The All Things Ansys Podcast

The All Things Ansys Podcast

Join the engineers at Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies (PADT) as they discuss what’s new and exciting in the world of Ansys simulation. (This podcast is in no way affiliated with Ansys Inc, and the opinions expressed are owned solely by those on the show) If you have any questions, comments, or would like to suggest a topic for the next episode, shoot us an email at podcast@padtinc.com we would love to hear from you!

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July 7, 2026 60 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Ansys Fluids Lead Application Engineer Frank Kelecy, and PADT's Senior CFD Application and Support Engineer Jon Elias to discuss the advantages of using Ansys Fluent's GPU Solver to speed up and optimize fluid simulation.   

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Cyber-Nuclear Engineer Andrew Hahn from Sandia National Labs, as well as PADT's Application and Support Engineer Molly Rhodes, and Flownex Team Lead Miles Adkins for a discussion on Sandia's use of Ansys partner Flownex's 1D Thermal Simulation Software in regards to building digital twins to analyze safety and functionality of nuclear power plants.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of the Synopsys/Ansys team including Application Engineering Manager Dev Sarkar, Senior Digital Twin Staff Engineer Arash Hassanpour, and Senior Application Engineering Manager Nicholas Herringer as well as PADT's Embedded Software Engineer Noah Asherbranner.

They discuss the current state of robotics, common applications, and what role Ansys simulat...

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Ansys technology partner Electro Magnetic Applications' (EMA) VP of Business Development, John Twerdok, and Lead Software Product Manager, Kevin-Druis Merenda, as well as PADT's LFEM Application & Support Engineer Tyler Buntin. They discuss challenges facing those working with advanced electromagnetics in the space industry, and how simulating radiatio...

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of our simulation support team to discuss their favorite updates from Ansys 2025 R1 & R2 in preparation for the 2026 release.

Our outstanding staff has always been the foundation of what sets PADT apart from our competitors and we're excited to have so many of them on this episode.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT's Sr. Systems Application Engineer Josh Stout and Embedded Software Engineer Noah Asherbranner to discuss the state of digital twin design and application through Ansys simulation.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller discusses the recent Ansys and Synopsys merger, what it means for PADT, and what it means for you as an Ansys user.  You can find out more about this recent deal via the press release here: https://www.synopsys.com/synopsys-ansys-united.html

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT's Optics Engineer Cynthia De La Rosa, along with optics experts at Ansys including David Vega, Manager of R&D - Optical Engineering, Kerry Herbert, Senior Product Marketing Manager - Optics, Angela Forcino, Senior Product Marketing Manager - Optics, and Lisa Clauson, Senior Product Manager - Optics, to discuss both the history and current state of A...

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of our simulation consulting team, including PADT's Director of Business Development Jeff Wells and VP of Engineering Tyler Shaw to discuss the benefits of outsourcing Ansys simulation work to a company like PADT.  Across industry and across physics, PADT’s simulation experts are on call to deliver on your simulation needs. Single physics...

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February 24, 2025 58 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of our simulation support team to discuss various updates made available in the latest version of Ansys - 2025 R1. This includes discussion from:  Application Engineer Alex Moody, Mechanical/Thermal Application Engineer Molly Rhodes, Senior CFD Application Engineer Sina Ghods, LF Electromagnetics Application Engineer Tyler Buntin, Chief Engine...

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January 27, 2025 54 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of our simulation support team to discuss their favorite updates from Ansys 2024 R1 & R2 in preparation for the 2025 release. Our outstanding staff has always been the foundation of what sets PADT apart from our competitors and we're excited to have so many of them on this episode. This includes discussion from:  Application Engineer Alex ...

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by EOS Additive Manufacturing Consultant, Vincenzo Abbatiello, PADT's Application Engineering Manager Doug Oatis, and PADT's Application Engineer Christian Crowley, to discuss Ansys applications for modeling with metal additive design.    If you have any questions, comments, or would like to suggest a topic for the next episode, shoot us an email at p...

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PlaneWave Co-founder & Chief Engineer Keyvan Bahadori and PADT's Antenna Application Engineer Alex Moody, to discuss their use of Ansys HFSS and how it provides benefits for their unique applications. Learn more about PlaneWave's use of Ansys tools by reading the case study here.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Vincent Britz, Thermofluids Solver Developer at Flownex, and Miles Adkins, Lead Flownex Simulation Support Engineer at PADT to discuss the collaborative capabilities available when working with Ansys & Flownex Co-simulation.

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August 26, 2024 53 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of PADT's simulation support team to discuss the features they are most excited about in Ansys 2024 R2.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT's Chief Simulation Engineer Jim Peters to discuss the breadth and depth of meshing capabilities in Ansys LS-DYNA.

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In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by CEO Michael Langone and CTO Aaron Lau from SciVista, to discuss the use of emerging virtual reality technology for visualization of engineering simulation. 

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All Things Ansys is back.

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by two of PADT's Chief Simulation Engineers, Jim Peters and Joe Woodward, for a deep dive into the mechanical updates made in the 2024 R1 release of Ansys.

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December 21, 2023 52 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of PADT's simulation support team, including Ahmed Fayad, Miles Adkins, Chris Settanni, Alex Moody, Robert McCathren, Josh Stout, Joe Woodward, Christian Crowley, Doug Oatis, and Ted Harris, for a year-end discussion covering their thoughts on the 2024 release, as well as hopes for next year.

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November 27, 2023 41 mins

In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by members of PADT's simulation support team, including Ted Harris, Ahmed Fayad, and Courtney Harris, for a discussion on what's new for licensing Ansys simulation tools with this latest release.

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