Altair Engineering Aids NASCAR in Driver Safety Efforts.Business Editors/Automotive Writers TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003 Altair Engineering Altair Engineering is a product design and development, engineering software and grid computing software company. Altair was founded by Jim Scapa, George Christ, and Mark Kistner in 1985. Over its history, it has had various locations near Detroit, Michigan, USA. , Inc., an international product design and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a based in Troy, Mich., has been working hand-in-hand with the National Association for Stock Car Racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States and Great Britain held largely on oval rings of between approximately a quarter-mile and 2. (NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. ) to aid their ongoing research and development in motorsports safety. On July 4 in Daytona Beach, Fla., Eric Nelson, program manager for Altair Engineering's Product Design and Development business unit, was invited to lead a discussion at NASCAR's Driver Safety Update Meeting, attended by drivers, team owners and crew chiefs participating in the holiday's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. . Nelson presented highlights of the various computer-aided crash simulation projects that Altair has undertaken for NASCAR since early 2001. The simulation technology used by Altair allows NASCAR to accurately simulate on-track incidents to study the effects for both vehicles and drivers. About Altair Engineering Through engineering, consulting, engineering software and high performance computing technologies, Altair Engineering increases innovation for more than 1,500 clients around the globe. Founded in 1985 and privately held, Altair's unparalleled knowledge and expertise in product development and manufacturing extend throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Altair specializes in the development of Altair(R) HyperWorks(R), a high-end, open CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. software suite for modeling, visualization, optimization and process automation. For more information, visit Altair at http://www.altair.com. |
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