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Paul Du Bois
Paul Du Bois has worked as an independent consultant in the field of industrial application of large scale numerical simulations since September 1987.
He has specialized in the application of explicit integration techniques for crashworthiness and impact problems. Among Paul’s customers are most of the world’s automotive assemblers such as Daimler, GM, Ford, Opel, Fiat, Porsche, Volvo, PSA, Renault, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Tesla and Lucid motor.
Paul worked with NASA, Boeing , Blue Origin, Gorge Mason University, FAA, Apple, P & G, NREL, Westinghouse, NHTSA, FHA, Delphi, Multimatic, Humanetics, USAMP, JOYSON, RECARO, ROUSH, SIKA, Westinghouse and Cray etc
Paul’s more recent projects include a Daimler sponsored development of a generalized plasticity law for the simulation of plastics and the formulation of a tabulated hyper-elastic material law with damage for the simulation of rubber and foam.
He was involved with the joint research organization of the German automotive industry, FAT, in the working groups: ‘Side Impact Dummies’ from 1992 through 1997 and ‘Foam Materials’ (1996 until 2009). In 2003, Paul was asked by LSTC to perform a training mission at the Russian national laboratory in Snezinskh.
Since 2004, he has also been a consultant to NASA and has worked on the space shuttle’s ‘return-to-flight’ program. In the field of defense applications, he is a consultant to Rafael in Haifa, Israel where he was involved in the simulation of mine blast problems and helicopter crash landings.
Paul Du Bois also teaches the LS-DYNA training classes Advanced Impact Analysis, User Material Implementation in LS‐DYNA, and Polymeric Material Modeling with LS-DYNA. He co-teaches, with Len Schwer, the LS-DYNA Explosives, Blast, Penetration, and Methods, Modeling & Simulation classes.
Len Schwer
Len Schwer has worked in the area of defense applications where failure prediction is of primary interest, for the past 30 years; he had been a DYNA3D user since 1983 and an LS-DYNA user since 1998. His early work at SRI International included modeling the collapse of deeply buried tunnels under very high pressure loadings. While at Lockheed Missile and Space Company he worked on high speed earth penetrators designed to penetrate reinforced concrete structures buried in soil. He has worked with the US Navy to develop an analysis capability for predicting the penetration & perforation of metallic, concrete, and soil targets associated with improvised explosive devices (IED’s).
Len Schwer also teaches the LS-DYNA training class “Concrete & Geomaterial Modeling with LS-DYNA,” and co-teaches, with Paul Du Bois, the LS-DYNA Explosives, Blast, Penetration, and Methods, Modeling & Simulation classes.
George Laird
George has 30+ years of experience of LS-DYNA application. He is an expert on structure mechanics, impact analysis and multi-physics simulation, Chris has been a team leader for consulting projects for key technologies, Nike etc
Kelly Carney
Kelly is a Leading expert on composite and metal material characterization and applications. Before joining FST, Kelly is a leading expert on numerical analysis in NASA, Kelly had involved in the SEVERAL SPACE programs. Retired from NASA after over 30 years of impact and structural dynamics problem solving, Kelly has been working on projects with NREL, Honda, George Mason University, FAA etc
Chris Grabraith
Chris is a leading expert in metal stamping technology with LS-DYNA, with 30 years of experience. Chris has in depth knowledge on steel and Aluminum stamping applications. Chris has been a team leader for steel and aluminum OEM as well as other challenge projects.
Jeanne He
Jeanne has been working on sheet metal forming simulation analysis since 1996. She has been working with FORD, GM and Chrysler stamping simulation groups in the early years, late on, she has been focused on bringing simulation technology to tool and die industry. Jeanne loves working on challenging projects.
Shuping Li
Shuping has more than 20 years of experience in automotive OEM and tier I supplier CAE analysis. Shuping has extensive knowledge on vehicle Structural Composite Insert design Engineering.