Presenter: Simon Hauschulz | Project Engineer at FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS

This workshop was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This hands-on workshop introduces shape morphing techniques in CAESES and demonstrates practical workflows for design exploration and optimization.

Presenter: Giacomo Pellizzari | PhD Candidate in Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This presentation explores the application of multi-fidelity optimization techniques and co-kriging methods to the hydrodynamic design of naval surface combatants.

Presenter: Samuel E James | Chief Operating Officer (Global Operations) at GridPro

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This presentation discusses the role of structured meshing technologies in enabling efficient and reliable simulation-driven design workflows.

Presenter: Simon Hauschulz | Project Engineer at FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS

This workshop was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This workshop explores automation and software integration techniques in CAESES, demonstrating how engineering workflows can be streamlined and scaled.

Presenter: Dae-Hyun Kim | Senior Engineer, Technology Americas American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This presentation shows methods and results from the optimization of hydrokinetic turbine blade designs using simulation-driven engineering approaches.

Presenter: Stefan Harries | Managing Director at FRIENDSHP SYSTEMS AG

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

Stefan Harries discusses the evolution of simulation-driven design and explores future opportunities enabled by data-driven engineering approaches.

Presenter: Thiago Ebel | Director of Technology and Innovation at ConceptsNREC

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This session investigates the performance of pump volute geometries developed specifically for additive manufacturing and optimized using simulation-based methods.

Presenter: Giselle Matlis | Ph.D. Candidate Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This presentation showcases how simulation-driven optimization was applied to the outlet volute design of the Dragon Heart, a total artificial heart developed for pediatric patients.

Presenter: Britton Ward | President at Farr Yacht Design

This presentation was recorded during the virtual CAESES North America User Conference 2026. The conference brought together CAESES users, industry experts, researchers, and engineers to share practical applications, workflows, and innovations in simulation-driven design, optimization, and process automation.

This case study examines how hydrodynamic optimization contributes to the performance and efficiency of small electric marine vessels.

On top of the integrated simulation- and data-driven design capabilities that CAESES provides by default, we have developed a new automated workflow that is now available to users dealing with piston bowl design applications.

This workflow supports the user in navigating the following tasks: