Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Digital Manufacturing Report Card: Who’s Finding the Missing Middle?
September 15th, 2011
Numerous initiatives from government and industry have been created to address the "Missing Middle" — small manufacturers who have not adopted the digital manufacturing techniques of computer-aided modeling and simulation. In this watchdog report, Addison Snell of Intersect 360 ...
What Do Madagascar Penguins and HPC Have in Common?
September 14th, 2011
The Council on Competitiveness and DreamWorks team up to spread the word by bird.
3D Printing Process Creates Artificial Blood Cells
September 14th, 2011
Researchers at Fraunhofer are developing artificial blood vessels using 3D printing.
High-Risk, Big Payoffs from DOE’s ASCR Leadership Computing Research Program
September 14th, 2011
Through its ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC), the DOE's Advanced Scientific Computing Research program offers up to 30 percent of its computational resources at NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) and the Leadership Computing Facilities at Argonne and ...
The New ‘King of Cool’ in Manufacturing
September 12th, 2011
Recognizing their competitive value, "Big Industry" has always pioneered the development and use of analytical tools. The key word, though, is "big." Unfortunately, the advantages of analysis tools such as finite element methods have been sorely missed by the ...
Virtual Human Saves Lives
September 12th, 2011
Sophisticated digital avatar continues to save lives on and off the battlefield.
SGI Expands CFD Capability with OpenCFD Acquisition
September 9th, 2011
After acquiring OpenCFD last month, SGI said it would continue to offer the company's flagship open-source CFD software, OpenFOAM, free to the business, government and academic communities under the GNU General Public License. The price alone promises to make ...
Case Study: Engineering ISV Uses Cloud Computing to Increase Productivity in Mining Operations
September 7th, 2011
DEM Solutions designs software that helps mining companies optimize ore-handling equipment. To help customers more quickly calibrate models with physical ore-flow tests, it created an offering that uses Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1 and "burst to Windows Azure" ...
Pentagon Spending Linked to Vital Manufacturing Sector
September 7th, 2011
A representative from The Lexington Institute examines the role of defense spending as economic stimulator.
CFD Is on a Roll
September 7th, 2011
Advanced modeling software helps manufacturing companies work smarter and faster.
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