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Western Region
Our office provides direct sales, support, services and training for SIMULIA’s complete portfolio of realistic simulation solutions. By providing regional-based customer services we are able to tailor programs that enable you to achieve the benefits of realistic simulation more quickly.
Our professional staff in the western region office has a broad range of FEA and industry experience with a unique industry focus in aerospace, electronics, biomedical, power, and petroleum. Our team can assist in customizing and automating FEA processes to streamline your research and product development processes.
With a global network of offices we are able to expand our resources quickly to take on large or complex projects. We are able to leverage the SIMULIA and Dassault Systèmes network to support international organizations integrate common software configurations and processes across their geographically dispersed operations. |
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Training
Training Courses
We offer regularly scheduled public training courses that range from basic introductions to advanced courses which cover specific analysis topics and applications.
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| February 21-22, 2012 |
Web-based / Fremont,CA |
Contact and Convergence; Successful Strategies* |
| *This class is an online web-based training session |
| February 23-24, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Introduction to Isight |
| March 1-2, 2012 |
Portland, OR |
Flexible Multibody Systems with Abaqus |
| March 7-9, 2012 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Analysis of Composite Materials with Abaqus |
| March 13-14, 2012 |
Web-based / Fremont,CA |
Basics of Scripting in Abaqus* |
| *This class is an online web-based training session |
| March 26-28, 2012 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Quick Start with Abaqus |
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| April 10-11, 2012 |
Web-based / Fremont,CA |
Modeling Stents Using Abaqus* |
| *This class is an online web-based training session |
| April 23-27, 2012 |
Maui, Hawaii |
Introduction to Abaqus |
| May 22-23, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Metal Inelasticity in Abaqus |
| May 30-June 1, 2012 |
Denver, CO |
Quick Start with Abaqus |
| June 26-28, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Quick Start with Abaqus |
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| July 12-13, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
FSI Simulation with Abaqus |
| July 17, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Analysis with Abaqus/Explicit |
| August 30-31, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Obtaining a Converged Solution with Abaqus |
| September 10-12, 2012 |
San Diego, CA |
Analysis of Composite Materials with Abaqus |
| September 17-21, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Introduction to Abaqus |
| October 25-26, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Introduction to Isight |
| October 30-31, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Introduction to Python and Scripting with Abaqus |
| November 7-9, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Quick Start with Abaqus |
| December 6-7, 2012 |
Fremont, CA |
Substructures and Submodeling with Abaqus |
**Hands-on workshop days are optional and incur an additional fee
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Customized or Onsite Training
Our Professional Services team has created custom training for a wide range of customers. A custom training session can be tailored to cover information specific to your engineering teams’ immediate requirements. Custom training allows you to include examples that incorporate your typical geometries, materials, and design procedures.
Training Materials
Lecture notes for all of our training seminars are available to be purchased to assist in expanding your knowledge and skill in using SIMULIA’s simulation solutions.
>> View List of Available Training Materials
Support
Commercial Customers
One of the primary responsibilities of our regional offices is to provide technical support to all commercial SIMULIA customers in our territory. Technical support is available from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon & 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time. You may contact us via:
Academic Customers
Under the terms of the Academic License Agreement, we do not provide support to users at academic institutions unless the academic user has also purchased technical support.
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Contact Us
Directions
From Oakland Airport:
Take I-880 South to Mowry Avenue exit.
From San Jose Airport:
Take I-880 North to Mowry Avenue exit.
From San Francisco Airport:
Take US 101 South to Highway 92 East. Take Highway 92 (San Mateo Bridge) to I-880. Continue south to the Mowry Avenue exit.
Dassault Systems Simulia Corp.
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Fremont, CA 94538
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Territory
We provide sales, technical support, professional services and training to customers in the following states and Canadian provinces:
Western Region Main Office Coverage
Alaska, California (all counties except for those listed for the Southern California Office), Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Canada: British Columbia, Yukon
Rocky Mountains Sales Office Coverage
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
Canada: Alberta
Southern California, Arizona and Hawaii Sales Office Coverage
Arizona, Hawaii, California Counties: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Meet Our Team
 As a graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China, Rui Qiao decided to pursue his Doctorate Degree of Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. As an intern at General Motors, Rui wrote a subroutine that was used for the modeling of automotive devices based on Shape Memory Alloy wires. As a Development Engineer at BD Medical, Rui used Abaqus to test design concepts of the catheter products. When given the opportunity to apply his knowledge of Abaqus to real life engineering practice, Rui moved to California to become a part of the Western Region Support Team. After a year of working as an Applications Engineer, Rui looks forward to continued professional growth through the opportunities that frequent contact with our customers and the exciting problems they are trying to solve. [Read Interview]
Q: As a practicing engineer in the medical devices industry, what were some of your more challenging problems?
A: Working in quality controlled environment is full of challenges. Every procedure needs to be in compliance with the company and FDA regulations. After understanding and memorizing those rules, life just became much better.
Q: As a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University, what was your thesis and what is its applicability today?
A: My thesis is about enhancing mechanical properties of polymer materials by adding nanofillers. The core part of my thesis work was performing finite element analysis to predict material response and provide guideline for material design. All my Ph.D. training is very valuable for my job today. If I have to pick one that is most applicable, I would say using Abaqus software. As an “Abaqus expert” in the lab, I was sharing my knowledge and helping my lab mates on their simulations at Northwestern. Now, I am glad to see it continuing at SIMULIA.
Q: What do you consider your areas of expertise in the Abaqus software?
