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Ms. Ioana Tircomnicu-Unga: NAFEMS Eastern Europe Steering Committee Member

Judit Oldal, NAFEMS - July 27th 2021 We are pleased to bring you a series of posts about the NAFEMS Eastern Europe Steering Committee members so you can learn more about them. First up is Ms. Ioana Tircomnicu-Unga. Tell us briefly about yourself Passionate about how digital technologies can help companies in almost every industry improve products and efficiency, I work closely with

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27 July 2021

Define and Deliver Credible Results - Your Questions, Answered

Your Questions, Answered. 2-minute read April 28th 2022 NAFEMS Americas recently presented a webinar with Linda Knudsen from Syncroness on the importance of simulation result credibility, titled ‘Define and Deliver Credible Results.’ We summarised some of the key points in this article, and you can view the full webinar in our resource centre. Here are some of the questions (with the

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28 April 2022

Uncertain Knowledge: A Challenge Problem

7-minute read NAFEMS Stochastics Working Group - June 16th 2022 The NAFEMS Stochastics Working Group (SWG) has developed a guide entitled "What is Uncertainty Quantification (UQ)?" [1] describing the basic steps and definitions of Uncertainty Quantification, it has also hosted several discussions and webinars around the topic. Recently, the group updated the definitions of the Probabilistic

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16 June 2022

Is your modelling and simulation capability up to scratch?

2-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - January 12th 2023 Is there a shared, aligned goal across your whole organisation when it comes to modelling and simulation? In a recent webinar, Andy Richardson, a chartered engineer with 30 years’ experience and a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers(IMechE), looked at this and other questions that leadership and management should be asking

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12 January 2023

Mind the Gap

6-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - April 21st 2023 In 1765 James Watt improved Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine, to such an extent that he often gets incorrectly credited with inventing the whole thing himself. How did he do this? Perhaps it was simply serendipity, or could his access at a young age to his father’s shipbuilding workshops - all those hours spent building models of cranes, barrel

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21 April 2023

What's in a Cookie? Simulation in the Food & Drink Industry

6-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - June 30th 2023 Your favourite packaged cookie. What is it, actually? Let’s just focus on the basic ingredients of the kind of cookie you might bake yourself. So, probably wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, maybe chocolate, butter, and flavourings. Now let’s think about the physical properties of each ingredient, the things that your cookie is before it’s a

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30 June 2023

A Story to Remember: Quantifying the Business Impact of Simulation

5-minute read Sinothile Baloyi - December 3rd 2024 We all do it; every human society has its own storytelling tradition. Why does storytelling matter, and what place do stories have in the business of engineering? Let your work speak for itself, right? But we know that doesn’t really work. That’s why marketing departments and agencies exist, because without those storytellers, brilliant

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03 December 2024