Altair Engineering's Dr. Uwe Schramm to Discuss Reliability-Based Design at ABAQUS Conference

    TROY, Mich.--June 2, 2003--Dr. Uwe Schramm, program manager for optimization products at Altair Engineering, Inc., will present a technical paper at ABAQUS Inc.'s 16th Annual Users Conference, June 4-6 in Munich, Germany.
    Schramm's paper, "Reliability-based Design using ABAQUS and Altair HyperWorks", will be presented at 2:25 p.m. on Thursday, June 5 in the Koenigsalle of Munich's Bayerischer Hof Hotel.
    A noted authority on product optimization, Schramm, along with co-author Atul Sahai of Altair, will overview reliability-based design and optimization, and present a statistical engineering approach to address design robustness, reliability and performance. The technical presentation will be of primary interest to manufacturers pursuing Six Sigma initiatives and profitability.
    The annual ABAQUS Users Conference brings together software users from around the world to meet and share experiences, to propose and discuss enhancements and learn about new capabilities.
    Altair will have a technology exhibit at the conference showcasing HyperWorks - ABAQUS solutions for design as a result of a joint software development partnership with ABAQUS Inc., For more information and to register for the conference visit www.abaqus.com/auc2003.

    About Altair Engineering

    Through engineering, consulting, engineering software and high performance computing technologies, Altair Engineering increases innovation for more than 1,500 clients around the globe. Founded in 1985 and privately held, Altair's unparalleled knowledge and expertise in product development and manufacturing extend throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Altair specializes in the development of Altair(R) HyperWorks(R), a high-end, open CAE software suite for modeling, visualization, optimization and process automation. For more information, visit Altair at http://www.altair.com.