A: I am more confident about my skills in the area of fracture analysis and customization of Abaqus using scripting language.
Q: Tell us about the most interesting support call that you have received thus far as a support engineer?
A: There are many interesting support calls from our customers. One giving me a deep impression is a project related to Mars orbiter. I guess it may be a good time to introduce Abaqus to "Martians."
Q: What do you enjoy doing during your spare time?
A: I like traveling, particularly for those places with beautiful natural scenes. I have been to more than 10 national parks since I came to US and I am lengthening this list. But on top of that, my priority destinations are Tibet and African national parks. [Hide Interview]
 Ian Stevenson is the Regional Manager for SIMULIA in the Rocky Mountains region, including portions of the US and Canada. After completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering at the University of Colorado, he became employee number 43 at a small software company then known as Hibbitt, Karlsson, and Sorensen.
Over the subsequent 20 years, HKS grew into Abaqus, Inc., and then SIMULIA. Through those years Ian was involved in many aspects of the company’s growth. Working first in technical support, followed by quality assurance and release management, and then he took on the lead role of developing Abaqus/Viewer and the output database. After several releases of the product Ian relocated back to Boulder to start up the Rocky Mountain sales office, which has enabled our Abaqus customers to have a local contact for sales, support, training, and other services. [Read Interview]
Q: What was it like working for HKS when you first joined?
A: When I joined in 1991 we were just putting the finishing touches on the 4.9-1 release of what was then just “Abaqus” and “Abaqus/Post ” – Abaqus/Explicit was under development and Abaqus/CAE was years away. It was a very exciting time with a lot of new people joining the company to help with support and development. So much so that I shared my first “office” with 3 other support engineers in what was essentially a large hallway in the center of the building – we were the “centroids.” It was and still is a fun and interesting place to work with an incredible set of talented and dedicated people, and I’m always truly amazed at the scope of projects that our customers analyze with Abaqus.
Q: What is one of the more interesting or challenging projects that you have been a part of?
A: There have been so many exciting projects, both from a company and a customer perspective. One major highlight was starting Abaqus/Viewer with nothing more than an idea and in two years turning it into commercial product. It was quite challenging but very exciting and interesting. I’ve also had the opportunity to view a test firing of the Space Shuttle booster rocket at ATK in Utah – that was quite an experience.
Q: Do you have a favorite feature in Abaqus?
A: The scripting capabilities in Abaqus/CAE are one of my favorite features. It’s an often overlooked tool but it can be a huge boon to productivity with very little invested effort. I’ve assisted customers in creating simple scripts for changing basic settings to fully-parameterized graphical interfaces that can build entire product lines.
Q: After over 20 years of working with Abaqus what keeps your job interesting?
A: Definitely our customers and the unique problems they face. In the Rocky Mountain region we have bit of everything – aerospace, defense, consulting, biomedical, consumer packaging, electronics, and with the Alberta oil reservoirs, there’s been a lot of recent interest in Abaqus’ oil & gas capabilities. So much so that I am organizing technology seminars this fall in Edmonton and Calgary. With this diversity of applications there’s always some new interesting problem to help solve and something new to learn.
Q: What do you do when you’re not thinking about Abaqus?
A: I enjoy home remodeling projects and have completely gutted and rebuilt several rooms in our house that had a bad case of the 70’s. My latest endeavor was building our “FamCave” complete with home theater and stone fireplace – quite the project but it turned out well. I also have two teenagers who keep me hopping. I’ve coached my daughter’s soccer team and help with my son’s Destination Imagination team which competed at the Global Finals earlier this spring (I even created a duct-tape DEVO costume for one of the tournament events). [Hide Interview]
 Norman Walker is a Principal Engineer at the SIMULIA Western Regional Office. He is an expert in structural mechanics and an experienced software developer in the standard languages, including Python, FORTRAN and C. An accomplished experimentalist and seasoned program manager, Norman has spent the bulk of his career in the Research and Development Community including governmental, industrial and academic settings. Some of his employers have included the Research and Development Laboratories of Kaiser Aluminum, The University of California, Berkeley and the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. With over 43 years of experience, Norman is a valuable member of our team and an asset to the engineering community. [Read Interview]
Q: As a member of the engineering community for over 40 years, you have definitely been a witness and part of its evolution. Specifically, how have you seen the engineering field change over the life of your career?
A: The most remarkable change I’ve seen has been the enormous accumulation of numerical tools, from CAD and spreadsheets to reliable simulation; they impact almost every aspect of engineering. This, of course, parallels the rapid advance of computational power.
Q: What is one of the more interesting or challenging projects that you have been a part of?
A: I have worked on a wide variety of interesting and challenging projects. The most engrossing one, however, was probably working on the Mars Lander. I am somewhat biased, however, as I have always been fascinated by space travel.
Q: With regard to Abaqus, which of the recent improvements or added features to the code have helped you with your consulting projects?
A: Recent advances in solver technology have proven to be the biggest help to me - that and the significant improvements in the contact capabilities.
Q: Is there a specific functionality with CAE that you find valuable to your consulting projects?
A: What I find most gratifying is the continuing enhancement of the functionality in CAE that has occurred since its inception. Today you can address almost the complete Abaqus code through CAE.
Q: It’s been said that you are a skillful musician and that you play a very unique instrument. What instrument do you play and what is your favorite type of music?
A: I play the bagpipes. That’s a musical form I have enjoyed since I was a kid listening to my Dad’s pipe band records. My favorite type of music, however, is probably Rhythm and Blues. [Hide Interview]
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