in 2021, has 22 employees now, and anticipates surpassing over 40 employees in the near future.

About CFD Research

CFD Research Corp. specializes in engineering simulations, advanced prototypes, and innovative designs for aerospace, defense, life sciences, materials, energy, and other industries. Using our software and experimental capabilities, we develop new hardware concepts, innovative designs, and superior solutions for our customers with lower risk, reduced costs, and less time. CFD Research has grown steadily and profitably every year since its inception in 1987. CFD Research is a two-time winner of the prestigious Tibbetts Award, a two-time winner of the Army National Achievement Award for excellence in the SBIR program, several NASA awards, and a winner of the Nunn-Perry Award.

For more information, visit www.cfd-research.com.

PITTSBURGH, PA, Sep 8, 2023 – Ansys entered into a partnership with the F1 in Schools organization to provide CFD simulation solutions for participating student teams representing 58 countries. F1 in Schools creates a positive global impact on F1 and STEM by engaging students of all abilities in engineering competitions, while introducing future workforce skills and inspiring career opportunities. Ansys joins F1 in Schools global CAD partner Autodesk to extend an existing strategic partnership that connects students with real-world engineering tools throughout the competition.

Team Sonic Boom’s F1 in Schools car design.

F1 in Schools competitions feature teams of school-age students who design, build, and race miniature F1 cars using engineering software and cutting-edge manufacturing technology. To be successful, teams need simulation tools to design, test, and optimize their race cars. The introduction of Ansys CFD solutions will give student teams exposure to a valuable skillset while unlocking engineering insights that can lead to enhanced race car designs.

“F1 in Schools remains committed to delivering exciting, challenging educational experiences through the appeal of Formula One to raise awareness around STEM, and create memorable experiences for students from around the world,” said Andrew Denford, founder and chairman, F1 in Schools. “Our partnerships with Autodesk, and now Ansys, help students make valuable connections between the power of teamwork and cutting-edge tools to address engineering challenges—skills that will propel them forward in their studies and future professional lives.”

With access to Ansys CFD solutions through Ansys Discovery, students can quickly design and optimize their cars and gain real world experience at the same time. Several F1 student teams have worked previously with Ansys, including members of German team Sonic Boom. Last season, Sonic Boom reached the global finals, and won a high-profile elimination event against the competition’s 16 fastest cars.

“At a certain point during the design process, we realized we needed very accurate simulation to compete effectively, so we contacted Ansys,” said Florian Wolf, design engineer for Team Sonic Boom. “Ansys’ meshing capabilities provided us with positive results overall for our design and allowed us to gain great professional simulation experience. Simulation was our final optimization step and involved running many CFD iterations to secure a perfect result — which was designing the best cars we’ve ever made.”

“We are proud to partner with F1 in Schools in fostering innovation, diversity, and skill development among the next generation of engineers,” said Prith Banerjee, chief technology officer at Ansys. “This collaboration helps nurture future engineering leaders by leveling the playing field and creating gender-balanced and inclusive real-life learning opportunities for students around the world.”

About F1 in Schools

F1 in Schools is a not-for-profit social enterprise aiming to change the perception of STEM-related subjects through global competition. Students aged 9-19 take part in a multi-disciplinary challenge in which they use professional CAD software to design, analyse, manufacture, test, and race miniature compressed air-powered car from a model block. Many students have gone on to have fruitful careers with F1 teams, founded on their success in F1 in Schools.

About Ansys

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

For more information, visit www.ansys.com.