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CONVERGE CFD Software Offers Enhanced Automation and Increased Efficiency in Version 6
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJuly 1, 2026ㅡConvergent Science recently released CONVERGE 6, a new major version of their CONVERGE CFD software. The new version incorporates increased automation to streamline user workflows, improves simulation efficiency, and extends the software's modeling capabilities to...
C3 RELEASES REDUCED CHEMICAL MECHANISMS FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMarch 23, 2026ㅡThe Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3) has published two reduced chemical mechanisms, C3MechLite and C3MechCore, based on their detailed kinetic model for surrogate fuels, C3MechV4.0.1. C3 is led by Convergent Science, with a research team comprised of chemic...
C3 RELEASES UPDATED CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISM WITH EMPHASIS ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL CHEMISTRY
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMarch 5, 2026ㅡThe Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3) has published an updated version of their detailed kinetic model for surrogate fuels, C3MechV4.0.1. C3 is led by Convergent Science, with a research team comprised of chemical kinetic experts from the University...
Dr. Kelly Senecal Receives 2025 Luminary Award From the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
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Madison, WisconsinㅡDecember 4, 2025ㅡDr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science, recently received the 2025 Luminary Award from the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association. The Luminary Award recognizes alumni who have demonstrated exceptional achievements in the areas of...
Convergent Science Enhancing CONVERGE's Autonomous Meshing CFD Technology With NVIDIA GPUs
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CONVERGE simulation of an industrial mixing tank. Madison, Wisconsin—November 18, 2025—Convergent Science is excited to announce an enhanced partnership with NVIDIA Corporation to enhance autonomous meshing, a core CONVERGE technical capability, with NVIDIA accelerated computing. In...
DR. KELLY SENECAL RECEIVES ASME 2025 SOICHIRO HONDA MEDAL
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Madison, Wisconsin - June 24, 2025 Dr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science, was recently awarded the 2025 Soichiro Honda Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Soichiro Honda Medal recognizes individuals for outstanding achievements or contributions in...
CONVERGE CFD SOFTWARE ADVANCES SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR AEROSPACE, AUTOMOTIVE, ENERGY INDUSTRIES WITH RELEASE OF VERSION 5
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMay 22, 2025ㅡConvergent Science recently released CONVERGE 5, a new major version of their CONVERGE CFD software. The new version offers expanded modeling options for a wide range of industries and applications, as well as new solver enhancements and pre-processing...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE CREATES NEW EXTENSION TO THE CGNS FORMAT TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPORT OF PARTICLE DATA
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJanuary 21, 2025ㅡThe CFD General Notation System (CGNS) is a standardized file format system for the storage and retrieval of CFD output files. CFD engineers can store their files in CGNS format, allowing their data to be read and interpreted by many post-processing tools,...
DR. KELLY SENECAL RECEIVES 2024 ASME DEDICATED SERVICE AWARD
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Dr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡOctober 22, 2024ㅡDr. Peter Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science, was awarded the ASME Dedicated Service Award at the 2024 ICE Forward conference. Since 1983, the Dedicated Service Award has honored...
KEITH RICHARDS RECEIVES 2024 ASME ENGINE IMPACT AWARD
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Keith Richards, Co-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡOctober 22, 2024ㅡ Keith Richards was awarded the ASME Engine Impact Award at the 2024 ICE Forward conference. This ICE Division award honors internal combustion engine and aftertreatment system research and development...
DR. KELLY SENECAL ELECTED TO THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Dr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡAugust 28, 2024ㅡDr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science, was recently elected to The Combustion Institute's Board of Directors. The Combustion Institute is an international non-profit...
Next Generation of AMD Nodes Now Available on CONVERGE Horizon
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Madison, WisconsinㅡAugust 14, 2024ㅡCONVERGE Horizon, a high-performance cloud computing platform from Convergent Science, is now offering a new hardware option: fourth-generation AMD EPYCTM processors. This node type, called BM-AMD-192, is the successor to the third-generation BM-AMD-128 nodes...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE RELEASES ENHANCED VERSION OF ITS CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJune 4, 2024ㅡConvergent Science, creator of CONVERGE CFD software, recently released a new, upgraded version of its cloud computing platform, CONVERGE Horizon. In 2022, the company released the first version of CONVERGE Horizon to provide users of its CFD software convenient...
