Western Pennsylvania ANSYS User's Group

Spring 2005 Meeting

Date: Thursday, March 24, 2005 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where:  CAL Building in Southpoint, Room 102, Canonsburg, PA

Exit off I-79 at Exit 48 - Southpoint/Hendersonville. Turn into the Southpoint Complex on Southpoint Boulevard. Stay on Southpoint Boulevard for 1.4 miles. Straight through at the 1st stop light, straight through at the 1st stop sign (Southpoint Golf Clubhouse), straight through at the 2nd stop sign (Technology Drive), pass the lake on your left. Turn RIGHT at the 3rd stop sign (Technology Drive) - you can see the CAL building on the left, continue up the hill a short distance and turn LEFT into the parking lot below the CAL building. Room 102 will be on your left when you enter the building.

TOPIC:  Annual Student Presentations Meeting
Agenda:

9:00 - 9:45 am Socialize:  coffee, orange juice, muffins
9:45 - 10:05 am
Impeller OD Modal Study, PSU Erie Mechanical Engineering Technology students: Jeff Amick and Tom Dziekonski; advisors: D. Johnson and D. Roth
10:05 - 10:25 am
Heat Transfer Study of Air Gap Influence on Cooling in Box Shaped Parts, PSU Erie Plastics Engineering Technology students: Clayton Kirschner and Nicklaus Paris; advisors: J. Meckley, M. Dropick
10:25 - 10:45 am
Heat Transfer Modeling, Pitt PhD candidate: Mike Guido; advisor: Dr. Laura Schaefer
10:45 - 11:00 am     BREAK
11:00 - noon
ANSYS-WBE Example: Buckling of a Step Stool, 
Bill Galloway and Kyle Astor, Werner Co.
noon - 1:00 pm Lunch:  Chicken Pot Pie, Meat Ball Sandwiches, Fresh Fruit Salad, Assorted Sodas, Cookies
1:00-1:20 pm
Redesign of Nissan Bumper Beam, PSU Erie Mechanical Engineering students: Mike Bardsley, Scott Bendig, and Andrew Goreczny; advisor: A. Khalilollahi
1:20 - 1:40 pm
GE Frame Head Design (for GEB AC Traction Motor), PSU Erie Mechanical Engineering students: Kory Schreckengost, Adam Gallagher, Mike Allegretto; advisor: D. Onipede
1:40-1:50 pm     BREAK
1:50 - 3:45 pm
"Design For Six Sigma" by Aaron Benek and Ray Browell, ANSYS Inc.
3:45 pm Closing and Adjournment

 Attendance:  22 User's Group Members and 12 students