COMSOL Announces Fifth Annual Conference

By DE Editors

COMSOL, Inc. will hold its Fifth Annual COMSOL Conference this fall. The COMSOL Conference 2009 Boston will take place October 8-10 at the Boston Marriott Newton. This event kicks off a worldwide series of conferences dedicated to the latest developments in multiphysics modeling, simulation, and virtual prototyping.

A highlight of this year's event will be the unveiling of COMSOL Multiphysics version 4.0. The lead developers and Svante Littmarck, president and CEO of COMSOL, will demonstrate the new user interface.

A lineup of industry professionals from organizations such as NASA and GE Global Research will deliver keynote addresses at the COMSOL Conference 2009 Boston. Among the speakers discussing how multiphysics technology has advanced their research dramatically are:

• Edwin Ethridge, senior materials scientist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, who will describe his work using microwaves for the extraction of water from the moon.
• Michael Vallance of GE Global Research will address the work he leads in developing a high-energy sodium battery for use on hybrid diesel-locomotives.
• Professor Marc K. Smith will discuss how he uses CFD simulations to teach fluid mechanics to undergraduate students at Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Darrell Pepper, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada — Las Vegas will present a benchmarking report on CFD simulation performance.

In addition to the keynote addresses, training sessions, and mini-courses, more than 100 engineers, scientists, and researchers from academia and industry will offer individual user presentations illustrating the application of COMSOL Multiphysics in their simulation projects.

For more information, visit COMSOL.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.