DR. KELLY SENECAL RECEIVES SAE JOHN JOHNSON DIESEL ENGINE RESEARCH MEDAL
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Kelly SenecalCo-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science Madison, Wisconsin—April 17, 2024—Dr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science, was awarded the SAE John Johnson Diesel Engine Research Medal at the 2024 WCX World Congress Experience. The Medal recognizes prominent leaders in the...
CONVERGE CFD SOFTWARE OFFERS ENHANCED SPEED & ACCURACY WITH THE RELEASE OF VERSION 4
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Madison, WisconsinㅡApril 4, 2024ㅡConvergent Science recently released CONVERGE 4, a new major version of their CONVERGE CFD software. Version 4 includes several new solver options that increase simulation speed and accuracy, a host of new modeling capabilities, and a variety of new tools that expa...
DR. KELLY SENECAL ELECTED FELLOW OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
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Kelly SenecalCo-Founder and Owner of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡMarch 6, 2024ㅡDr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science, has been elected a Fellow of The Combustion Institute. This honorific recognizes members of the international combustion community for their outstanding...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE EMBRACES GROWTH WITH NEW HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION
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Madison, WisconsinㅡFebruary 1, 2024ㅡThree years ago, Convergent Science first recognized a need for a new office space to accommodate the expanding employee base in its current headquarters. In 2022, construction commenced on a second building in Madison, Wisconsin. Now, Convergent Science opens t...
FIRST HYDROGEN FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY FORUM TAKING PLACE IN TORINO
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Madison, Wisconsin—September 29, 2023—Convergent Science and SAE International Torino Section are jointly hosting the first Hydrogen for Sustainable Mobility Forum at Politecnico di Torino on October 17–18, 2023. This two-day event will focus on the potential of green hydrogen as a fuel for...
WVU USES CONVERGE TO DEVELOP HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY TO DECARBONIZE FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY IN DOE-FUNDED PROJECT
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Madison, Wisconsin—August 15, 2023—West Virginia University (WVU) has been selected for a $3 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a hydrogen-fueled flex-fuel furnace to reduce CO2 emissions from the food and beverage industry. Current food and beverage thermal processing...
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SIMULATION TAKING PLACE IN SEPTEMBER
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Madison, Wisconsin—August 1, 2023—Convergent Science, a leading provider of engineering simulation software, is virtually hosting the CONVERGE CFD Conference 2023 (CFD23) this fall from September 26–28. The theme of the conference is "Simulation for Sustainable Technology", with a particular focus...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO MAKE SIMULATION SOFTWARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
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Madison, Wisconsin—June 8, 2023—Convergent Science, a leading provider of engineering design software, has launched a new program that expands access to cutting-edge simulation tools. Convergent Science develops and supports CONVERGE, a state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software...
Keynote Speaker to Propose Alternate Blueprint for Vehicle Decarbonization at the World Congress Experience in Detroit
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Dr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford Madison, Wisconsin—April 5, 2023—Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder of Convergent Science and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, will push for alternative fuels to be part of future climate...
Red Bull Powertrains Selects CONVERGE CFD Software to Design New F1 Racing Power Unit
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Madison, Wisconsin—February 21, 2023—Convergent Science is pleased to announce a new partnership with Red Bull Powertrains. The power unit manufacturer will use CONVERGE, Convergent Science's industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software, to develop a new racing power unit that will debut...
Convergent Science Collaborates With Wabtec, Oak Ridge, and Argonne on Hydrogen-Powered Locomotives
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Madison, Wisconsin—January 5, 2023—Convergent Science has partnered with Wabtec, a leading manufacturer of freight locomotives, and Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories to research decarbonization strategies for the rail industry. The four-year project will focus on establishing the viability...
HPC-Accelerated Development of Ultra-High Efficiency Hydrogen Propulsion Systems Wins 2022 HPCwire Award
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Madison, Wisconsin—January 5, 2023—Convergent Science, Argonne National Laboratory, and Aramco Americas' Detroit Research Center received the 2022 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award for the Best Use of HPC in Industry. The three recipients were nominated for developing a high-fidelity, HPC-enabled,...
