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PADT Events – September 2016

September is here and it is a jam packed month of events, many of them related to BioMedical engineering. We are continuing with ANSYS webinars and talking about 3D Printing as well. See what we hav...

Webinars: Overview of Add-On Products that Work with ANSYS Mechanical

With the introduction of the new ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise, many add-on products that had to be purchased separate, are now included. In these webinars PADT's engineers will provide an overview of t...

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3D Printing Users Lunched & Learned about Dealing with Scanned, Repaired, and Legacy Geometry

This Thursday we had the first of seven free seminars on how to deal with geometry created with 3D scanning, how to repair faceted geometry, and how to deal with old CAD geometry. Don't panic, we ha...

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Encore Lunch and Learn: Designing and Simulating Products for 3D Printing

PADT would like to invite you to a free seminar or webinar on how to use 3D Printing to manufacture parts for your products. In February, PADT held a Lunch and Learn with the AZ Tech Council on ...

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Seminar Info: Designing and Simulating Products for 3D Printing

Note: We have scheduled an encore Lunch & Learn and companion Webinar for March 23, 2015. Please register here to attend in person at CEI in Phoenix or here to attend via the web. Pe...

Upcoming Events

Jan 14

, 2026

Tucson after5 Tech Mixer

Jan 14

, 2026

Slash Power Integrity Runtimes with Chip Power Model-SC - Webinar

Jan 13

, 2026

Accelerating Autonomous Robotics with Ansys Sensor Simulation - Webinar

Jan 06

- Jan 09

, 2026

CES 2026

Dec 16

, 2025

Smarter Electro-mechanical Robotics Design Through Simulation - Webinar

Dec 11

, 2025

AZBio Trailblazer Awards

Dec 11

, 2025

CFD & Digital Twin of Clean Rooms: Contamination Control with ISO 14644 - Webinar

Dec 10

, 2025

2025 YesPHX Winter Social

Dec 10

, 2025

AZTC Tech the Halls Holiday Mixer

Dec 09

, 2025

From Concept to Reality: Robotic Simulation with Ansys Structural Tools - Webinar

Dec 09

, 2025

Prevent Electric Breakdown in High Voltage Systems with Ansys Maxwell - Webinar

Dec 04

, 2025

Ansys Optics Virtual Deep Dive: VCSEL Simulation - Webinar

Dec 04

, 2025

Improving the Biocompatibility of Medical Devices through Thrombosis Modeling - Webinar

Nov 25

, 2025

A&D Autonomy - Digital Engineering for Advanced Air Mobility - Webinar

Nov 25

, 2025

Advanced Optimization Techniques for Electric Machine Design - Webinar

Nov 20

, 2025

Networking for Introverted Innovators

Nov 20

, 2025

CFD Simulation for Mixing Vessels: Faster with the New Ansys App - Webinar

Nov 18

, 2025

Engineering Resilient Space Systems: Electronic Reliability - Webinar

Nov 14

, 2025

CELEBR4TING INNOV8TION

Nov 12

, 2025

22nd Annual Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards

Nov 11

, 2025

Accelerate CFD Innovation with Optimization & AI in Ansys Fluent - Virtual Workshop

Nov 11

, 2025

Engineering Resilient Space Systems: Thermal Control Systems

Nov 06

- Nov 07

, 2025

Tech Talent Summit 2025 + Startup World Cup AZ

Nov 06

, 2025

Driving Innovation in Adaptive Headlamp Design - Webinar

Nov 05

, 2025

Accelerate Thermal and Flow Optimization with Ansys optiSLang and Thermal Desktop - Webinar

Nov 05

, 2025

Engineering Resilient Space Systems: Surviving Harsh Electromagnetic Space Environments - Webinar

Nov 04

, 2025

Developing Gas Turbine Engines with Digital Engineering - Webinar

Oct 30

- Oct 30

, 2025

AZ Tech Council Q4 VIP Tech Mixer

Oct 21

, 2025

Nerdtoberfest 2025

Oct 21

, 2025

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Arizona

Oct 16

, 2025

Ansys Optics Virtual Deep Dive: Accelerating Automotive Lighting Design - Webinar

Oct 16

, 2025

Next Gen CFD for High Tech: AI, GPUs, and Improved Conceptual Design Analysis - Webinar

Oct 15

, 2025

2025 Southern Arizona Tech + Business Expo

Oct 15

, 2025

2025 AZBio Awards

Oct 14

, 2025

Optics in Aerospace & Defense: Accelerating Innovation with Ansys Simulation - Webinar

Oct 14

, 2025

EMI/EMC Assessment for Electronics – Pass Certification Testing on the First Try - Webinar

Oct 09

, 2025

Sustainable Automotive Design with Material Intelligence - Webinar

Oct 09

, 2025

Navigating E/E Architecture and Electronics Development with Simulation - Webinar

Oct 08

, 2025

Redefining Automotive Safety, Performance, and Optimization with MBSE - Webinar

Oct 07

, 2025

How to Model a 3-phase Induction Motor in Pump Systems - Webinar

Sep 30

, 2025

System-Level Thermal and Fluids Simulation for Industrial Equipment - Webinar

Sep 30

, 2025

Transform Maintenance with Digital Twins: Digital Engineering for Heavy Machinery - Webinar

