Western Pennsylvania ANSYS User's Group

Spring 2001 Meeting


Date:  March 22, 2001 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where: California University Building, Room 102 in Southpoint, Canonsburg, PA

Directions to Cal. Univ. Building: (Note: we will be just down the hill from ANSYS Inc. and Mallett's offices)

Exit off I-79 at Exit 10A -Southpoint/Hendersonville. Turn into the Southpoint Complex on Southpoint Boulevard. Stay on Southpoint Boulevard for 1.4 miles. Straight through at the 1st stop sign (Southpoint Golf Clubhouse), straight through at 2nd stop sign (Technology Drive) passing the lake on left. Turn right at 3rd stop sign (Technology Drive), travel up the hill to the second building on the left (Cal. Univ. Building) and turn left into their parking lot. Park where you can and look for room 102.

TOPIC:  Annual Student Presentations Meeting
Agenda:

9:00 - 10:00 am Socialize:  coffee (reg. and decaf.), orange juice, donuts, Danish, and fresh fruit
10:20 - 10:40 am "FEA Study of Flexible Stainless Steel Tubing", Kyle Anderson and Greg Yonker, senior students, Penn State-Erie, adviser: Dave Johnson
10:40 - 11:00 am "FEA Study of Exhalation Valve", Craig Bupp and Ryan Gift, senior students, Penn State-Erie, adviser: Dave Johnson
11:00 - 11:20 am "DeltaForceTM Temporary Horizontal Lifeline Re-Design", George Boy and James R. Hagg, senior students, Penn State-Erie, adviser: Dave Roth
11:20 - 11:40 am "The Optimization of the Pultrusion Process using Thermodynamic Analysis", Matt Heidecker, Penn State-Erie, adviser: Marty Dropik
11:40 am - noon "Lord Nonlinear Spring Design", B. Felker, J. Wetzel, B. Wilson, senior students, Penn State-Erie, adviser: Dr. Amir Khalilollahi
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch: Italian meatball sandwiches, Italian stuffed shells, potato salad, garden salad, cookies and sodas  
1:10 - 1:30 pm "Design and Nonlinear Simulation of Electrostatic Microactuator", Ilya Avdeev, PhD student, University of Pittsburgh, adviser: Dipo Onipede Jr. and Mike Lovell
1:30 - 1:50 pm "Analysis of Interfacial Slip in a Two-Roll Cross Wedge Rolling Process ", Qiang Li, PhD student, University of Pittsburgh, adviser: Mike Lovell
1:50 - 2:10 pm "Recent Results from Simulation of Springback in Anisotropic Metals", Carlos Gomes, PhD student, University of Pittsburgh, adviser: Dipo Onipede Jr. and Mike Lovell
2:10 - 2:30 pm "Numerical Contact Analysis of Transversely Isotropic Coatings: A Cylinder Within a Circumferential Groove ", Clint Morrow, PhD student, University of Pittsburgh, adviser: Mike Lovell
3:00 pm Adjournment (when/where/what topic for next meeting ?)

Treasurer: Eric Horne, DEAC    (724)-941-6600    horn@wwpatterson.com
Chairman: Dave Johnson, Penn State    (814) 898-6480     dhj1@psu.edu

Total Attendance: 35