Convergent Science Opens New Office in Houston
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Madison, Wisconsin—Nov 1, 2022—25 years after the founding of the company, Convergent Science continues to expand its base of operations. The company has opened a new office in Houston, Texas, USA, to better serve local customers and expand its reach in the marine and energy industries. The new...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE LAUNCHES NEW CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE OFFERING ADAPTABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE HARDWARE
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Madison, Wisconsin—September 21, 2022—Convergent Science has launched CONVERGE Horizon, a new cloud computing service with an emphasis on flexibility and affordability. The goal of CONVERGE Horizon is to provide easy access to computational resources for users of CONVERGE CFD software who are...
DR. ERIC POMRANING NAMED SAE FELLOW
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Dr. Eric Pomraning, Co-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡMar 1, 2022ㅡDr. Eric Pomraning, Co-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science, has been named an SAE Fellow for his leading role in creating advanced computational fluid dynamics software and developing...
DR. KELLY SENECAL NAMED ASME FELLOW
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Kelly SenecalCo-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡFeb 11, 2022ㅡKelly Senecal, Co-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science, has been named an ASME Fellow for his significant contributions and leadership to the international engineering community. ASME Fellow...
CONVERGE CFD SOFTWARE EXPANDS MULTI-PHYSICS CAPABILITIES WITH RELEASE OF VERSION 3.1
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Lean direct injection gas turbine combustor post-processed automatically via in situ post-processing with ParaView Catalyst. Convergent Science recently released CONVERGE 3.1, a new major version of their CONVERGE CFD software. The new version enhances CONVERGE's modeling capabilities, offers a...
EVALUATION OF ENGINE COLD-START OPERATIONS WINS 2021 HPCWIRE AWARD
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Madison, WisconsinㅡDec 15, 2021ㅡConvergent Science, Argonne National Laboratory, and Aramco Americas: Aramco Research Center - Detroit received the 2021 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award for the Best Use of HPC in Industry. The three recipients were nominated for their work using high-performance...
MACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN DESIGN OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY WINS 2021 HPCWIRE AWARD FOR ACCELERATING PRODUCT DESIGN & VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING
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Madison, WisconsinㅡDec 15, 2021ㅡConvergent Science, Argonne National Laboratory, and Parallel Works received the 2021 HPCwire Readers' Choice Award for the Best Use of High Performance Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence. The team was nominated for developing a scalable, automated, and...
ARGONNE AWARDED TCF FUNDING TO COLLABORATE WITH CONVERGENT SCIENCE ON ADVANCING MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CFD
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Madison, Wisconsin—July 19, 2021—The Computational Multi-Physics Research Section at Argonne National Laboratory was awarded funding through the Department of Energy's 2021 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) for a collaborative project with Convergent Science. The TCF program was created to...
HPCwire's 'Best Use of HPC in Industry' Awarded for Enabling Fast Design Optimization of Propulsion Systems Using HPC and Machine Learning
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Representatives from Aramco Research Center â€" Detroit, Argonne National Laboratory, and Convergent Science virtually accepting the HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award. From the top: Kelly Senecal, Yuanjiang Pei, Sibendu Som, and Roberto Torelli. Madison, WisconsinㅡDecember 7, 2020ㅡConvergent...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE COLLABORATES WITH ORACLE
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Madison, WisconsinㅡNovember, 16, 2020ㅡConvergent Science, a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Oracle, a leader in cloud computing and enterprise software. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers on-demand access to high-performance computing (HPC)...
'BEST USE OF HPC IN AUTOMOTIVE' AWARDED FOR COMBINING CFD, HPC, AND AI TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM HEAVY-DUTY TRANSPORT
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Madison, WisconsinㅡNovember 19, 2019ㅡConvergent Science, Aramco Research Center - Detroit, and Argonne National Laboratory received the 2019 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award for the Best Use of HPC in Automotive. The three institutions were nominated for using HPC and AI to accelerate the design of...
