May 19 – 20, 2026 | Frankfurt/Hanau, Germany
Here you see a a first outlook on the program of the automotive CAE Grand Challenge 2026. More presentations will added here as soon as they are confirmed.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Optimization & Robustness: Challenges of Multidisciplinary Design OptimizationChair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher - University of Wuppertal |
Practical Advances in Multidisciplinary Optimization: Reducing Computational Effort and Improving Solution QualityDr.-Ing. Jana Hahlweg - Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG |
Including NVH Requirements in MDOs: Challenges and StrategiesDr. André Backes - TECOSIM GmbH |
From Structure to Flow: A Multidisciplinary and Optimization Driven Workflow Redefining What’s Possible for Cast Components and Runner SystemsSanjay Girish, Thomas Spoida - Bionic Mesh Design GmbH |
Kube KAB3L – HV-Cables as an Interdisciplinary Modeling ApproachVitali Gerbershagen, Cedric Guarino - Kube GmbH Ingenieurbüro |
Material Modeling - Focus Structural Analysis: Advanced Modelling of Material Damage and FailureChair: Mark Gevers - TECOSIM GmbH |
Industrial Requirements Material ModelingDr.-Ing. Tony Porsch - Volkswagen AG |
Hardware Validation of a Micromechanics-Based Stress State Dependent Failure Model for Ductile Steel and Aluminium Materials in ABAQUS, LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASHDr.-Ing. Sirus Rafiee - Waldaschaff Automotive GmbH |
User-Defined Plasticity and Fracture Model for Mesh-Adapted Automotive Structural AnalysisDr.-Ing. Chongyang Zeng, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Xiangfan Fang - University of Siegen |
Advanced Modelling of Material Damage and Failure using OpenRadioss and RadiossMarian Bulla - Altair Engineering GmbH; Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Kolling - TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences; Paul Du Bois - Hermes Engineering NV |
Interactions between Loading Path and Plastic Flow in Ductile Damage and Failure ModelingDaniel Muñoz Valentin, Alberto Regidor, Javier Ferrer Revenga, Borja Garcia - newgentechs |
Material Modeling - Focus Structural Analysis: Advanced Modelling of Material Damage and FailureStefan Wacker - DYNAmore Gesellschaft für FEM Ingenieurdienstleistungen mbH et al. |
Experimental Calibration and Validation of Radioss Adhesive Laws for Automotive Structural AdhesivesDr. Daniel Campos Murcia - Applus+ DatapointLabs; Brian Croop - DatapointLabs |
Full Vehicle Simulation: Virtual Verification and CertificationChair: Bart Peeters Weem - BMW AG |
New generation of crash-tolerant structure - FLEXCRASHChristian Kurzböck - VIRTUAL VEHICLE Research GmbH |
Virtual NCAP Integration in Full Vehicle Simulation WorkflowsDr.-Ing. Sami Bilgic Istoc - IPG Automotive GmbH |
Thoughts on Virtual Homologation of Crashworthiness: A Software Vendor’s ViewProf. Dr.-Ing. André Haufe - DYNAmore, part of Synopsys |
Animator4-based Virtual Testing and Assessment tool for comprehensive NCAP Safety evaluationSuba Siva Chandran Kalimuthu - GNS mbH |
Durability / Fatigue: Fatigue Simulation HV-batteries (Vibration Fatigue)Chair: Dr.-Ing. Matthias Weinert - Ford-Werke GmbH |
Advanced Mechanical Simulation of Sheet Molding Compounds: Accounting for Process-Induced Fiber OrientationDr. Hannes Grimm-Strele - Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM |
Improving HV Battery Structural Robustness: Coupling Operational Loads with Swelling-Induced StressesLucas Crombet, Dr. Simon Erker - AVL List GmbH |
Presentation Title tbaDr. rer. nat. Michael Hack - Siemens Industry Software GmbH |
Durability of Battery Housings and Body Structures Considering Vibrations and Multiple Joint CharacteristicsHelmut Dannbauer - Engineering Center Steyr GmbH & Co KG |
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
CAE Process & QA: Automated CAE Model Quality Checks for Certification ReadinessChair: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Rensink - SEGULA Technologies Germany |
CAE process for Head Impact simulation and improved structural design in HMI systemsSebastian Schulze - AUO Mobility Solutions Germany GmbH |
Presentation Title tba.Dr. Andreas Kuhn - Andata Entwicklungstechnologie GmbH et al. |
Detecting Unknown and Unwanted Crash Behaviors: A Database-Driven Approach to Simulation Quality AssuranceDominik Borsotto - SIDACT GmbH et al. |
Customizable Model Quality Checks for Crash-Simulations with LS-DYNAMax Hübner - DYNAmore GmbH |
The ANSA Checks Machine: A User Focused Framework for Multi Disciplinary/Solver Model IntegrityLivia Emmanouela Baksiova - BETA CAE Systems S.A. |
Occupant Safety: Meta Models for Occupant Injury PredictionChair: Stefan Kirschbichler - VIRTUAL VEHICLE Research GmbH |
Software Environment for ML - Meta Models supporting Occupant Safety SimulationDr. Lars Aschenbrenner, Michael Otto - Volkswagen AG |
Predicting Occupant Injury Risk from Time‑History Meta‑ModelsPatrick Obernosterer - Technische Universität Graz |
Predictive and Generative Artificial Intelligence Empowering Occupant Safety and Injury PredictionProf. Dr. Francisco Chinesta - Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology - ENSAM |
Chasing Safer Outcomes: Exploring Metamodel Capabilities for Occupant Injury Prediction in Crash AnalysisIonut Mihnea, Dana Ionia Rat - ARRK Research & Development S.R.L. |
Interpretable Modal‑Space‑Based Surrogate Models for Occupant Injury PredictionDr. Masahiro Okamura - JSOL Corporation |
AI, ML, Big Data: How can AI Actually Help Designing a Vehicle?Chair: Dr.-Ing. Axel Hänschke - CPS Pekka Stuckert Consulting Unternehmensberatung |
Industrial Requirements AI Supported Vehicle DesignThorsten Pohl - Stellantis; Dr.-Ing. Dirk Rensink - SEGULA Technologies Germany |
AI-based Change Description and Results Exploration for Vehicle DevelopmentDr. Daniela Steffes-lai, Prof. Dr. Jochen Garcke - Fraunhofer-Institut für Algorithmen und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen SCAI |
AI meets CAE - How Structures can be Optimized in Automated WaysTomoya Hayashi - Nature Architects, Inc.; Jan Ophey - FEV Vehicle GmbH |
Integrating Generative AI into CAE Workflows with Simulation Data ManagementMarko Thiele - SCALE GmbH et al. |
Machine Learning Supported Crashworthiness DesignsDr. Stefan Müller - SIDACT GmbH et al. |
Agentic AI for DtM: Automated Formability and Stamping AnalysisTilman Steininger - Synera GmbH |
Autonomous Vehicle Design: Context, Intelligence, ActionDr.-Ing. Moritz Frenzel - Altair Engineering GmbH |
Program subject to change.