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Volkswagen Signs Master Agreement with ANSYS

Published February 10, 2010 News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Pittsburgh, simulation software, Technology, Volkswagen

Pittsburgh might be frozen over solid, but the tech scene is staying toasty. Look what ANSYS is up to:

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that Volkswagen AG, one of the world’s largest car producers, has signed a master agreement with ANSYS and intends to widen its use of the most comprehensive engineering simulation solution available today. The strategic decision to use ANSYS® software was due both to the bandwidth of applications that can be addressed as well as to the innovative ANSYS® Workbench™ platform that allows for a substantial process compression.

In its research and development, Volkswagen uses structural mechanics, fluid dynamics and explicit analysis tools from ANSYS to perform, among other applications, studies on climate control, headlights and engine internal flow.

“Simulation Driven Product Development™ is applied in nearly every industry to drive product development and accelerate time to market,” said Dr. Albrecht Gill, regional sales director at ANSYS Germany. “Mere experience and prototyping is not sufficient in today’s dynamic environment. Forward-looking companies like Volkswagen are increasing their use of simulation technology to lower their development costs and gain more confidence in designs.”

“The automotive market is highly competitive, and technological advances are being incorporated in modern cars at an ever-faster pace. To stay at the top, there is no way around applying simulation tools to drive product development and innovation. Our decision for simulation software from ANSYS is based on the depth and breadth of the solution we needed to cover our simulation needs,” said Dr. Ralph Sundermeier, head of the Department for CAE-methods at Volkswagen AG. “The ANSYS Workbench concept is convincing because we can easily do coupled simulations and, in this way, accurately account for the entire range of physics.”

Shooting for the Moon: ANSYS Sponsors Astrobotic Technology

Published November 9, 2009 News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Astrobotic Technology, Google Lunar X Prize, Pittsburgh, simulation software, Technology

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, said it has become an official sponsor of Astrobotic Technology Inc.’s Tranquility Trek™ mission, which involves developing a rocket-launched robot as part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. As sponsor, ANSYS is providing its multiphysics engineering simulation software in the development of the robot, lander and payload adapter as the company races to become the first privately funded team to reach the Moon.

Through the use of tools from ANSYS, Astrobotic Technology is simulating the effectiveness of machinery and materials performance under extreme fluctuations in lunar conditions — all to be conducted prior to sending the robot to the Moon. The project will pave the way for human exploration and eventual tapping of lunar resources for export to Earth.

The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million competition to encourage privately funded teams to send a robot to the Moon, travel 500 meters, and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth. U.S.-based Astrobotic is one of 21 teams from around the world participating in the competition. The company, which has identified a 2011 launch date, already is field-testing prototype Moon robots.

“This is a race after all, so we are leveraging engineering simulation software from ANSYS to keep moving at warp speed,” said David Gump, president of Astrobotic Technology Inc. “We are applying the software to find the lowest-cost, lightest-weight designs for our robots and the deep-space transfer stages that will deliver them from Earth’s orbit to the Moon. ANSYS® technology enables us to examine alternative structures and materials to rapidly find the most effective combinations via simulation, before we build physical prototypes.”

ANSYS Listed on Software 500 for Third Consecutive Year

Published September 25, 2009 News , PTC Member , Regional Impact , Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Jim Cashman, Software Magazine, The Software 500

One of the region’s most visible software innovators, ANSYS, just received a really cool honor. Check it out below!

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that it is ranked in the top 100 on Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers. ANSYS was ranked 99th overall and second in its category, engineering software. This is the third consecutive year that ANSYS has made the list.

The Software 500, which is marking its 27th year, is a revenue-based ranking of the world’s largest software and services suppliers, both public and private. As a quick list of vendor viability, the ranking is designed to help CIOs, senior IT managers and IT staff research and create a short list of business partners.

Overall, the 2009 report stated that revenue growth in the software and services industry was healthy, with total Software 500 revenue of $491.3 billion worldwide for 2008, representing 8.8 percent growth from the previous year.

