2014 ANSYS Hall of Fame Winners Announced

Yesterday, ANSYS announced the best-in-class winners of their simulation Hall of Fame image competition. This marks the first year where the award was split into two categories, industry and academia. The corporate winners include Admedes Schuessler GmbH for their analyses of an aortic stent, Apollo Offshore Engineering for their design of a floating production storage and offloading unit, and FEAC for their results in testing CERN superconducting accelerator magnets. As for the academic world, the winners include Moscow State Technical University for their virtual wind turbine simulation to test car emissions and designs, and the Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development (FCSD) for their simulation of a bicuspid aortic valve condition. Josh Fredberg, ANSYS VP of Marketing said, "with each passing year, we receive more exciting and innovative entries that push the boundaries of simulation … Submissions to the contest can actually provide valuable insight into some of the most complex engineering design challenges across a wide array of industries to improve products and materials." To that point, it seems that a more detailed look at some of the winners is in order.