September 3, 2025 | Middleburg Heights, OH, USA
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This NAFEMS Aerospace event is the premier gathering for simulation engineers looking to push the boundaries of innovation in the aerospace industry. This seminar will provide a platform to learn directly from experts in the field and gain unique insight into the latest advancements in simulation engineering.
This event promises to be a transformative experience for simulation professionals. Gain direct access to the visionary minds shaping the future of aerospace simulation as they share their hard-earned knowledge and cutting-edge strategies.
Highlights of this must-attend event include:
- Keynote speeches from renowned industry leaders share their perspectives on the evolving landscape of aerospace simulation
- Networking opportunities to build relationships with like-minded peers and potential collaborators, catalyzing the cross-pollination of ideas
- Exclusive preview of groundbreaking simulation technologies set to revolutionize the aerospace sector
Secure your place at this transformational event and harness the full potential of simulation engineering to push the aerospace industry to new frontiers of excellence.
Event Theme:
- Multiphysics and co-simulation
- Certification/Qualification and Digital Engineering
- Data-driven approaches and physics-based modeling
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Dr. Patrick Safarian – FEA Senior Technical Specialist, FAA
Title: Finite Element Analysis Verification Requirements and Methods
BO: Patrick Safarian is a Senior Technical Specialist for Fatigue, Damage Tolerance, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Since 1997 he has been involved in ensuring the safety of the existing fleet of civil aviation aircraft, as well as certification of new products at the FAA. Before that, he spent eleven years at Boeing Company. During that time he contributed to the development of methods and accepted methods for fatigue and fracture mechanics standards for stress engineers, performed analytical and numerical stress analysis of highly complex structures, including failure analysis in support of in-service problems and accident investigations using FEA.
Over the last nearly 4 decades, Patrick has made major contributions to the aerospace industry and has set several benchmarks at national and international levels in his areas of expertise. Patrick received a BSME from Northrop University in 1983, an MSME from California State University, Fullerton in 1985, and a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Davis in 1987. While at Boeing, Patrick taught damage tolerance and advanced engineering mathematics courses and is teaching graduate engineering courses in the areas of fatigue, fracture mechanics and finite element analysis at Washington and Central University. University of Washington since 1998. He has also been teaching private courses in the same areas to the industry since 2008. In that time, more than two thousand engineers have taken these courses. Patrick constantly interacts with industry experts in the development and application of the latest simulation tools and provides valuable guidance to the aviation industry in the analysis of metal and composite material structures.
day 1
Join us for a day filled with aerospace-focused simulation engineering content. The first day will feature guest speeches, content sessions and ample opportunities to network with other aerospace professionals.
day 2
Come back the next day and participate in a tour of NASA Glenn Research Center where we will tour several facilities on campus and see simulation engineering in action.
The shuttle will transport attendees from the Crowne Plaza Hotel to NASA Glenn Research Center between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. (date to be finalized prior to date). We will have a brief presentation by a NASA representative and then proceed to the tour. Shuttles will then depart at 12:00 pm to take attendees to the Crowne Plaza Hotel or Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. (Please note, breakfast is not included in the tour.)
There is an additional cost of $45 for the tour to cover the cost of shuttle transportation, which must be paid at the time of registration. If you originally dropped out of the tour and then decide to attend, let us know and we’ll make sure you get included. To register, select the button under “Seminar Quick Links”. This will take you to a page containing details of the tour and tour registration portal.
Because NASA Glenn Research Center is a restricted US government facility, the tour is open to US citizens or persons holding a US Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card. Instructions for presenting identification for security clearance will be sent to tour registrants.