Suyog Shinde | Larsen & Toubro
From taking apart household machines as a child to leading innovation at Larsen & Toubro, SIMULIA Champion Suyog Shinde has built a 19-year career fueled by curiosity. Discover how he uses simulation to optimize design, streamline manufacturing, and drive industry-wide transformation.
Maciej Majerczak | Valeo
SIMULIA Champion Maciej Majerczak uses SIMULIA tools to solve tough manufacturing challenges at high speed. Structural simulation helps him reduce testing, save time, and understand complex processes like welding and crimping all through virtual simulation.
Utku Ozden | Velux
Meet Utku Özden, a SIMULIA Champion whose journey into simulation began with a lifelong curiosity for computers. As engineering software evolved, Utku discovered how powerful it was to visualize structural behavior, transforming abstract equations from textbooks into something you could truly see and understand. Hear how he’s using SIMULIA’s portfolio to solve today’s engineering challenges.
Emil Szokop | Kubara Lamina
SIMULIA Champion Emil Szokop sees the invisible by using SIMULIA’s electromagnetic simulation to simulate charged particles and magnetic fields of microwave tubes.
Meng Zhou | Nexteer
SIMULIA Champion and Senior Electronic Engineer at Nexteer uses SIMULIA’s electromagnetic simulation to identify, optimize and resolve electromagnetic compatibility issues. He shares how the highly-efficient and accurate CST Studio Suite is a crucial tool throughout the entire product design cycle and helps ensures products are compliant with relevant EMC test standards.
Xinpu Shen | China University of Petroleum
SIMULIA Champion Xinpu Shen, Professor at China University of Petroleum (Beijing), explains how structural simulation transforms petroleum engineering. By replacing experience-based methods with advanced simulation such as continuum damage mechanics to model natural fractures, Abaqus enables more accurate, industry-ready solutions. A powerful, valuable tool for research, industry collaboration, and preparing the next generation of engineers.
Huijuan Guo | CNPC Engineering
SIMULIA Champion and Office Director at CNPC Engineering, Dr. GUO Huijuan, shares how modern engineering helps solve global energy needs and the role SIMULIA’s structural simulation plays. Hear how Abaqus helps solve complex engineering problems in the oil and gas sector and more.
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Katie is the Editor of the SIMULIA blog, an expert in engineering and scientific communication, and a strategic digital marketer. Katie has a BA in English and Writing from the University of Rhode Island and a MS in Technical Communication from Northeastern University. She is also a proud SIMULIA advocate, passionate about democratizing simulation for all audiences. Katie is a native Rhode Islander who lives just outside of her favorite city, Providence. She is a true New Englander and loves sharing all the cool things NE has to offer. She enjoys a variety of hobbies including history, astronomy, science/technology, science fiction, true crime, fashion and anything associated with nature and the outdoors. She is also mom to a 6-year old budding engineer and two crazy rescue pups.