Total ANSYS revenue for this year’s listing was $478.3 million, a 24.1 percent growth over last year’s Software 500 ranking. In a year when the average R&D spending at companies that made the list was 10.4 percent, ANSYS re-invested 15.0 percent of its revenue in development. “R&D spending as a percentage of revenue is an important indicator of whether a software company is investing in the future and making life easier for its customer,” the article stated. “When well-established companies are contributing a healthy percentage it’s a strong indicator of commitment to keeping pace with technology.”

“Commitment is at the heart of what we’ve done since our inception, working to put advanced engineering simulation tools within reach of all who need them,” said Jim Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS, Inc. “It is gratifying to receive this honor, which we view as a validation of our ongoing mission to democratize the use of engineering simulation and to continue to be a leader in technology and innovation within the global software ecosystem.”

The Software 500 ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue for 2008 rather than their total corporate revenue, since many have other lines of business. The financial information was gathered by a survey prepared by King Content Co. and posted at www.softwaremag.com.

Technology News Roundup!

Published September 11, 2009 News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, business, CTC, Datavibes, Pitt, Pittsburgh, Technology

Techburgher lassoed a week’s worth of news nuggets that almost slipped between the slats of our super-hot media grill. We pulled these bad boys from the fire to satisfy your never-ending hunger for Pittsburgh tech news. Sink your teeth in right here:

Brian Berger was chosen from a pool of influential nominees for his innovative use of Business Intelligence technology to create measurable business impact. Brian used disruptive business intelligence technology to cut down information integration time for a ServiceLink business unit by

10-12 hours every week. This saved the mortgage services company, which is a division of Fidelity National Financial, nearly 500 hours in reporting time on an annual basis.

Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Competitively-Bid U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Contract

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) recently won a competitively-bid contract to participate in the support of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Omnibus Program. The contract is a five-year, multi-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $430 million. The Omnibus Program is intended to provide TARDEC with additional resources to augment its in-house capability across the entire product acquisition lifecycle.

The CTC Team consists of CTC and 29 other companies including large businesses, small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, not-for-profits, and universities. This contract provides the CTC Team with the opportunity to bid on Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) orders relating to TARDEC’s overall mission as the U.S. Government’s primary research and development activity for military ground vehicle systems.

ANSYS LAUNCHES IMMERSED BOUNDARY MODULE FOR RAPID DESIGN EVALUATION

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced the availability of the Immersed Boundary module for ANSYS® FLUENT® 12.0 software. Jointly developed by ANSYS and long-time partner Cascade Technologies Inc., the module dramatically reduces the amount of time needed for fluid flow simulations and provides fast results by directly addressing challenges associated with meshing. This first release, which is fully parallelized, supports the physical models and boundary conditions needed for modeling low-speed external aerodynamics and automotive front-end airflows. The Immersed Boundary tool offers the ability to save customers time and money by reducing the human effort needed to go from computer-aided design (CAD) to an analysis solution.

Pitt Researchers Undertake $1.06 Million Federal Project to Curtail, Reuse Harmful Wastewater From Marcellus Shale Drilling

The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected the University of Pittsburgh as one of nine national partners that will develop techniques for curtailing the possible environmental and health hazards associated with tapping the massive natural gas reserves lying beneath Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Roughly 70 percent of Pennsylvania sits atop the Marcellus Shale formation, which experts estimate contains up to 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas with about $500 billion worth of recoverable gas.

Researchers in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering will lead a three-year, $1.06 million project to better manage the wastewater generated by the extraction process used on the Marcellus Shale. Difficult to treat, the wastewater usually languishes in reservoirs or the environment. The Pitt approach calls for a new method that would allow the water to be safely reused in gas wells that would contain extraction costs, limit the byproducts flowing into the environment, and reduce the strain on freshwater sources currently tapped during extraction.

DATAVIBES HONORS BRIAN BERGER

Datavibes, Inc. awarded Brian Berger, Manager – MIS at ServiceLink, a BI Champion award, the first of its kind to be instituted in the tri-state area. The award recognizes individuals who have made a contribution to the local business intelligence (BI) community by demonstrating the impact that BI can make on the business bottom line. Brian Berger was chosen from a pool of influential nominees for his innovative use of Business Intelligence technology to create measurable business impact. Brian used disruptive business intelligence technology to cut down information integration time for a ServiceLink business unit by 10-12 hours every week. This saved the mortgage services company, which is a division of Fidelity National Financial, nearly 500 hours in reporting time on an annual basis.

