Keynote Speakers
Thomas Frommelt, Dr., Technology & Innovation: Modelling, SGL Carbon
Powerful automation and optimization methods for Material- and Process analysis with COMSOL Multiphysics and Matlab
Thomas Frommelt received his PhD in physics in 2007 from the University of Augsburg for experimental work and simulation analysis on acoustically driven microfluidic mixing. In 2008, he joined the SGL Group and introduced COMSOL Multiphysics as the tool for flexible equation based modelling. Since then, he has focused on carbon material and process simulation employing methods of optimization and inverse modelling.
Ivar Kjelberg, Senior Project Manager, CSEM
Structural Analysis: Going Beyond Standard Load Cases
Dr. Ivar Kjelberg is Senior Project Manager for Mechatronics in the Systems Engineering Division of CSEM SA in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He obtained the diploma as "Ingénieur Physicien" from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédéreale EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1979, and a PhD at the local Institute for Plasma Physics (CRPP-EPFL) in 1986. He started his career at CSEM in 1988 and has since occupied several positions related to optics and systems engineering. He is involved with the development of advanced instruments assembling optics, compliant fine mechanics, MEMS, actuators, sensors, and their related control and software.
Svante Littmarck, President and CEO, COMSOL
A first Look at COMSOL version 4.1
Svante Littmarck is the President and CEO of COMSOL. He co-founded the company in 1986. In 2004, Littmarck received an honorary doctoral degree from the Royal Institute of Technology for the development and international reach of high quality software for scientific computations through his company, COMSOL.
Anders B Nilsson, R&D, BD Medical - Medical Surgical Systems
From customer requirement to product requirement with COMSOL
Anders B Nilsson graduated M. Sc. in engineering physics from Lund University in Sweden. He has been working in the R&D department at BD Medical as principal engineer and project leader since 2005. He uses COMSOL for a wide range of functions, such as early concept development and qualification of products.
Franck Pigeonneau, CNRS/Saint-Gobain
Transport Phenomena of Bubbles in a High Viscous Fluid
Dr. Franck Pigeonneau is currently working in the joint laboratory between the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the company Saint-Gobain. He received his Ph. D. in 1998 from the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France). His main research activities are devoted to the transport phenomena in high viscous fluids relevant for glass melting processes. He is using COMSOL to study mass transfer around bubbles carried by a liquid that has undergone chemical reactions, and natural convection in glass furnaces.
Henrik Steepler, Microsoft HPC Partner Business Development Manager, Microsoft
Microsoft Technical Computing
Henrik Steepler earned his PhD in Computer Science in 1999 at Chalmers University, Sweden. Since 2003, he has been working at Microsoft on emerging markets like Security, Virtualization, and since 2007 on their High Performance Computing (HPC) initiative. He is now managing the partner network for Microsoft in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa around HPC.