CONVERGE CFD Software Allows for Massive Scalability and Improved Accuracy With Release of Version 3.0
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Madison, WisconsinㅡOctober 16, 2019ㅡConvergent Science has released the highly anticipated new version of their computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, CONVERGE 3.0. CONVERGE 3.0 builds on previous versions with new features, enhancements, and expanded capabilities. One of the most notable...
CONVERGE Featured in Diverse Set of Projects at the 2019 Doe Merit Review
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJuly 10, 2019ㅡThe U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office held its 2019 Annual Merit Review (AMR) and Peer Evaluation from June 10ㅡ13 in Arlington, Virginia. Eighteen of the advanced vehicle technologies projects reviewed at the meeting referenced partnerships...
CONVERGE Results Prominently Featured at WCX 2019
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMarch 27, 2019ㅡCONVERGE results will be featured in more than 20 papers at the upcoming WCX World Congress Experience 2019. These papers span a wide variety of topics, including engine knock, aftertreatment, fuel injection, chemical kinetic mechanisms, GCI engines, conjugate...
Dr. Kelly Senecal Named SAE Fellow
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Kelly Senecal Co-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science Madison, WisconsinㅡDecember 14, 2018ㅡDr. Kelly Senecal, Co-Owner and Vice President of Convergent Science, has been named an SAE Fellow for his leading role in the development of advanced computational fluid dynamics software to...
CONVERGE Partners with Spatial for Integrated CAD Capabilities
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Madison, WisconsinㅡDecember 05, 2018ㅡConvergent Science is pleased to announce a new partnership with Spatial Corp., a pioneer in 3D modeling, 3D visualization, and CAD translation software development toolkits. Going forward, Spatial's 3D InterOp will be embedded in CONVERGE's graphical user...
Convergent Science Partners with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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Madison, WisconsinㅡNovember 19, 2018ㅡConvergent Science is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The partnership between NCSA and Convergent Science opens the door to new...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF CONVERGE CFD SOFTWARE
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Madison, WisconsinㅡSeptember 14, 2018ㅡConvergent Science is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the commercial release of their flagship product, CONVERGE CFD software. Founded in 1997 by a handful of graduate students from the University of WisconsinㅡMadison, Convergent Science is a rapidly...
CONVERGE CFD Featured In Cutting-Edge Research At 2018 Doe Merit Review
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJuly 16, 2018ㅡThe U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office held its 2018 Annual Merit Review (AMR) and Peer Evaluation from June 18-21 in Arlington, Virginia. Of the advanced vehicle technologies projects reviewed at the meeting, 17 referenced partnerships with...
Convergent Science and Roush Yates Engines Renew Partnership
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Madison, WisconsinㅡJune 29, 2018ㅡConvergent Science and Roush Yates Engines announced that they have reached a multi-year partnership extension agreement. Since 2016, Convergent Science and Roush Yates Engines have enjoyed a fruitful technical partnership. The last two years included 57 wins and...
CONVERGE and Tecplot Combine Forces For Powerful and Seamless CFD and Visualization
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMay 31, 2018ㅡConvergent Science is pleased to announce the formation of a new partnership with Tecplot, Inc., maker of industry-leading flow visualization software. As of today, each CONVERGE CFD license will include a complimentary license to Tecplot for CONVERGE, which is a...
Diverse Converge Results to be Presented at WCX18
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Madison, WisconsinㅡMarch 20, 2018ㅡThe upcoming WCX18: SAE World Congress Experience will feature more than 30 papers that contain CONVERGE results. These papers span a wide array of topics, including fuel injection, chemical mechanisms, HCCI, GCI, water injection, LES, spray/wall interaction,...
CONVERGE Results Featured in 25 Papers at ASME ICEF 2017
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Madison, Wisconsin (October 16, 2017) - Results from the CONVERGE computational fluid dynamics software will be featured in 25 papers at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Internal Combustion Engine Fall Technical Conference, which will be held October 15–18 in Seattle. Papers with...
GE Aviation Uses CONVERGE CFD to Simulate Gas Turbine Relight
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Challenges Gas turbine manufacturers routinely use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to improve engine performance and reliability. In order for a CFD software to provide insight during the design process, though, it must deliver accurate results within a timeframe that meets rapid design...