CTC WINS ARMY CONTRACT

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) won a competitively-bid contract to participate in the support of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Omnibus Program. The contract is a five-year, multi-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $430 million. The Omnibus Program is intended to provide TARDEC with additional resources to augment its in-house capability across the entire product acquisition lifecycle.

ANSYS LAUNCHES IMMERSED BOUNDARY MODULE FOR RAPID DESIGN EVALUATION

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced the availability of the Immersed Boundary module for ANSYS® FLUENT® 12.0 software. Jointly developed by ANSYS and long-time partner Cascade Technologies Inc., the module dramatically reduces the amount of time needed for fluid flow simulations and provides fast results by directly addressing challenges associated with meshing. This first release, which is fully parallelized, supports the physical models and boundary conditions needed for modeling low-speed external aerodynamics and automotive front-end airflows. The Immersed Boundary tool offers the ability to save customers time and money by reducing the human effort needed to go from computer-aided design (CAD) to an analysis solution.

PITT NABS $1.06 MILLION PROJECT

ANSYS Software Paves the Way for Improvements in Cement Manufacturing

Published August 10, 2009 News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: aixprocess, ANSYS, cement, simulation, software, Technology

I don’t think there’s a problem that ANSYS software can’t analyze. Case in point:

ANSYS, which is a developer of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced today that its software is helping aixprocess, a German engineering consultancy, to explore process improvements that will make cement manufacturing more profitable and more environmentally responsible. The business has been investigating replacing traditional fossil fuels — which are becoming increasingly difficult to extract, expensive to use and are of limited quantity — with alternative fuels. The efforts of aixprocess are part of a collaborative project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, aimed at using fluid dynamics modeling tools to identify process improvements needed to help cement manufacturers remain competitive in today’s business world.

Cement manufacturing is a complicated, resource-intensive process in which limestone and other materials are crushed and milled, preheated to separate glass from solids, and then heated in a kiln at temperatures up to 1,450 degrees Centigrade (C). Large quantities of fuel are needed for preheating raw materials and keeping kiln temperatures high enough to produce the calcium silicate and aluminates that represent modern cement mixtures. Traditionally, the fuels used in cement making have been coal, oil and gas. However, due to the increasing financial costs associated with fossil fuels — as well as the negative environmental impacts — cement manufacturers around the world are beginning to explore the use of nontraditional fuels such as scrap tires, paper waste and plastic waste.

VNIIGAZ Selects ANSYS Multiphysics Software to Drive Innovation in Oil and Gas Pipeline Technology

Published July 31, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, JSC Gazprom, Simulation Driven Product Development, VNIIGAZ

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that VNIIGAZ — the Scientific-Research Institute of Natural Gases and Gas Technologies LLC — has selected software from ANSYS for its research and development programs. VNIIGAZ is one of Russia’s largest research centers and a division of Moscow-based JSC Gazprom, a gas exploration and production company with huge reserves. VNIIGAZ is using multiphysics simulation software from ANSYS to improve reliability and drive technological innovation in the pipeline equipment used to transfer oil and gas. The company also is applying Simulation Driven Product Development™ to simulate emergency scenarios in an industry that is especially hazardous.

In its research and development efforts, VNIIGAZ uses ANSYS® structural mechanics, fluid dynamics and explicit dynamics analysis tools to perform studies on erosion and combustion, stress–strain analysis, strength and fatigue analysis, and studies of internal and external loads in gas pipelines. One specific application involves modeling the physics of equipment damage, thereby facilitating the development of new damage prevention strategies and technologies.

Extensive risk-assessment simulations are planned to explore scenarios such as gas explosions and the spread of fire to help maintain and improve operational safety at Gazprom.

