SciEngineering Conference

Unleash the power of technical computing, modeling, and simulation

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Date: September 15, 2022

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Welcome to SciEngineering Conference 2022 – a premier online event that brings together engineers, researchers, scientists, and business leaders who share the vision of redefining the limits of science.

This unique event explores MATLAB, Simulink, Comsol Multiphysics, and Speedgoat capabilities via a finely curated selection of practical sessions and in-depth workshops on a wide range of subjects: artificial intelligence, real-time simulation, testing, battery design, and microgrid design and simulation.

Join the SciEngineering Conference so that you and your team are well prepared and, more importantly, equipped to deal with today’s challenges and face tomorrow with confidence.

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What to expect?

8 sessions | 9 workshops | 2 software & 1 hardware

Battery design
Microgrid design
Speedgoat use cases
Neural Networks in ADAS

ADC Testing Toolbox – BME MIT
Signal Processing
Acoustic Simulation
Grid modeling

… and more topics. The full agenda is coming soon!

One day to focus on you and your skills.

Join MATLAB, Simulink, Comsol Multiphysics, and Speedgoat experts to build skills, learn industry best practices, and make connections.

09:00am – 09.15am CET

Opening Remarks

Peter Bolesza - CEO, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

09:15am - 12:30pm CET

Morning Plenary Sessions

09:15am - 09:35am CET

Battery Design in COMSOL Multiphysics

When designing power electronic devices, engineers are faced with quite a few challenges. One of those challenges is to find the right balance between limited space and temperature design. Simulation modeling solves the challenge of putting various electrical components in tight spaces while keeping the system below critical temperatures.

During this session, you will learn about:

Challenges and modeling of thermal management
Heat transfer simulations with Heat Transport Module
Heat transfer simulations via conduction, convection, and radiation
Modeling options for electrochemical and electromagnetic heat sources

After covering the theory, you will join a live demonstration of electrochemical heating and thermal control in a battery pack setup with COMSOL Multiphysics®

Dr. Arpad Forberger - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

09:35am - 09:55am CET

Automotive microphone design with Finite Element Method

The majority of newly manufactured vehicles come equipped with built-in microphones for various applications (hand-free communication, noise-canceling, e-call module); however, designing microphones that uphold rigorous automotive standards and deliver the best user experience is quite challenging.

During this session, you will learn how HARMAN Automotive uses COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software to bring microphone quality and performance to the next level.

Balazs Varga - Acoustic Design Engineer, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems

09:55am - 10:00am CET

Coffee break

10:00am - 10:20am

Microgrid Design and Simulation with Simulink

For a long time, the roadblock to making renewable energy practical and dependable has been how to store electricity for days when the wind isn’t blowing, and the sun isn’t shining. New storage approaches include storing energy surplus within microgrids.

During this session, you will learn several modeling techniques that you can use for microgrid designs and simulations. These techniques will be explained through two examples:

System Level Model of a Micro-Grid
Detailed Model of a Grid-Connected PV Array

After attending this session, you will be able to recognize the level of modeling details suited to your needs and then choose the right level of model fidelity.

Bence Nagy - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

10:20am - 10:40am

Software-as-a-Service Applications for PV and Battery System Sizing

Solar and wind energy production is exceedingly unpredictable due to constantly changing and volatile weather. However, these risks can be efficiently mitigated by optimizing solar and battery systems and managing them from the cloud.

During this session, you will learn how Planergy Solutions uses MATLAB to model and simulate to:

Find the optimal configuration without any initial limitations;
Find personalized and technically and financially optimized solutions in a fast way;
Extend and adapt solutions for different use cases;
Provide an online platform to their customers to simulate their own cases.

Mate Toth - Simulation Engineer, Planergy Solutions

10:40am - 10:50am CET

Coffee break

10:50am - 11:10am CET

Real-Time Simulation and Testing with Simulink and Speedgoat

Rapid prototyping (RP) technology is well-known and valued by engineers for multiple reasons, including its flexible and customized manufacturing capabilities.
During this session, you will learn to use Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing to detect design flaws early in the development process and consequently shorten your Time-to-Market.

Daniel Szabo - Training Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

11:10am - 11:30am CET

A Standard-Compliant MATLAB Toolbox for Analog-to-Digital Converter Testing

During this session, you will learn how the BME MIT team uses a toolbox made in MATLAB for analog-to-digital converter (ADC) testing that complies with the IEEE standard and how it can help you to import and evaluate measurements most quickly.

Balazs Renczes - Senior Lecturer, BME Department of Measurement and Information Systems

11:30am - 11:35am CET

Coffee break

11:35am - 11:55am CET

Vibroacoustic Measurements, System Identification and Visualization in MATLAB – Torsional Modal Analysis

This session introduces an extension to the existing experimental modal analysis (EMA) methods. The extension analyzes the torsional mode shapes of a shaft system that includes a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). We will discuss the proposed method’s most critical steps, from synthesizing the excitation signal, throughout curve fitting, to visualization of torsional mode shapes.

Tibor Kimpian - Acoustic Engineer, thyssenkrupp Components Technology Hungary

11:55am - 12:15pm CET

Reduced Order Modeling based on Neural Networks

During this session, you will learn how to use Machine Learning for Run-Time Optimization and build an LSTM-ROM model (a type of ROM that leverages an LSTM network). A ROM is a surrogate for a physical model that allows you to reduce the computation required without compromising the accuracy of the original physical model. You can also use the ROM instead of the actual physical system for workflows that require heavy computations, for example, design exploration.