Sep 25

, 2025

Digital Engineering for ePowertrain Development for Automotive - Webinar

Sep 18

, 2025

Wi3DP Tour of A3D Manufacturing 3D Printing Facility

Sep 18

, 2025

Safe and Optimized Drug Manufacturing With Advanced Particle Modeling - Webinar

Sep 17

, 2025

New Mexico Tech Summit 2025

Sep 17

, 2025

Automating Simulation Workflows for Sensitivity Analysis, Machine Learning and Optimization - Webinar

Sep 17

, 2025

Simulation World - Houston

Sep 12

, 2025

AIAA RMS 13th Annual Technical Symposium (ATS)

Sep 11

, 2025

Assessing and Optimizing Water Industry Hydraulics and Process Flows using Ansys CFD - Webinar

Sep 10

, 2025

Discovery Updates in Ansys 2025 R2 - Webinar

Sep 10

, 2025

Digital Engineering Technology for Software-Defined Vehicles - Webinar

Sep 10

, 2025

Ansys Optics - Simulation User Group Meeting

Sep 10

, 2025

Simulation World - Silicon Valley

Sep 10

, 2025

Ansys Simulation for Industrial Equipment - Webinar

Sep 04

, 2025

From Theory to Reality: NVIDIA GPUs in Modern Simulations - Webinar

Sep 04

, 2025

Practical Solutions for Connecting Materials Data Across Engineering Systems - Webinar

Sep 03

, 2025

Mechanical Updates in Ansys 2025 R2 - Webinar

Sep 03

, 2025

Ansys Virtual Workshop - Explore Particle Flow Dynamics with Ansys Rocky

Sep 03

, 2025

Accelerating Patient-Specific Cardiac Solutions with AI - A Synopsys and Ansys Workflow - Webinar

Aug 27

, 2025

Rocky Updates in Ansys 2025 R2 - Webinar

Aug 22

, 2025

Getting Started with Ansys Mechanical Software - Webinar

Aug 20

, 2025

Digital Twin Updates in Ansys 2025 R2 - Webinar

Aug 14

, 2025

SimAI for Structures: End-to-end Workflow and Application Examples - Webinar

Aug 10

- Aug 13

, 2025

SmallSat 2025

Aug 12

, 2025

Digital Twins for Operations and Sustainment - Webinar

Aug 12

, 2025

Optimizing Thermal Designs with Ansys optiSLang & AEDT Icepak - Webinar

Aug 04

- Aug 05

, 2025

2025 CEO Leadership Retreat

Aug 05

, 2025

From Theory to Reality: NVIDIA GPUs in Modern Simulations - Webinar

Aug 01

, 2025

Full Color 3D Printing: Bringing the Artistry Back to 3D Printing in Dental - Webinar

Jul 31

, 2025

AZTC Q3 VIP TECH MIXER

Jul 29

, 2025

Unleashing Your Stratasys Systems with OpenAM: New Materials, Faster Tuning, and Expanded Applications - Webinar

Jul 24

, 2025

Ansys Virtual Workshop - Mastering EMC Simulations for Electronic Designs

Jul 23

, 2025

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Salt Lake City, Utah

Jul 22

, 2025

Heavy Industry – How to Model a Switched Reluctance Motor - Webinar

Jul 17

, 2025

From Hours to Minutes: The Future of Fixture Design is Here - Webinar

Jul 16

, 2025

Central Arizona INCOSE Chapter - July Meet and Greet

Jul 16

- Jul 17

, 2025

Ansys Simulation World 2025

Jul 15

, 2025

Balancing Cost and Performance in 3D Printing

Jul 11

, 2025

2025 Aerospace, Aviation, Defense and Manufacturing Conference

Jul 09

, 2025

Ansys Virtual Workshop - Introducing FreeFlow: A Mesh-less, GPU-powered SPH Solver

Jul 08

, 2025

Heavy Traction Systems – How to Model an Alternator - Webinar

Jul 02

, 2025

Electric Machine & Consumer Electronics Updates in Ansys 2025 R1 - Webinar

Jun 25

, 2025

E-Mobility and Clean Energy Summit

Jun 24

, 2025

Cardiovascular Digital Twins: From Bench to Bedside - Webinar

Jun 16

- Jun 20

, 2025

Turbo Expo

Jun 18

, 2025

Fluent CPU - UI & UX Updates in Ansys 2025 R1 - Webinar

Jun 17

, 2025

Ansys Virtual Workshop - Fatigue & Durability Workflows with Ansys Mechanical & nCode

Jun 12

, 2025

Design and Test: Critical Links for Mission Success - Webinar

Jun 09

- Jun 11

, 2025

TechConnect World 2025

Jun 10

, 2025

Ansys Virtual Workshop - Hands-on Camera System Simulation with Ansys Speos

Jun 04

, 2025

Composites & Structural Optimization Updates in Ansys 2025 R1 - Webinar

Jun 03

, 2025

Smart Manufacturing and Operations Enabled by Simulation - Webinar

Jun 03

, 2025

Accelerate Electronics Thermal Workflows with Ansys Discovery and Ansys Icepak - Webinar

Jun 03

, 2025

Experience Stratasys Truck Tour - Denver Colorado

May 29

, 2025

Applying Digital Engineering across Space Mission Analysis and Design: Payload - Webinar

May 21

, 2025

Optics Updates in Ansys 2025 R1 - Webinar

Jun 19

, 2025

Digital Engineering for ePowertrain Development for Automotive - Webinar

May 15

, 2025

Applying Digital Engineering across Space Mission Analysis and Design: Satellite - Webinar