“ANSYS provides the breadth of simulation tools we need at VNIIGAZ to ensure we can accurately account for the entire range of physics. By placing ANSYS technology at the foundation of our research and development program, we can reduce the number of full-scale experiments and lead time required to develop innovative technologies designed for extraction, transportation and gas processing facilities accident prevention,” said Sergei Kovalyov, director of laboratory simulation of emergency processes at VNIIGAZ. In making its decision, VNIIGAZ considered how effective ANSYS technology has been at other oil and gas companies domestically and internationally.

“VNIIGAZ has not just managed to survive in our changing world, but its scientific input has allowed Gazprom to considerably enhance field projects and develop new technology. By selecting ANSYS software, VNIIGAZ recognizes the value of Simulation Driven Product Development in reducing costs and development timelines while delivering better products and processes — whether that applies to extended production, transportation improvement, higher reliability or safer operations,” said Ahmad Haidari, director, industry marketing at ANSYS, Inc.

ANSYS channel partner ZAO EMT R was instrumental in the implementation of ANSYS technology at VNIIGAZ and will provide high-level technical support and maintenance to the research division.

For downloadable images, visit http://www.ansys.com/newsimages.

Pittsburgh Technology News Round Up

Published June 19, 2009 News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Carnegie Learning, Elliance, Madgetech, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Penguins, Technology, YinzCam

We’re on fire here at the old Techburgher. News keeps coming off the grill hot and tasty. Here are some excellent news bites ready for your consumption. Pass the ketchup!

MADGETECH INC. INTRODUCES HITEMP150-TSK, HIGH TEMPERATURE LOGGER AND THERMAL SHIELD

The recent nationwide recall of salmonella tainted nut products created a demand for devices that thoroughly monitor nut processing to ensure the quality of the final product.

In response to the demand, MadgeTech developed the HiTemp150-TSK, a logging system which includes a HiTemp150 data logger and thermal shield. The system was designed to monitor and record the extreme temperatures required in peanut processing. The HiTemp150-TSK is fully submersible, and can withstand temperatures in air up to 150ºC indefinitely, 200ºC for 45 minutes, and 250ºC for 32 minutes. Although the HiTemp150-TSK was designed for nut processes such as dry blanching and oil roasting, it is versatile, and can be used in other applications such as meat processing, food processing, autoclave validation and conveyor oven monitoring.

ELLIANCE NABS IMA AWARD

Elliance has been recognized as an IMA Top 10 Agency of the year. Over 500 agencies submitted their best work to Interactive Media Awards in 2008, and the agencies having the highest scoring evaluations, in addition to other scoring factors, were honored for their award winning web design. The IMA recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.
In 2008, sites designed by Elliance were named ‘Best in Class’ in the non-profit, school, manufacturing and university categories. The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the IMA. It represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism.

ANSYS RELEASES SIWAVE 4.0

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced the latest release of SIwave™ software. Part of the Ansoft family of products, version 4.0 of this technology includes new features for signal-integrity, power-integrity and electromagnetic compatibility testing. It includes numerous enhancements including an improved desktop graphical user interface with new post-processing of results, solver enhancements that provide accurate solutions beyond 10 Gb/s, and automation that links SIwave electromagnetics with circuit simulation using Ansoft Designer® and Nexxim®. Additionally, a new link between electromagnetics and thermal analysis has been created for board and package thermal effects via ANSYS® Icepak® software. The link enables accurate characterization of additional heating due to copper-resistive losses that engineers have previously estimated or ignored completely.

YINZCAM MAKES NETWORK WORLD MAGAZINE

YinzCam has revolutionized the way hockey fans watch the game. The world champion Pittsburgh Penguins implemented the technology this past season to heighten its fans’ experience. Seems like Network World has taken notice and wrote a sweet article about its development and roots with Carnegie Mellon University. Read the article right here.

CARNEGIE LEARNING RELEASES NEW COGNITIVE TUTOR SOFTWARE

Carnegie Learning, Inc., a publisher of innovative, research-based math solutions for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students, today released the 2009-2010 version of the Cognitive Tutor® Math Software which focuses on empowering teachers to integrate technology flexibly and effectively into their core curriculum and intervention implementations. The 2009-2010 release is available immediately and includes enhancements to the company’s full suite of math software solutions — Cognitive Tutor® Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.

