Optimal Solutions' Sculptor Selected for Worldwide Competition and Scores a Win!
A Student Fulfills His Dreams at Renault F1
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, United States of America - Monday, November 12, 2007 - What does a 25-year-old engineering student studying aerodynamic optimization want more than anything in the world? A chance to work for six months with the ING Renault F1 Team in their Research and Development Department in Enstone, United Kingdom-with full accommodations and a Company car, to boot!
That is just what happened to Josef Dubsky from the Czech Republic on July 30, 2007, when Mr. Dubsky entered the 2007 Altran Engineering Academy's fourth annual worldwide competition-and defeated nearly 1,000 young engineers who entered detailed technical projects in the competition.
Genuinely surprised, the 25 year-old was at a loss of words when Robin Tuluie, Head of R&D for ING Renault F1 Team, called his name at the end of a very tense day. Earlier, he had held his own when the jury deluged him with questions following his exposé on Automatic Aerodynamic Optimization Based on CFD. This brilliant presentation, coupled with his on-the-spot argumentation, allowed him to get ahead of the competition.
But, it wasn't only Mr. Dubsky's presentation that found favor with the judges-it was the powerful capabilities of the Sculptor interactive design software technology developed by Optimal Solutions Software, LLC, and used by Mr Dubsky during his project that resulted in:
- the number of analyzed designs being increased by an order of magnitude;
- no human interaction necessary during the optimization;
- no manual re-meshing, resulting in a dramatic reduction in time and costs per analysis.
The use of Sculptor was very instrumental in finding the 'optimal solution' and winning this very prestigious worldwide contest.
CFD solver, Fluent, and design optimization tool, Engineous's iSIGHT, assisted in the success of the project.
This year the level of candidates was as high as ever, but unfortunately, there could only be one winner. I was really impressed by the preparation, the passion and research they put into their work, and I am sure they will all have a successful career. I hope all of them will fulfill their dream one day.
Headed by Robin Tuluie, the jury for the contest was made up of experienced engineers from Altran and ING Renault F1 Team:
- Alfonso Martinez, Managing Director of Altran Technologies in Spain;
- Olivier Guillaud, Sr. Consultant in the partnership between Altran and the ING Renault F1 Team; and
- Dr. Alexander Gentemann, Sr. Consultant with Askon.
Mr. Dubsky is a colleague-student of TechSoft Engineering, a Reseller for Optimal Solutions Software in the Czech/Slovak Republics.
About TechSoft Engineering (www.techsoft-eng.cz)
Leading CAE technical analysis firm in Czech/Slovak Republics
Since it was founded in 1991, TechSoft Engineering, located in Praha, Czech Republic, has specialized in technical analysis of a wide range of CFD/FEM industrial applications, as well as consultancy and support for its more than 200 customers. In support of these activities, the TechSoft R&D team is continually developing new computational methodologies and optimization processes for the CFD and FEM markets.
About Optimal Solutions Software, LLC
On October 1, 2003, Optimal Solutions Software, LLC, officially launched Sculptor. Since that time, this major offering to the CFD/FEA industry has been answering the question of how to improve engineering designs-in the most cost-effective, timely manner.
Sculptor is used to deform analysis meshes used in both CFD and FEA simulations. Using proprietary Arbitrary Shape Deformation (ASD) technology, the user can easily and intuitively change the shape of a model in a smooth and controlled manner. Major changes that previously took days can now be achieved in hours.
Using Optimal Solutions' Sculptor software, design engineers are able to reduce the need for costly physical testing and prototyping. Any company or industry that designs components with fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and/or chemically-reacting flows; including combustion, aero elasticity, as well as structural design, benefit from using Sculptor.
Additionally, the Company's values-driven corporate strategy calls for utilizing Sculptor, whenever possible, to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions of pollutants from automobiles, aircraft and industrial activities.
The Big Three auto companies, as well as the top Formula 1 race car companies, are using Sculptor to reduce drag on their cars, thus improving fuel consumption, while still allowing designers the freedom to incorporate their own aesthetics. Drag reduction in the world's automotive industry saves billions of gallons of fuel per year, resulting in reduced dependence on crude oil.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Cessna, as well, are working with Optimal Solutions to improve aerodynamic efficiencies of their aircraft. Making subtle changes by increasing lift with no increase in drag on an aircraft wing can greatly improve the energy efficiency of a jet moving through airspace, thus saving on the fuel utilized y the aircraft.
The Optimal Solutions Team also knows that improving process design in the world's chemical, electronics, glass/plastics, power generation, steel and turbo machinery industries, to name a few, will not only improve industrial process efficiencies, but effectively reduce harmful, costly pollution emissions from escaping into the atmosphere.
Addressing these issues brings Optimal Solutions a step closer to bolstering one of the Company's major principles: …profitability with principle…