Course Feedback

by Marc Schwalbach

The parametrization training held at the Center For Modeling and Simulation (CFMS) in Bristol was successfully completed. The event brought the IODA ESRs together with speakers and participants from academia and industry to share and discuss state of the art parametrization and geometry methods. The ESRs were able to learn about the wide scope of parametrization methods used in optimization methods as well as discuss these topics with experts in group work sessions.

These group sessions resulted in a discourse about the issues with parametrization today. In particular, the need to harmonize geometry representations, such as CAD, with simulation meshes was a core topic of discussion, as this is the bottleneck in many design cycles. Finally, these discussions also lead to a joint brainstorming session about the ideal optimization systems of the future. These systems are aspired to be more robust and unified to reduce time to market in engineering design. Technologies such as 3D printing and machine learning would also play a role in future optimization cycles and novel ways to represent geometries could completely change the way we design compared to today. The training prepared the ESRs with knowledge about state of the art methods and aspirations for improving optimization methods for industrial design