Friday = Pittsburgh Tech News

Published April 17, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Business Records Management, KIT Solutions, Pittsburgh, RedPath, Technology

Sometimes we like saving the best for last here at the Techburgher. Our customary Friday Pittsburgh tech news roundup is definitive proof. Time’s a-wasting, so pick up this burgher with both hands and enjoy:

Shred Your Documents for Free

Business Records Management (BRM) has partnered with the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and local Staples stores to offer free document shredding to highlight the importance of the safe disposal of personal information.

Shredathon will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at two Staples locations – 999 Freeport Road in the Waterworks Mall, and 2515 Banksville Road. Members of the public may bring up to four boxes of paper records per person to be destroyed free of charge. BRM encourages residents to bring obsolete personal records such as bank statements, credit card receipts, tax paperwork, bills and other statements. Shredding these types of documents after tax day will protect people and their families from identity theft, and all paper collected will be recycled to benefit the environment. Prize drawings will be held during the event.

KIT Solutions wins Rhode Island Information Management Contract

KIT Solutions has been selected by the state of Rhode Island to implement a statewide, integrated Substance Abuse Treatment and Mental Health Information Management System.

Under the two-year contract, KIT Solutions will integrate the information management needs of social service professionals across the state in two behavioral health fields, substance abuse treatment and mental health.

“We were impressed with KIT’s ability to provide a comprehensive solution that brought together information from both our substance abuse and mental health staffs,” said Steve Dean, Administrator, Contracts and Logistics, Department of Mental Health and Retardation & Hospitals. “KIT’s leadership in this area and its track record of success in other states were major factors in our decision.”

RedPath Appoints Mark D. Myslinski as Chief Executive Officer

RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to the effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer, today announced that its Board of Directors has named Mark D. Myslinski to serve as RedPath’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

Myslinski brings nearly 30 years of life sciences and diagnostics industry experience to RedPath, including key sales and operating roles in both Fortune 100 and venture-backed start-up organizations. Myslinski has been a Johnson & Johnson executive since 2002 where his responsibilities have included building a new, world-wide Evidence Based Medicine function for the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit. Myslinski was also General Manager of Johnson & Johnson’s Veridex, LLC, a division focused on molecular diagnostics that achieved triple-digit sales growth under Myslinski’s tenure. Previously, Myslinski held executive roles in venture-backed start-ups, Interscope Technologies and Precision Therapeutics, both focused on the field of pathology with an emphasis on cancer. Myslinski also accumulated over twenty years of sales and marketing experience prior to these roles, including over eight years with Baxter/American Hospital Supply Corporation.

ANSYS Software Deployed in Oil and Gas Industry
ANSYS, Inc. will showcase its oil and gas industry solutions at the 2009 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), one of the sector’s most popular events. Due to uncertainties and risks in this market, engineers and designers increasingly rely on engineering simulation software in their ongoing exploration and production projects. Solutions from ANSYS assist oil and gas organizations in a broad range of applications, equipment and processes, enabling them to explore fields once considered inaccessible and to develop the technology needed to cost-effectively drill, produce, transport and refine the resources.

OTC is a leading forum for those who develop offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection. To address the technical and engineering challenges that abound in this industry, ANSYS will highlight the specific and unique capabilities of its portfolio targeted for the oil and gas sector. Product demonstrations and technical staff at the OTC will emphasize ANSYS software features relevant to industry applications, including drilling and well completion, offshore structure safety, oil and gas machinery, riser design, piping, flow assurance, subsea structures, marine applications, sensor and control systems, and signal integrity.

Pittsburgh AreaTech News Snippets

Published April 3, 2009 Knowledge Center , News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, CTC, Mylan, Pittsburgh, Technology, Vocollect

Here are few quick headlines that came across the Techburgher’s inbox. Enjoy the weekend!

