Collier Aerospace’s HyperX Users Conference 2023 Presenters List

HyperX’s Role in Certifying Flight Hardware for Human-Rated Spaceflight
Michael T. Kirsch
Deputy Director, NASA Engineering & Safety Center
NASA

The NASA Advanced Composites Project (ACP) and the NASA Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) Project
Rick Young
NASA Langley ACP and HiCAM Project Manager
NASA Langley

Space Launch Vehicles, High Performance Computing in AWS Cloud, and Engineering Services
Fastened Joints
Enterprise Use Case for when your Engineering Department Adopts
James Ainsworth
Managing Director of Engineering
Collier Aerospace

High Performance Computing in the Cloud or on your Company’s Linux Cluster with our Next-Generation Solver
Bonded Joints
Stephen Jones
Manager Software Development
Collier Aerospace

Two Decades of Aerospace Conceptual Vehicle Analysis and Design with HyperSizer and HyperX
Lloyd Eldred
Vehicle Analysis Branch Structures Team Lead
NASA Langley Research Center

CAD and the Digital Thread
August Noevere
Director of Research & Senior Aerospace Structural Engineer
Collier Aerospace

HyperX’s Role in the NASA Advanced Composite Program (ACP) and the NASA High-Rate Composite Manufacturing (HiCAM) Program for Commercial Airframes
Airframe Stiffened Panel Laminate Family Trade Studies, Displayed in a Web Browser Dashboard and Related Digital Thread to CAD
Craig Collier
CEO and Founder
Collier Aerospace

UAM eVTOLs from Conceptual to Preliminary to Detail Design with Associated FEM Modeling
The SP80 Composite Sailboat: Going for the World Record
Mischa Pollack
Director of Innovation & Senior Aerospace Engineer
Collier Aerospace

How Spirit AeroSystems uses HyperX
Theresa Williams
HiCAM Stress Engineering
Spirit AeroSystems

Design Optimization to Fabrication with HyperX Laminate Families for Traditional Quad 0/45/90 and Double-Double [± Φ / ± Ψ] Layups
Brett Bednarcyk
Materials Research Engineer
NASA Glenn Research Center

The Section Cut, Professional Stress Tool
Rolling out New Customer Support Tools – How to get Help
Charli Cahill
Manager of Customer Development
Collier Aerospace

Designing High Performance Composite Bike Frames with HyperX
Ryan McLoughlin
Engineer
Trek Bicycle Corporation

Customer Customization: Bottom-Up with Plugins
Noah Prezant
Lead Plugin Developer & Aerospace Structural Engineer
Collier Aerospace

Customer Customization: Top-Down with the API
Kelly Ann Smith
Aerospace Structural Engineer
Collier Aerospace
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Collier Aerospace’s HyperX Users Conference 2025
NASA Langley June 17-18