CONVERGE TO BE FEATURED AT ASME ICEF 2017
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CONVERGE, the innovative computational fluid dynamics software with autonomous meshing, will be featured in several ways at The American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Internal Combustion Engine Fall Technical Conference. The conference will be held October 15-18 in Seattle. The conference will...
CONVERGENT SCIENCE OPENS NEW OFFICE IN INDIA
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Ashish JoshiPrinicpal Engineer & ManagerIndian Operations As Convergent Science celebrates its twentieth anniversary, the CFD software company is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Pune, India. The new office will allow Convergent Science to strengthen its relationship with its...
CONVERGE CFD FEATURED IN RESEARCH PRESENTED AT 2017 DOE MERIT REVIEW
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The U.S. Department of Energy held its 2017 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting (AMR) for the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and the Vehicle Technologies Office in Washington, D.C. from June 5-9. Seventeen of the programs that were reviewed at the meeting referenced partnerships with...
Convergent Science Joins HEDGE-IV Consortium
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San Antonio, TX (April 25, 2017) - Convergent Science is pleased to announce membership in the High-Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine (HEDGE-IV) Consortium launched by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The HEDGE-IV consortium is a multi-member, technology development and assessment program...
CONVERGE Results Featured in Host of Papers at SAE 2017
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Convergent Science is pleased to announce the presentation of more than 35 papers with CONVERGE results at WCX17: SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit on April 4-6, 2017. The number of papers is a testament to the widespread use of CONVERGE CFD, while the diversity of papers—on topics ranging...
Industry Spotlight: Caterpillar
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Caterpillar Inc. uses both proprietary CFD software and software from multiple suppliers. The content in this video reflects industry experience with CFD in general and is not an endorsement for CONVERGE or its products. Transcript of video: Eric Fluga (EF): A big advantage of using CFD is it allows...
Honeywell Utilizes CONVERGE CFD Software to Predict Relight
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a valuable tool used by gas turbine designers to simulate the flow, spray, combustion and heat transfer found within the combustor. Designing the combustor at the heart of a gas turbine is a complicated balancing act between many competing design constraints...
In-Cylinder simulations run faster than ever before with CONVERGE CFD
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Ford EcoBlue diesel engines developed using advanced combustion modelling tool from specialist CFD company Convergent Science. The global automaker Ford has used an innovative combustion modeling tool for the development of its new EcoBlue range of high-efficiency diesel engines. The CONVERGE CFD...
CONVERGE Now Features Popular IFPEN Combustion Models
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The 3-Zone Extended Coherent Flamelet Model (ECFM3Z) from IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) is the product of more than 20 years of research and validation. During that time it has established itself as one of the most widely used combustion models for internal combustion engines, with a reputation for...
Argonne Engine Designs Ramp Up With HPC + CONVERGE
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Powerful and efficient software from Convergent Science helps researchers to undertake combustion modeling on a massive scale A team from Argonne National Laboratory has set out to clean up the combustion engine, using one of the largest computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies ever undertaken....
CONVERGE Plays a Prominent Role in the 2016 DOE Merit Review
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The U.S. Department of Energy held its Annual Merit Review for the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and the Vehicle Technologies Office on June 6–10, 2016, in Washington, D.C. CONVERGE was used in numerous analyses at national laboratories including Oak Ridge, Argonne, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore....
Ilmor Invokes CONVERGE to Speed Development of High-Performance Engines
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Ilmor has earned a reputation for producing high-performance engines that power motorsport and marine racing. For 30 years, Ilmor has led the motorsport industry in engines sales. With offices in the UK and the US, the company's engineering expertise extends to the automotive, aerospace, defense,...
Convergent Science Joins the Clean High-Efficiency Diesel Engine VII (CHEDE-VII) Consortium
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Building on more than 24 years of diesel engine research, the Clean High-Efficiency Diesel Engine VII (CHEDE-VII) Consortium was founded in November 2015 at the Southwest Research Institute. The Consortium is pursuing the world's most efficient engines in order to meet industry needs in the next 5...