European Automotive Simulation Conference to Drive Next-Generation Vehicle Design

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announced the preliminary agenda for the 2009 European Automotive Simulation Conference (EASC), an engineering simulation event dedicated solely to this industry. Because the challenges in engineering road, rail, racetrack and off-road vehicles are complex, the event provides a forum for attendees to share and debate new practices and issues, to network with industry peers and to learn about the very latest developments in engineering simulation for the automotive industry. The EASC’s focus on integrating multiphysics simulation into the design process is expected to impact the next generation of automotive engineering, resulting in innovative products that can be made faster, more cost effectively, and with less impact on the environment.

Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded 3-Year, $11 Million Contract

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded an $11 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Florida, to provide technical and engineering services for continued Carriage, Stream, Tow, and Recovery System (CSTRS) development, test, and analysis. CSTRS was designed and fabricated by CTC and functions as the primary interface between the Navy’s MH-60S helicopter and five different mine countermeasure sensor systems. CTC has served as the prime contractor on the U.S. Navy Organic Airborne Mine Countermeasures (OAMCM) CSTRS Program since 1999. Under the new contract, work will be performed at CTC’s offices in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Panama City, Florida, and is expected to be completed by February 2012.

Fox Racing Uses Vocollect Voice to Double Distribution Productivity
Vocollect, Inc., the world leader in voice solutions for mobile workers, and Fox Racing Inc., a leading apparel manufacturer and distributor for motocross, BMX, wakeboarding, surfing, and mountain biking headquartered in Morgan Hill, Calif., announced today that their recent deployment of HighJump Warehouse Advantage for warehouse management and Vocollect Voice has enabled Fox Racing to double its distribution center productivity, and that it has achieved its projected return on investment in half the expected timeframe. Read more here.

Mylan’s Matrix Receives First Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Generic Truvada
Mylan Inc. announced that Matrix Laboratories Limited, its India-based subsidiary in which it holds a 71.2% controlling interest, has received the first tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 200 mg/300 mg. Read more here.

Pittsburgh Tech News Hot Off the Grill

Published March 27, 2009 Knowledge Center , News , PTC Member Leave a Comment
Tags: ANSYS, Cellumen, GSP Consulting, Neuro Kinetics, Pittsburgh, Technology, Zoltun

Hey yinz guys, it’s Friday! Everyone’s favorite day of the week. And at Techburgher, time for a smattering of news nuggest from around Pittsburgh’s tech industry. Here it is, hot off the grill:

Cellumen Appoints Dr. Jack A. Reynolds to its Board of Directors

Cellumen, Inc., a discovery toxicology company, announced that industry veteran and former Pfizer executive Dr. Jack A. Reynolds has joined Cellumen’s board of directors. With more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Reynolds is founder and Principal at JAReynolds & Associates, which is focused on defining new paradigms for improving safety testing and decision making in the pharmaceutical industry.

NeuroKinetics to Release Latest Version of VEST

NeuroKinetics (NKI) , manufacturers of noninvasive medical evaluation equipment used worldwide for balance, vestibular and neurological disorder tests, said today that it will release version 6.7 of its proprietary VEST™ control and analysis software at the upcoming Audiology Now! 2009 – the annual conference of the American Academy of Audiology to be held next month in Dallas. Get more details here.

ANSYS NAMED TO CRO’S 100 BEST CORPORATE CITIZENS LIST; EXPANDS HPC CAPACITY FOR ENHANCED R&D

ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, was named one of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens®” by CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer). The 2009 ranking analyzes the efforts of companies on the Russell 1000® index in bringing shareholders more value and making employees proud. ANSYS was one of only two engineering simulation organizations that made the list.

Also, ANSYS announced the addition of large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) systems from HP that will enhance the company’s software research and development efforts. The new HP solution expands the organization’s computing capacity and is key to ensuring the continued leadership position of ANSYS in engineering software for HPC scalability.

GSP CONSULTING LAUNCHES NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE

GSP Consulting launched their newly constructed website this week, www.gspconsulting.com. The modernized website was designed by Pittsburgh-based Zoltun Design. The expanded site provides easier navigation by establishing separated areas of locations, professionals, practice areas and service offerings. Other updated areas on the website include downloadable literature and reports, news features, press releases and upcoming events. Additionally, a more contemporary color scheme of blue and gray that incorporates GSP’s current brand identity enhances the new site’s appearance.