ASME Chooses ALGOR FEA for Upcoming Seminars.

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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004

ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, announced that its software and training materials have been chosen for two upcoming ASME (American Society of Engineers) professional development seminars. "Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Theory and Modeling with ALGOR" will be held on February 21, 2004 at the Reeves E. Ritchie Training Center in Russellville, Arkansas and "Finite Element Analysis in Practice" will be hosted by the University of Pittsburgh on March 10, 2004. Beyond providing FEA theory, these hands-on seminars feature practical examples to guide participants through the FEA process.

"The ASME Arkansas Section is benefiting greatly from ALGOR's support of our efforts to provide low-cost, professional development training for our membership," said Gerald Loftis, P.E., Chairman of the Professional Development Committee for the ASME Arkansas Section. "ALGOR's representatives have been outstanding in their willingness to customize their FEA training modules to meet our special need for short courses with a high level of technical content suitable for practicing engineers. The training materials, software and timeliness of support have been exceptional as well."

"Part of ASME's mission is to provide high-value seminars on in-demand skills such as FEA to our members," said Jeffrey Vipperman, Ph.D., who is an officer, executive committee member and member of the board of directors for the ASME Pittsburgh Section and an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. "With ALGOR's support, we have been able to offer seminar participants the opportunity to be trained by a professional FEA instructor using industry-proven FEA software in a state-of-the-art computer facility at a minimal cost."

"ALGOR has been extremely supportive of ASME at the national and regional level and, as a non-profit organization, we are appreciative of their generosity," said Albert R. Bouvy, Director of Professional Development for the ASME Pittsburgh Section and the Manager of Sales and Technical Support Services at ATS-Chester Engineers. "In addition, this seminar will be helpful to our members because ALGOR is an industry-leading and user-friendly FEA tool."

ALGOR software provides a wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics, full multiphysics and piping. These analysis capabilities are all available within a complete and easy-to-use interface, FEMPRO, that supports a wide range of CAD solid modelers and includes finite element meshing and model-building tools.

Contact ALGOR or visit the Events section of ALGOR's web site for more information about these seminars.

About ASME

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds numerous technical conferences worldwide and offers hundreds of professional development courses each year. ASME sets internationally recognized industrial and manufacturing codes and standards that enhance public welfare and safety. For more information about ASME, visit www.asme.org.

About ALGOR

ALGOR, Inc. provides cost-effective solutions for design, analysis and simulation and enables engineers to virtually test and predict real-world behavior of new and existing product designs, speed up time to market and make better, safer products at a lower cost. The company serves more than 20,000 customers in over 95 countries in organizations such as 3M, The Boeing Company, Delphi Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, Goodrich Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation and NASA. Partnerships with other leading software companies offer data exchange with products from Alibre, Inc.; ANSYS, Inc.; Autodesk, Inc.; CADKEY Corporation; MSC.Software Corporation; Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Solid Edge from UGS PLM Solutions, an EDS company; SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company; and others. Educational support and customer service includes the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.