CEI India Conference Showcases CONVERGE's Powerful New Features
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CEI India will be hosting its second annual user conference in Pune from February 23 through 25. EnSight and CONVERGE users from across the globe will be in attendance. February 23 will be devoted to CONVERGE CFD software. The Automotive Research Association of India, the Indian Institute of...
How Renault Partnered with Universitat Politècnica de València to Develop New Powertrain Concepts Targeting CO2 Reduction - Q&A
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by Matthew Beecham of just-auto As automakers search for novel ways to improve fuel efficiency, technology partnering with universities remain popular. Matthew Beecham spoke to Pascal Tribotté and Frederic Ravet from Renault in France and Francisco Payri and Ricardo Novella from CMT Motores Térmicos...
Convergent Science Sponsors NACSAE Technical Seminar and Showcases CONVERGE
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Madison, WI (December 11, 2015) - On December 12, the North American Society of Chinese Automotive Engineers (NACSAE) will host a technical seminar titled CFD and its Application in the Automotive Industry at the Bloomfield Hills Library in Detroit. NACSAE is dedicated to providing a social...
Dr. P. Kelly Senecal Receives ASME ICE Division Speaker Award
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Madison, WI (November 19, 2015) - Dr. P. Kelly Senecal, Co-Founder and Vice President of Convergent Science, was awarded the ASME ICE Division Speaker Award for his presentation at the 2014 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference in Indiana. His presentation was titled Modeling...
Convergent Science Presents Gas Turbine Combustor Work with Yanmar
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Madison, WI (November 17, 2015) - Scott Drennan, Director of Gas Turbine and Aftertreatment Applications at Convergent Science, will present CONVERGE CFD simulation results at the International Gas Turbine Congress (IGTC) 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, on November 19. His presentation, Combustion and...
Convergent Science Presents Latest CONVERGE Developments at ICSC 2015 in Asia
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Madison, WI (November 16, 2015) - At the upcoming IDAJ CAE Solution Conference (ICSC) 2015 in Japan (November 19), Korea (November 20), and China (November 23-24), Convergent Science will share the latest developments in its CONVERGE CFD software. The conference, hosted by CONVERGE distributor IDAJ,...
CONVERGE Results Featured in 16 Papers at ASME 2015 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference
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Convergent Science is pleased to announce the presentation of 16 papers with CONVERGE results at the ASME 2015 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference in Houston, Texas. These papers, which describe diverse facets of internal combustion engine-related research, highlight...
CONVERGE CFD Software Nominated for "Motorsport Technology of the Year" Award by Professional Motorsport World
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CONVERGE CFD software has been nominated for "Motorsport Technology of the Year" award by Professional Motorsport World (PMW). Every year, PMW readers nominate the best of the best in various categories relating to the motorsport industry. The winner will be announced on November 11 @ the 2015...
CMT - Motores Térmicos Aligns With Convergent Science To Enhance CFD Capabilities
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Madison, WI (November 5, 2015) - Convergent Science and CMT - Motores Térmicos are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to work toward a deeper understanding of combustion-related physical processes. Both organizations expect a fruitful alliance, which will combine Convergent Science's...
Rob Kaczmarek, Director of Global Marketing, to Speak at SC15: HPC Transforms in Austin, Texas
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In today's fast paced and highly competitive technological landscape it is crucial to always stay one step ahead of the game. This year, Super Computing 2015 is to take place in Austin, Texas and will focus on how high performance computing (HPC) is transforming the world we live in. Rob...
CONVERGE, PSA Highlighted in SAE Magazine: Groundbreaking Engine Concepts Unleashed
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Engine design is so complex nowadays, especially when working on future concepts to meet requirements in 2020 and beyond, that the human brain cannot solve them that easily, states PSA Peugeot Citroën's Clément Dumand – whose team first adopted Convergent Science's meshing software programme back in...
The Engineer Magazine Spotlights the Functionality of CONVERGE
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As anticipation builds around the upcoming release of CONVERGE 2.3, Director of Marketing Rob Kaczmarek spoke with UK-based publication The Engineer about how the automated meshing function in CONVERGE actually works. PSA Peugeot Citroën also weighed in on how CONVERGE has improved their...
