Fab five are CFD users of the year
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 18, 2005
Fluent has revealed the identities of the winners of its first annual "CFD user of the year" awards.
Fluent has revealed the identities of the winners of its first annual "CFD user of the year" awards.
The winners represent the best of the many applied CFD studies and papers published by users of Fluent's industry-standard CFD software over the past year.
As the use of CFD becomes increasingly widespread around the globe, Fluent recognised five specific applications of CFD technology that best exemplify the important role it plays in engineering.
The five winners were selected by a panel of CFD experts who reviewed over 100 studies and papers from dozens of countries around the world.
Most innovative use of CFD technology was won by Dr John Hart of SportsPulse at the University of Sheffield in the UK.
Most impact of CFD on society went to Dr Tamer Hassan and his team of researchers from several Japanese universities and hospitals.
Most impact of CFD on a business process was won by Dr Matt Hyre, Associate Professor at Virginia Military Institute, USA.
Best use of CFD as a design tool went to Dr Lin-Jie Huang, Delphi, USA.
And best industrial CFD study was awarded to Dr Peter Vogel, GTD, Germany.
The winners each receive a prise and a plaque for their contributions to the application of CFD to real-world projects.
CFD is a form of digital engineering, and is the fastest growing part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) sector.
The CFD industry was valued at over US $300 million in 2004, and is expected to continue growing at 16% annually worldwide through 2008 according to US-based industry analyst firm Daratech.
The burgeoning use of CFD has had a dramatic effect on many industries globally because of its ability to alter product lifecycle management, to produce process efficiency improvements, to allow for more innovative products, and the consequent transformation of our quality of life brought about through these innovations.
"The breadth and scope of commercial CFD usage is now so wide that the judging panel decided to recognise five distinct categories of CFD applications instead of just a single exemplary user", said Selection Committee Chairperson Dr Michael Engelman, CEO of Enductive Solutions and Corporate Vice President of Fluent.
"The judges were very impressed by the quality of the short listed papers and the range of CFD applications being carried out around the world".
"We are looking forward to the bar being raised even higher in future years because of the galvanising effect we believe these Awards will have on our Industry".
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