CAESES North America User Con­fer­ence 2026: record­ings & presentations

The 2026 CAESES North America User Con­fer­ence marked an impor­tant mile­stone as the first con­fer­ence held specif­i­cally to better serve and support the North American user com­mu­nity. While the event was focused on the NA com­mu­nity, it was won­der­ful to see several users join from outside the region as well. As a virtual event, the con­fer­ence brought together a diverse group of atten­dees, pre­sen­ters, and sponsors, and we are deeply grateful to all of them for making this inau­gural event a success.

Pre­sen­ta­tions

The con­fer­ence featured an impres­sive range of pre­sen­ta­tions spanning multiple indus­tries, reflect­ing the breadth and diver­sity of the CAESES user com­mu­nity. The Q&A sessions fol­low­ing each pre­sen­ta­tion were par­tic­u­larly insight­ful and added great value to the discussions.

Below you will find links to the slides and record­ings for each session:

Looking back and looking forward: Sim­u­la­tion-driven Design and Data-driven Engi­neer­ing
Stefan Harries, Managing Director, FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS AG
Slides | Record­ing 

Outlet Volute Opti­miza­tion of the Dragon Heart, a Total Arti­fi­cial Heart for Pedi­atric Patients
Giselle Matlis, PhD can­di­date, Drexel Uni­ver­sity, School of Bio­med­ical Engi­neer­ing
Slides | Record­ing 

Struc­tured Meshes Powering Sim­u­la­tion-Driven Design
Samuel James, Chief Oper­at­ing Officer (Global Oper­a­tions), GridPro
Slides | Record­ing 

The Impor­tance of Hydro­dy­namic Opti­miza­tion in the Devel­op­ment of Small Electric Marine Vessels
Britton Ward, Pres­i­dent, Farr Yacht Design
Slides | Record­ing 

Engine Com­bus­tion System Design with CAESES: A Passive Pre-Chamber Case Study
Anqi Zhang, Senior Research Engineer, Aramco Americas: Aramco Research Center – Detroit
Slides | Record­ing

Opti­miza­tion of Hydro­ki­netic Turbine Blade
Dae-Hyun Kim, Senior Engineer, Tech­nol­ogy Americas, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Slides | Record­ing

Per­for­mance Eval­u­a­tion of Pump Volute Geome­tries Opti­mized for Additive Man­u­fac­tur­ing
Thiago Ebel, Director of Tech­nol­ogy and Inno­va­tion, Con­cept­sNREC
Slides | Record­ing

Hydro­dy­namic Opti­miza­tion of Surface Com­bat­ant using Multi-Fidelity Co-Kriging algo­rithm
Giacomo Pel­liz­zari, PhD Can­di­date in Ocean Engi­neer­ing, Kevin T. Crofton Depart­ment of Aero­space and Ocean Engi­neer­ing, Virginia Tech
Slides | Record­ing

Design by Fully-Para­met­ric Opti­miza­tion of Small AUVs Ducted Pro­pellers
Samiksha Dhakal, PhD Can­di­date in Aero­space Engi­neer­ing, Kevin T. Crofton Depart­ment of Aero­space and Ocean Engi­neer­ing, Virginia Tech
Slides | Recording

Work­shops

A special thank you to Simon and Andreas for orga­niz­ing and leading the hands-on work­shops. Both sessions were well-received and gave atten­dees the oppor­tu­nity to deepen their prac­ti­cal knowl­edge of CAESES.

CAESES workshop 1: morphing

This workshop focused on morphing work­flows in CAESES and demon­strated how geometry vari­a­tions can be effi­ciently created and con­trolled within sim­u­la­tion-driven design processes. Par­tic­i­pants gained prac­ti­cal insights into flexible geometry manip­u­la­tion tech­niques and their appli­ca­tion in engi­neer­ing workflows.

Watch Workshop Recording

CAESES workshop 2: automa­tion and integration

This workshop explored automa­tion and inte­gra­tion work­flows within CAESES, high­light­ing how engi­neer­ing processes can be stream­lined through con­nected tool­chains and auto­mated design studies. The session show­cased prac­ti­cal approaches for improv­ing workflow effi­ciency and scal­a­bil­ity across sim­u­la­tion environments.

Watch Workshop Recording

Future Events

Looking further ahead, we plan to hold the next CAESES North America User Con­fer­ence in 2028

We hope to see more of you soon!