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		<title>How to drive innovation with simulation</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2010/04/05/simulation-driven-product-development-spaceclaim-2/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=simulation-driven-product-development-spaceclaim-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video, I try my hand at a new style of simplistic storytelling to show how SpaceClaim can impact the CAE process.]]></description>
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		<title>See me at the NAFEMS UK 2010 Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m thrilled to report that I’ve been selected to present at the NAFEMS UK 2010 event on June 8-9. NAFEMS is the largest (only?) not-for-profit association focused on CAE awareness, training, and education.]]></description>
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		<title>Is your CAE process bass ackwards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little friday engineering humor. Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.]]></description>
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		<title>A new way to kill nasty rounds for better FEA and CFD meshing</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2010/01/03/remove-fillets-cfd-fea-meshing/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=remove-fillets-cfd-fea-meshing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just discovered a killer (and mostly unpublicized) enhancement in the latest release of SpaceClaim. This one helps you remove problematic rounds and fillets to make your FEA and CFD meshing life easier.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the next disruptive technology in CAE?</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/11/16/disruptive-innovation-fea-cfd-cae/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=disruptive-innovation-fea-cfd-cae</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An invitation for all you smart CAE people to put on your thinking caps and predict the next big thing.]]></description>
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		<title>How to filet a nasty fillet</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/09/03/remove-rounds-for-fea-cfd-meshing/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=remove-rounds-for-fea-cfd-meshing</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SpaceClaim is legendary for its ability to automatically make unwanted rounds disappear so you can create better FEA &#038; CFD meshes. These videos demonstrate 3 techniques for dealing with the tougher rounds requiring a bit more attention.]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Dezineforce CEO, Dr. Peter Collins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I interview Dr. Peter Collins, CEO of Dezineforce, in this 35 minute podcast. Dezineforce helps CAE users to optimize DOE iterations and access powerful, remote compute clusters.]]></description>
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		<title>CAD for FEA today</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/05/21/cad-for-fea-part-3/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cad-for-fea-part-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the final installment of this series, I walk through the rise of Direct Modeling in the late 2000s. Companies who thought they already had an efficient CAE process are finding a fresh way to turn that same crank 10x faster!  ]]></description>
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		<title>CAD for FEA in the GOOD old days</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/05/04/cad-for-fea-part-2/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cad-for-fea-part-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part II of this series, I look at the rise of upfront CAE and easier-to-use CAD in the 90s. ]]></description>
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		<title>CAD for FEA in the BAD old days</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/04/24/cad-for-fea-part-1/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cad-for-fea-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at best practices for dealing with CAD geometry in CAE in the archaic 1990s era. Part 1 of a 3 part series.]]></description>
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