Multiphysics Modelers from Virtually Every Industry to Exchange Experiences at the COMSOL Conference 2007
BURLINGTON, MA (September 7, 2007)-The multiphysics community
will gather in Newton, MA, to marvel at the latest developments
in simulation programs and the wide range of applications that
scientists and engineers can tackle with such powerful tools. On
October 4-6, 2007, COMSOL is hosting this annual conference, which
is sponsored by NASA Tech Briefs, MatWeb, Microwave Journal, Desktop
Engineering, ACES and CEP. The conference is dedicated to the latest
developments in multiphysics modeling, simulation, and virtual
prototyping. The organizers have put together a comprehensive program
that covers many facets of this technology. It includes 7 keynote
speeches, 80 contributed papers, poster sessions, minicourses,
roundtable discussions, demo stations where users can get first-hand
detailed explanations of the latest capabilities of modeling software,
and an exhibition area for related products and services.
This US conference leads off a worldwide series of similar meetings
around the world including one in Grenoble, France, followed by
meetings in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Seoul,
and Tokyo. In each one, scientists and engineers will gather in a
cross-disciplinary forum that allows them to exchange their expertise
and experiences with modeling techniques and learn from each other as
well as COMSOL experts. Not only do the attendees and speakers represent
a broad range of industries, they come from every branch of academia,
government labs, and commercial organizations and so can benefit from
users' experiences across industries. Further, a program committee
reviewed all paper submissions to ensure that those presented at the
conference have the highest quality and relevance to the multiphysics
user community.
Keynote Presentations
A highlight of the US conference will consist of keynote speeches
given by users of COMSOL. Joining several COMSOL executives in this
role are:
Dr. John Tanski of Los Alamos National Laboratory, who has worked
on projects including process analysis of steel operations, multiphase
flow modeling, and modeling material aging in strategic systems.
Dr. Claudio Parazzoli of the Boeing Phantom Works, whose current
interests are negative-index materials, direct thermal-to-electrical
energy conversion, and quantum optics.
Dr. Darrell Pepper, Director of the Nevada Center for Advanced
Computational Methods at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has
co-authored several textbooks on the finite element method and the
boundary element method.
Jim Knox of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, who is the
technical manager of the Sorbent-Based Atmosphere Revitalization
project, developing CO2 and H2O removal systems for manned space
missions.
Ronald Gamache of TransTech Systems Inc, who is responsible for
the development of electromagnetic sensing solutions in material
characterization problems.
As this list indicates, the conference will cover multiphysics
aspects of a wide range of applications such as acoustics, chemical
engineering, electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and
structural mechanics. Conference themes also include emerging
technologies such as biotechnology, MEMS, nanotechnology, and
optoelectronics.
For detailed information and registration for the US conference or
any of the international conferences, go to www.comsol.com/conference2007.
Members of the press are invited to attend the
conference at no charge. Please contact Bernt Nilsson (bernt@comsol.com)
for information and free registration.
About the COMSOL product line
COMSOL Multiphysics® is a scientific-software environment for the
modeling and simulation of any physics-based system. A particular strength
is its ability to account for multiphysics phenomena. Optional modules
add discipline-specific tools for chemical engineering, earth science,
electromagnetics, heat transfer, MEMS, and structural mechanics. Other
products include COMSOL Reaction Engineering Lab®, which allows users
to model reacting systems; and COMSOL Script(TM), a MATLAB®-compatible
programming language that works both as a general-purpose scientific
computational tool and provides a textual based interface to COMSOL
Multiphysics models. The COMSOL products are available for the Windows,
Linux, Solaris, and the Macintosh operating systems. Full details
about COMSOL Multiphysics and related products are available at
www.comsol.com.
About the COMSOL Group
COMSOL was founded in 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has grown to
include offices in the Benelux, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and a US presence
with offices in Burlington, MA, Los Angeles, CA, and Palo Alto, CA.
Additional information about the company is available at www.comsol.com.
Media and Reader Contact:
Bernt Nilsson, VP of Marketing
COMSOL, Inc.
1 New England Executive Park, Suite 350
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: (781) 273-3322
Email: bernt@comsol.com
