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Mathcad® Agenda

For 2009, the Mathcad agenda will offer an expanded two-day track on conference Tuesday and Wednesday. The track will include a product roadmap session from PTC and several expert presentations from the community.

We're pleased to introduce new and expanded content for this year's Mathcad track. The following course will be offered two times during the World Event.

Dealing with Noisy and Challenging Datasets with Mathcad®

Noisy If you engineer products that exhibit motion such as aircraft, ground-based vehicles, compacters, hand-held drills, etc., or components in these items, it is likely that you have or will be confronted with "challenging data." Common examples include noisy accelerometer data, accelerometer-derived displacement data distorted by large amounts of drifting, and other noisy data from transient dynamics, impact forces, rough surface profiles…the list is long. Noisy data can easily and unintentionally be created by doing simple operations like computing the derivative of a dataset to obtain an estimate of the continual slope of a data curve. If this data is not collected and handled properly, further distortions called aliasing can occur. When confronted with such data, many mechanical engineers are unaware that tools can be used to properly collect and process such data, ultimately making sense out of what appeared to be a mess.

Using an interactive format with Mathcad and Kornucopia® software, this short course will explain why these noisy datasets occur, how to collect the data correctly to avoid aliasing, and how to easily apply filtering tools to remove the noise/distortions; uncovering accurate and easily understood data curves. Unlike typical EE-based seminars of filtering, this seminar is presented in the language of mechanical engineering with numerous real-world mechanical engineering examples.

Our instructor, Ted Diehl, Ph.D., Bodie Technology, Inc. (www.BodieTech.com), has over 20 years experience in the simulation and experimental communities solving challenging industrial problems related to nonlinear structural mechanics with a creative mix of approaches. Dr. Diehl has pioneered many uses of filtering and digital signal processing algorithms for applications in mechanical engineering.

PTC University Precision Learning Sunday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
PTC University Precision Learning Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
PTC University Precision Learning Monday 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
Experts: Tutorial Tuesday 9:45 AM to 11:30 AM	Dealing with Noisy and Challenging Datasets with Mathcad Ted Diehl, Bodie Technology, Inc. Using an interactive format with Mathcad and Kornucopia® software, this short course will explain why noisy datasets occur, how to collect the data correctly to avoid aliasing, and how to easily apply filtering tools to remove the noise/distortions; uncovering accurate and easily understood data curves. Unlike typical EE-based seminars of filtering, this seminar is presented in the language of mechanical engineering with numerous real-world mechanical engineering examples.
PTC University Precision Learning Tuesday 12:45 PM to 2:45 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
Experts: Case Study Tuesday 12:50 PM to 1:35 PM	Automating Demonstration of Regulatory Compliance with Pro/ENGINEER–Mathcad Integration Andreas Vlahinos, Advanced Engineering Solutions, LLC Demonstration of regulatory compliance is a critical component of the product development process in government-regulated industries. Using the example of an airborne intensive-care unit, this session explains how integrating Mathcad with Pro/ENGINEER and simulation software was able to provided immediate feedback and interactive evaluation of FAA requirements as the product evolved.
Experts: Case Study Tuesday 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM	Mathcad Enabling of Engineering e-Content on Knovel Platform: a Case Study Sasha Gurke, Knovel Corporation, and Julio C. Banks, J.C. Banks Construction Knovel has used Mathcad in transcribing engineering reference documents to a live form that users can readily adapt to their design and analysis needs. The case study presented here will describe Knovel's general approach to this challenge and demonstrate how you can put this functionality to work to quickly and accurately solve real-world structural engineering problems.
PTC University Precision Learning Tuesday 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
Experts: Case Study Tuesday 3:50 PM to 4:35 PM	Modeling and Optimization of an Underwater Lighting System Jason Gillham, 2G Robotics High-quality images are required to accurately detect and classify submerged asset defects. Attend this session to hear how Mathcad was used to simulate the lighting system for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). By modeling the imaging and lighting system, 2G Robotics Inc. was able to optimize the design well before the vehicle hit the water.
Experts: Product Marketing Tuesday 4:45 PM to 5:30 PM	Kornucopia®: A Powerful Toolbox for Analyzing Tons of Data Ted Diehl, Bodie Technology, Inc. Kornucopia is a unique Mathcad add-on consisting of more than 80 functions to help you process and analyze large amounts of data. Using a variety of practical examples, this session will show you how to use this powerful toolbox to blend simulation results, experimental data, and analytical calculations into a well-documented worksheet.
Product Roadmap Wednesday 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM	Mathcad Roadmap Mark Walker, PTC Join us for an update on the exciting re-development of the world's leading desktop engineering calculation software, Mathcad Spirit! We'll provide a brief recap of why we embarked on this mission, and explain the future possibilities. You'll see the planned capabilities of this next-generation product, and then see them in action, revealing how easy and intuitive Spirit is to use. We encourage you to try it at the user experience evaluation lab.
PTC University Precision Learning Wednesday 10:25 AM to 12:25 PM	Mathcad Data Exchange and Analysis Sandy Smith, PTC In this two-hour seminar, you will learn how Mathcad enables the import and export of data to and from a worksheet in a variety of formats. Mathcad also supports the analysis of that data. Learn how to import and export data to and from Mathcad. Data analysis, including smoothing, regression, and interpolation will also be reviewed.
Special Topic Wednesday 10:25 AM to 11:10 AM	Using Mathcad Across the Product Development System Alan Belniak, PTC Come see how Mathcad worksheets can not only serve as the real-time basis for your designs, but also how they can effectively be managed and maintained within both Windchill and ProductPoint. With Mathcad inside the PDS, you can maintain revisions of both stand-alone and Pro/ENGINEER-referenced worksheets, search for content, distribute client-side viewable worksheets to extended team members, and much more!
Special Topic Wednesday 11:20 AM to 12:05 PM	Harness the Power of Mathcad and Pro/ENGINEER ... Together ... Today Mark Walker, PTC Whether Mathcad calculations are used to drive Pro/ENGINEER geometry, or geometric variances are evaluated within Mathcad against theoretical limits, there are many ways that Mathcad can be used to bridge the gap between theory and the CAD model. We'll review the basis for the current integration, highlight some customer successes, and preview some ideas that we're considering for the future.
Experts: Tutorial Wednesday 1:15 PM to 3:00 PM	Dealing with Noisy and Challenging Datasets with Mathcad Ted Diehl, Bodie Technology, Inc. Using an interactive format with Mathcad and Kornucopia® software, this short course will explain why noisy datasets occur, how to collect the data correctly to avoid aliasing, and how to easily apply filtering tools to remove the noise/distortions; uncovering accurate and easily understood data curves. Unlike typical EE-based seminars of filtering, this seminar is presented in the language of mechanical engineering with numerous real-world mechanical engineering examples.