Convergent Science Adds New Office in the Motor City
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Continuing to focus on growth, superior customer support, and industry-leading innovation in CFD, Convergent Science has opened a new office in the Detroit suburb of Northville. "We are constantly looking for ways to work more closely with our growing customer base," says Daniel Lee, Vice...
CONVERGE Featured in Desktop Engineering—Tackling the Challenge of Mesh Generation Head On.
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CONVERGE CFD was recently featured in an article in Desktop Engineering from contributing Editor Pamela J. Waterman. In the article, Waterman discusses some of the "best kept secrets" in CFD. CONVERGE was featured at the top of her list for how it, "...tackles the challenge of mesh generation...
Argonne National Lab and Convergent Science Work Together to Optimize CONVERGE, Resulting in Faster Production Times and Better Engines
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are partnering with Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI), to speed up a key piece of modeling and simulation software to ensure those cycles are used as effectively as possible, reducing product development time and resulting in...
Argonne National Lab, Convergent Science, Cummins Featured in Engine Technology International's Article "The Missing Link"
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Wobble: it's not the most scientific term to emerge from the field of mechanical engineering but it describes perfectly a particularly important event that no other word can. Important because it's the phenomenon that, to a large degree, helps explain the minute variations between the cycles of an...
CONVERGE Featured in Stockcar Engineering for Revolutionizing Engine Tuning in the NASCAR World
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Read the article in the latest issue of Stockcar Engineering.
2014: Looking Back and Moving Forward
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2014 was a landmark year for Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI). As we continue to gain market share, CSI has expanded its team to ensure that our clients receive the same high level of support to which they are accustomed. After several years of continued growth we have reached the 50-employee...
Argonne, Convergent and Cummins cooperate to discover the secrets of fuel injectors
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Argonne, Ill. – In the swirling, churning fireball at the heart of every internal combustion engine, complexity reigns supreme. Valves and pistons lunge up and down at thousands of feet per second, pressure spikes to peak levels in an instant and sprays of fuel spread throughout the maelstrom in...
Pinnacle Engines Utilizes CONVERGE's Accuracy and Detailed Chemistry to Optimize Designs
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You can learn a lot about the inner working of an engine from physical tests — how it heats up, how it cools down, how it behaves during acceleration, and so on. Looking at the test cell data from the dynamometer, Tony Willcox, Pinnacle Engines' director of simulation and controls, can gauge the...
Convergent Science, Inc. Announces Partnership with IFP Energies nouvelles to Implement RANS Models in CONVERGE™ CFD Software
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Madison, WI – Convergent Science, Inc. and IFP Energies nouvelles are pleased to announce a strategic and technology partnership to further develop CONVERGE CFD. This partnership will look to jointly implement both in-cylinder as well as aftertreatment models in to CONVERGE CFD. There...
CSI Forms Convergent Science GmbH and Opens New Office in Austria
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Madison, WI – As previously announced at the CONVERGE User Group Meeting 2014, Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI) has acquired the majority shares in Ignite3d Engineering GmbH and renamed the company Convergent Science GmbH (CSG). CSG's management includes Rainer Rothbauer, former owner of Ignite3d,...
CONVERGE™ to Be Featured in "CONVERGE™ Conference Day" at IDAJ CAE/CFD Solution Conference 2014 in Yokohoma, Japan
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On November 13th, 2014 in Yokohoma, Japan, IDAJ will host a "CONVERGE Conference Day" highlighting CONVERGE's unique meshing process and its impressive placement in Japanese market. Frédéric Ravet of Renault is set to give his keynote presentation CFD with CONVERGE: Its Application to...
Convergent Science Sponsors Argonne VERIFI HPC-Enabled Engine Simulations Workshop and Dr. P. Kelly Senecal Presents
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Argonne, IL (November 12, 2014) - On November 12th and 13th, VERIFI (Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative) will host a workshop (sponsored by Convergent Science and Cray) that focuses on using high-performance computing resources to perform high-fidelity internal...
Fun with CFD: Convergent Science and Rescale Team Up to Simulate the Manning "Wobbly" Pass
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Every Sunday, Monday and Thursday millions of Americans tune in to watch their favorite players throwing the pigskin down the field. Tensions and emotions rise and fall with each play, game, and season. No doubt if you're a Peyton Manning fan you have felt these ups and downs, along with a few "What...
