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		<title>Software or people?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about your job? It's time to rally and put some extra effort into wininng. Up your CAE game and create some new efficiencies!]]></description>
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		<title>The human side of a CAE software investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upfront CAE implementations often fail when the implementors fail to plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Will switching CAD tools kill your CAE ROI?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title might sound a little melodramatic, but you really need to read this one if you are considering an "embedded" CAE solution.]]></description>
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		<title>What is upfront CFD?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 11:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick description of the 3 primary categories of Computational Fluid Dynamics software.]]></description>
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		<title>Are you stuck in the CAE bottleneck?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably need 8 licenses of CAD for 8 engineers. Do you need 8 licenses of CAE software for those engineers? Probably not. But, 1 license for 8 is asking for trouble.]]></description>
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		<title>Upfront CFD: the antidote for engineering apathy</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/02/28/upfront-cfd-the-antidote-for-engineering-apathy/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=upfront-cfd-the-antidote-for-engineering-apathy</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to retain the creative engineering fire for those on your team past the age of 30.]]></description>
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		<title>Got CAD &amp; CAM? Now it&#8217;s time for CAE.</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/02/18/got-cad-cam-now-its-time-for-cae/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=got-cad-cam-now-its-time-for-cae</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article from  Katrina Arabe.
Couldn't have said it better myself.]]></description>
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		<title>Upfront CFD does not represent huge change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computational Fluid Dynamics sounds scary and dangerous to mere mortals. It shouldn't.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the industry standard CAD/CFD license ratio?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There ain't no such animal. But, here are some factors to consider.]]></description>
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		<title>Can you afford a free software evaluation? (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2007/10/31/can-you-afford-a-free-software-evaluation-part-3/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=can-you-afford-a-free-software-evaluation-part-3</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2007/10/31/can-you-afford-a-free-software-evaluation-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real $$ associated with CAE software evaluations.]]></description>
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