The SimuTech Group - Aerospace and Automotive Electronics

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Mr. Steve Groothuis

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Areas of Expertise:

Improving electronics products using FEA & CFD
Structural dynamics and impact analysis
Multiphysics and coupled-field solutions
Material science and nonlinear mechanical behavior
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
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Background:

MS in Physics from The University of Texas at Dallas (Computational Physics)

BS in Physics from Michigan State University (Solid State Physics)

Patents & Publications:

6 issued U.S. Patents in the areas of chemical processing, package design, and FEA meshing procedure..

Over 30 publications in Semiconductor Packaging, MEMS, Wafer Fabrication, and Reliability Simulations.

Plastics Software

fe-safe Fatigue

TOSCA Shape Optimization

Engineering Solutions for the Electronics Industry (pdf)

Simulation of MEMS and Microelectronics (pdf)

Electronics Cooling - Fan Model (pdf)

Advanced Electronics Cooling Systems (pdf)

Low Freq Emag and Low Freq Electric (pdf)

RLCG Lumped Parameter Extraction and Circuit Coupling (pdf)

Charged Particle Tracing (pdf)

High Freg Emag (pdf)

Emag Multiphysics Coupling (pdf)

Piezoelectricity and Piezoresistivity (pdf)

Case Study: Cell Phone Stress & Drop Test (pdf)

Case Study: High pressure gas discharge lamps (pdf)

Case Study: Using Simulation at the Conceptual Design Stage (pdf)

Case Study: Creating More Efficient MEMS Devices (pdf)

Aerospace and Automotive Electronics

ANSYS FEA and CFD simulation software has been used extensively in the design and engineering of aerospace and automotive electronics. A number of SimuTech customers are using ANSYS FEA and CFD software for aerospace and automotive electronics projects.

SimuTech Consulting Projects in the Aerospace and Automotive Electronics Industry:

Pre-stressed PSD Random Vibration of electronics PCB assembly
Natural & forced convection analyses to evaluate the thermal performance of chips in electronic enclosures

Thermal Analysis of Electronic Enclosure

Challenges	Simulation Benefits
Electronics is the leading product differentiator Harsh environmental conditions High reliability requirements Stringent weight limitations	Reduces time to market and physical testing Allows performance of previously difficult validations (altitude and environmental effects) Allows for significant weight reductions Allows for multiphysics design optimization