Tiny Gaps: Using CFD To Study Rotary Screw Compressors
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The rotary screw compressors we use today were invented by the Swedish engineer Alf Lysholm. This unique design uses a rotary type positive displacement mechanism that reduces the pulsation of flow, or surging, that is common in the more traditional piston compressors. Rotary screw compressors are...
CONVERGE Adoption at DOE Merit Review Meeting Skyrocketing
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This past June, the DOE held its annual Merit Review. As the meeting came to a close, an astounding 17 papers used CONVERGE to address a variety of analyses. Ford, GM, Oak Ridge, and GE all selected CONVERGE as their code of choice for their research. The topics of analysis...
Convergent Science Successfully Concludes First Annual User Group Meeting
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Madison, WI (October 10, 2014) – Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI) hosted the first annual CONVERGE™ User Group Meeting (UGM) on September 22-26, 2014. Held in Madison, Wisconsin, the UGM consisted of three days of software training at their worldwide headquarters and a two-day meeting at Frank Lloyd...
CONVERGE™ User Group Meeting 2014: It Turns Out That "Yum Yum Yum" Is Universal by Chris Lay of Geeks Who Drink
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Dinner, drinks and trivia at Cooper's Tavern marked the close of two days of conference proceedings at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin. Our trivia host for the night, Chris Lay, wrote a bit about our night on the Geeks Who Drink blog. Check it out! And lo, I have now run my first...
Convergent Science Works with DOE, ORNL, GE, Ford and GM to Design Cleaner, More Efficient IC Engines with HPC
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As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by...
Grid Convergence in Large IC Engine Simulations
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CFD simulations can be a powerful tool when designing an internal-combustion engine; however, the results of CFD simulations often change as the grid is refined. This is known as grid dependence. When grid dependence is observed, the traditional approach is to optimize the results by tuning grid...
CONVERGE Simulates Spinning Soccer Ball in the Cloud
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With the 2014 World Cup coming to a close, we've seen great shots and great saves. However, what is the science behind the curving shot that causes so much commotion and so many great goals. Rescale and Convergent Science teamed up to show how the cloud and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can...
Caterpillar, Argonne and Convergent Science Enter into Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
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ARGONNE, Ill ― Internal combustion engines are poised for dramatic breakthroughs in improving efficiency with lower emissions, thanks in part to low-temperature combustion regimes. Such regimes show great efficiency and emissions potential, but they present optimization and control challenges that...
Convergent Science, Argonne National Laboratory and Caterpillar Win HPC Innovation Excellence Award
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International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced the seventh round of recipients of the HPC Innovation Excellence Award at the ISC'14 supercomputer industry conference in Leipzig, Germany. Prior winners were announced at the ISC'11, SC11, ISC'12, SC12, ISC'13, and SC13 supercomputing...
Rob Kaczmarek, Director of Sales & Marketing at Convergent Science, Inc., to Speak at NAFEMS on May 29th
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The NAFEMS Americas Conference will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 28th – 30th, 2014. NAFEMS is the International Association of the Engineering Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Community and is dedicated to the advancement and improvement of engineering simulation and will...
ECR Engines Enters Into Technical Partnership with Convergent Science, Inc.
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WELCOME, N.C. (April 21, 2014) – ECR Engines has entered into a technical partnership with Convergent Science, Inc. to enhance its engine performance in NASCAR competition. Convergent Science, Inc. will provide Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to study three-dimensional multiphase...
CONVERGE™ Featured in In Business Madison: Made in Dane
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Convergent Science is honored to be recognized as a Dane County "Made in Dane" business in this month's In Business Magazine. From the magazine: "Dane County is not known as a hotbed of manufacturing, but its communities rely on a surprising number of blue-collar jobs. In that spirit, In Business...
Convergent Science Welcomes Dr. Graham Goldin
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Dr. Graham Goldin has joined Convergent Science as a Senior Project Manager – Combustion Development. Dr. Goldin will focus on further advancements of the combustion model suite in CONVERGE™ CFD software, with a focus on optimizing detailed chemistry methodologies using...