Project Participants

As overall coordinator of the FENet project, NAFEMS would like to record a note of thanks to every individual who has participated in the project over the past four years.

The hard work and diligent efforts of all the industry, technology and education coordinators have provided the means by which the FENet project has achieved a successful conclusion.

The coordinators were:

University of Cranfield - Nigel Knowles
Atkins - Jacek T. Gierlinski

The RTD Thematic Area Coordinators were:

Multi Physics & Analysis

University of Swansea - Mark Cross & Avril Slone
CIMNE - Michele Chiumenti

Durability and Life Extension

University of Nottingham - Adib Becker
University of Padova - Nicola Petrone

Product & System Optimisation

Qinetiq - Peter Bartholomew
Universita de Trieste - Carlo Poloni
University of Durham - Grant Steven

Education & Dissemination

North East Wales Institute - John Smart
University of Strathclyde - Jim Wood

The Industry Sector Coordinators were:

Civil Construction

TNO Diana - Gerd-Jan Schreppers
Norut Technology - Geir Horrigmoe

Biomechanics

Sulzer - Yasar Deger
Cape Engineering - Laurence Marks

Process and Manufacturing

SKF Engineering - Gerrit-Jan Dop
EnginSoft Trading - Stefano Odorizzi

Consumer Goods

IDAC - David Ellis
Nokia - Niels Dam Lerke

Land Transport

LMS International - Peter Segaert & Colin McCulloch
Labein - Fernando Espiga
Centro Ricerche Fiat - Enrico Mangino

Aerospace

EADS/ Airbus - David Fitzsimmons
ESTEC - Hans Peter de Koning

Marine and Offshore

Qinetiq - John McVee
Iv-Nevesbu - Jack Reijmers

Power and Pressure Systems

NNC - Nawal Prinja
DfT - Iain Davidson

NAFEMS would like to express a special note of thanks to Dr. Nigel Knowles who, from the very beginning through to the end, has been the tireless driving force behind the entire project. The efforts of Roger Oswald, Heike Wankle and David Quinn in the organisation and administration of the project are also hugely appreciated.

Over 120 companies from across Europe and from many different industries were involved in the project - these are listed below.

ABAQUS Europe BV	Netherlands
ABS Consulting	U.K.
Access e.V.	Germany
Airbus Deutschland GmbH	Germany
Airbus France	France
Altair Engineering GmbH	Germany
Anakon GmbH	Germany
Aristotle University of Thessalonki	Greece
Atkins Aviation & Defence Systems	U.K.
Atomic Weapons Establishment	U.K.
Atos Origin Engineering Services B.V.	Netherlands
Behr GmbH & Co	Germany
Belgrade University	Serbia and Monte Negro
CAD-FEM GmbH	Germany
Caesar Systems Ltd	U.K.
Cape Engineering	U.K.
CD-adapco	U.K.
Centre for Computational Continuum Mechanics (C3M)	Slovenia
Centro Richerche Fiat	Italy
Century Dynamics Ltd	U.K.
Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden
CIMNE	Spain
Compiegne University of Technology	France
Cork Institute of Technology	Ireland
CREA Consultants Ltd	U.K.
CSM	Italy
Czech Technical University	Czech Republic
D.C. White & Partners Ltd	U.K.
DLR	Germany
DTLR	U.K.
Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems	U.K.
Durham University	U.K.
Dutch Space B.V.	Netherlands
Dynamic Design Solutions	Belgium
EADS/ Airbus	France
Easi Engineering GmbH	Germany
Eatec Ltd	U.K.
EnginSoft Trading s.r.l.	Italy
ESTEC	Netherlands
FEMCOS GmbH	Germany
FHG IBMT - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft	Germany
Fiat Avio SpA	Italy
Fundación Labein	Spain
Gifford and Partners Ltd - Library	U.K.
GKSS Forschungszentrum	Germany
Glasgow University	U.K.
Hermsdorfer Institut fur Technische Keramik e.V.	Germany
HSG - IMIT	Germany
IDAC Ltd	U.K.
IFP Research AB	Sweden
IMAMOTER	Italy
Inasmet	Spain
INBIS Technology Ltd	U.K.
Ingenieurbuero	Germany
INTES GmbH	Germany
IV-Nevesbu	Netherlands
Jozef Stefan Institute	Slovenia
KaHo Sint Lieven	Belgium
KAPE - The Polish National Energy Conservation Ag	Poland
Kosice Technical University	Slovak Republic
KTH Mechanics	Sweden
Legin Associates	U.K.
LMS International NV	Belgium
Lulea University of Technology	Sweden
LUSAS	U.K.
Malaysian Rubber Producers Research Assoc.	U.K.
Maritime Hydraulics AS	Norway
MDAO Technologies	U.K.
MECAS ESI s.r.o.	Czech Republic
Meritor Automotive	U.K.
Merkle & Partner	Germany
MSC.Software France	France
NAFEMS	U.K.
Naples University	Italy
nCode International Ltd	U.K.
NIMR College	Netherlands
NNC Ltd	U.K.
Nokia Danmark A/S	Denmark
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education	U.K.
NORUT Technology Ltd	Norway
Nottingham University	U.K.
Numerical Analysis & Design GmbH	Austria
Oxford Brookes University	U.K.
Pall Aerospace	U.K.
Principia Ingenieros Consultores S.A.	Spain
QinetiQ	U.K.
Quantech ATZ	Spain
Queen's University of Belfast	U.K.
Random Loading Design Ltd	U.K.
Risoe National Laboratory	Denmark
Robust Solutions Ltd	U.K.
Rockfield Software Ltd	U.K.
Saab Scania AB	Sweden
Safe Technology	U.K.
Salford University	U.K.
Samtech SA	Belgium
SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Ltd	U.K.
Sheffield University	U.K.
Siemens AG	Germany
Siemens PGI (Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd)	U.K.
SKF Engineering & Research Centre	Netherlands
Sofistik	Germany
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB	Sweden
ST Mecanica Aplicada S.L.	Spain
Stavanger University College	Norway
Strathclyde University	U.K.
Structural Integrity Assessment Ltd	U.K.
Sulzer Innotec	Switzerland
TechSoft Engineering s.r.o.	Slovak Republic
Tecnologias CAE Avanzadas SL	Spain
TNO Diana UK Ltd	U.K.
TNO-BOUW	Netherlands
TranscenData Europe Ltd	U.K.
TRL Ltd	U.K.
Univeristy of Padova	Italy
University of Hannover IBNM	Germany
University of Leeds	U.K.
University of Maribor	Slovenia
University of Minhou	Portugal
University of Newcastle	U.K.
University of Padova	Italy
University of Split	Croatia
University of Trieste	Italy
Volvo Aero Corporation	Sweden
Wilde FEA Ltd	U.K.

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