Pointwise User Group Meeting 2011

The Pointwise User Group Meeting 2011 held in Fort Worth, Texas on 8-9 November drew the largest attendance in the history of the company's user conference. The meeting featured hands-on training in Pointwise V17, presentations from customers from around the world, a short-course entitled “T-Rex in the Real World,” and the presentation of the Meshy Award.

Photos from the event are available on Pointwise's Facebook page.

Exhibiting Partners

We are pleased to have had several of our partners participate in the CFD Gallery at this year's user group meeting. Our attendees benefited from time spent with our partners discussing how their solutions complement Pointwise.

Meshy Award Contest

Dr. Michael Böttcher of Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie was presented the first Meshy Award, given for a Pointwise/Gridgen mesh that is technically excellent and aesthetically beautiful. Dr. John Steinbrenner, Pointwise vice president of research and development, presented the award. Dr. Böttcher's work was featured on a T-shirt that was distributed at the user group meeting. Dr. Böttcher's award winning meshes are available for viewing along with the other entries in our Meshy Award 2011 photo album on Facebook.

Agenda

Tuesday, 8 November - Training
Beg.	End	Event	Room
8:00	8:30	Registration & Continental Breakfast	Synergy Foyer
8:30	10:15	Training T-Rex Volume Meshing	Synergy I
10:15	10:30	Break	Synergy Foyer
10:30	12:00	Training Native CAD Import and Database Tools	Synergy I
12:00	1:30	Buffet Lunch	Atrium
1:30	3:00	Training Enhanced Solver and Distribution Tools	Synergy I
3:00	3:30	Break	Synergy Foyer
3:00	5:00	Training Groups and Other New Features	Synergy I
5:00	5:30	Break	Synergy Foyer
5:30	6:30	Training Special Short Course - T-Rex	Synergy I
6:30	8:00	Welcome Reception & Partner Exhibits	Synergy Foyer
Wednesday, 9 November - General Session
Beg.	End	Event	Room
8:00	8:30	Registration, Continental Breakfast & Partner Exhibits	Synergy Foyer
8:30	8:45	Welcome & Introductions Rick Matus, Ph.D., Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Pointwise	Synergy I
8:45	9:15	Current Status of Pointwise & Gridgen John Chawner, President, Pointwise	Synergy I
9:15	9:45	An End-to-End High Fidelity Numerical Simulation of the LE-X Engine - Grid Generation Challenge for Full-Scale Rocket Engine Simulation Nobuhiro Yamanishi, Ph.D., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Naoki Tani, Ph.D., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	Synergy I
9:45	10:15	Break & Partner Exhibits	Synergy Foyer
10:15	4:15	Support Consultations (Sign up at the registration desk)	Synergy III
10:15	10:45	Boundary Layer Separation Control on a Circular Cylinder Using Embedded Heaters Derick Endicott, Ohio Northern University	Synergy I
10:45	11:15	Automated Finite Element Mesh Generation for Centrifugal Impeller Blades Using Pointwise Mikhail Grigoriev, Ph.D., Cameron, Compression Systems	Synergy I
11:15	11:45	Developments in Low Speed Aerodynamics for the 2012 Formula SAE Car Aaron Long, University of Texas at Arlington	Synergy I
11:45	12:15	A Brief Introduction to Overset/Chimera Grid Technology Ralph Noack, Ph.D., Celeritas Simulation Technology, LLC	Synergy I
12:15	1:00	Lunch	Atrium
1:00	1:30	Advanced Unstructured Grid Generation Using Gridgen and Pointwise, Part 2 Perry Wooden, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company T.J. Hoverman, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company	Synergy I
1:30	2:00	Multi-Physics Analyses of Large Scale Systems Using Pointwise and CRUNCH CFD Jeremy Shipman, CRAFT Tech	Synergy I
2:00	2:30	Hybrid Adaptive Meshing Using Pointwise and Vmesh Steve Karman, Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Synergy I
2:30	3:30	CFD Gallery	Synergy Foyer
3:30	4:00	Jet Flow Simulation Using Structured Multi-Block Mesh Swati Saxena, Pennsylvania State University	Synergy I
4:00	4:30	Improved Thermal Signature Analysis Through Coupling of ShipIR and CFD David A. Vaitekunas, W.R. Davis Engineering Ltd.	Synergy I
4:30	5:00	Stability of Hypersonic Flows Eduardo Perez, Texas A&M University	Synergy I
5:00	5:30	Generating Billion Cell Grids Using Pointwise and Gridgen Andy Luo, Swift Engineering	Synergy I
5:30	6:00	The Future of Pointwise & Gridgen, John Chawner, President, Pointwise	Synergy I
6:30	8:30	Pointwise User Group Meeting After Party	Fox and Hound