Lorant Szabo - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

12:15am - 12:30pm CET

Closing Remarks

12:30pm - 14:00pm CET

Lunch break

14:00pm - 17:00pm CET

Elective MATLAB Workshops

14:00pm - 15:20pm CET

Workshop: Building Interactive Applications in MATLAB with App Designer

During this interactive workshop, we will discuss a workflow for building a graphical user interface with MATLAB and App Designer. This workflow includes application development, packaging, and distribution.
You will learn how to:

Lay out and customize UI components
Configure app actions, also known as callback functions
Share data among components
Safeguard against faulty input
Deploy the app to a standalone executable

Zsolt Kollar - Head of the MATLAB Laboratory, BME

15:30pm - 17:00pm CET

Workshop: MATLAB Using Python

The MATLAB Engine API for Python provides a package for Python to call MATLAB as a computational engine. Calling the engine in your Python sessions allows engineers to simplify the workflow and improve collaboration while getting the best of both worlds.
During this workshop, we will focus on:

How MATLAB commands can be executed within a Python environment using a MATLAB engine.
How to call Python functions and objects directly from MATLAB.
Apache Parquet, a data format fit for passing data between MATLAB and Python.

Bence Cseppento - PhD Student, BME

14:00pm - 16:00pm CET

Elective AI Workshops

14:00pm - 16:00pm CET

Workshop: Deep Learning with MATLAB

Incorporating AI capabilities into your processes and operations means setting your organization for future success. This hands-on workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to practical deep learning using MATLAB®.
During this workshop, you will learn how to:

Train deep neural networks on GPUs in the cloud.
Create deep learning models from scratch for image and signal data.
Explore pre-trained models and use transfer learning.
Import and export models from frameworks such as Keras and PyTorch.

Lorant Szabo - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

14:00pm - 17:00pm CET

Elective Simulink Workshops

14:00pm - 15:20pm CET

Workshop: Simulink System Modeling and Control

During this workshop, you will be presented with a step-by-step guide on how to start with Model-Based Design, modeling of physical systems in Simulink, and fundamental aspects of control system design.
You will learn about:

Model-Based Design
Various ways of modeling a DC Motor
Control System Design
Automatic Code Generation
Deployment to Embedded Targets

Bence Nagy - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

15:30pm - 17:00pm CET

Workshop: The Complete Workflow of Model-Based Testing

Model-based testing is a systematic method to generate test cases from models of system requirements. It allows engineers to evaluate requirements independent of algorithm design and development. This workshop provides a hands-on experience of Model-Based Testing (MBT) with a complete set of Simulink-based MBT Tools.
You will learn how to:

Create a model of system requirements for testing
Generate test data from the requirements-model representation
Verify your design algorithm with generated test cases

Domonkos Szeker - Application Engineering Team Lead, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

14:00pm - 16:30pm CET

Elective COMSOL Workshops

14:00pm - 15:20pm CET

Workshop: Finite Element Method and Battery Design with COMSOL Multiphysics

During this workshop, we will explore the benefits of using multiphysics simulation when studying and designing physical phenomena such as heating, fluid flow, or structural simulation of batteries.
You will learn about:

The most relevant features of COMSOL Multiphysics®
How the software can be used to create virtual prototypes
How the software can reduce the need for physical prototypes
How the software can be used across large development teams

Dr. Arpad Forberger - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

15:30pm - 16:30pm CET

Workshop: Acoustics Modeling with COMSOL Multiphysics

During this workshop, we will explore the benefits of using multiphysics simulation when studying and designing acoustics devices.
You will learn about:

Relevant features of COMSOL Multiphysics®
How the software can be used to speed up the design process
How the software can reduce the need for physical prototypes

Dr. Arpad Forberger - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

14:00pm - 16:30pm CET

Elective EDU Workshops: Effective Teaching with MATLAB

14:00pm - 15:20pm CET

Workshop: Practical Classroom Examples from Industry and Science

During this workshop, you will learn how to engage your students and scale your instruction with MATLAB tools through practical classroom examples.
Selected examples can:

Serve as real-world problems
Be integrated into the curriculum
Facilitate a better understanding of the subject

Akos Koppany Kiss - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

15:30pm - 16:30pm CET

Workshop: Auto-Assessing Online with GRADER

During this workshop, you will learn how MATLAB Grader™ can help you scale assessments and automatically grade assignments in any learning environment.
With MATLAB Grader, you can:

Save time
Provide instant feedback to students on their success
Implement paper-based classroom tests online

Akos Koppany Kiss - Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Gamax Laboratory Solutions reserves the right to modify the agenda and/or speakers, cancel the conference due to low enrollment, or close registration if full.

Learn from experts. Then be an expert.

Akos Koppany Kiss

Koppany is an application engineer at Gamax Laboratory Solutions. He is responsible for supporting the education industry and providing teachers and researchers with solutions that turn engineering education into an interactive experience for both students and teachers.

Koppany graduated as an engineering physicist from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME); later, he received his Ph.D. in the field of material sciences, focusing on the application of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. He spent over 5 years in the semiconductor industry, working together with customers from various fields, including academic and industrial research.

Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Arpad Forberger

Arpad received his Ph.D. from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), focusing on applying and researching new material models for polymeric flows.

In recent years, Arpad has worked as an application engineer at Gamax Laboratory Solutions, focusing on enabling our partners to accelerate their innovation cycle in technical computing, model-based design, and multiphysics, including technical support of license configuration and product use, as well as the support of R&D projects in multiple sectors, including automotive, transport, oil & gas, and technical services. His knowledge is also essential in helping our Education partners adopt modern technical computing tools.

Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Balazs Renczes

Balazs is a senior lecturer at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. His research focuses on digital signal processing, with an emphasis on errors and numerical optimization analysis.

Senior Lecturer, BME Department of Measurement and Information Systems

Balazs Varga

Balazs is an acoustic engineer at Harman, Automotive Microphone RnD group. His work focus on acoustic simulations in the automative industry.

Acoustic Design Engineer, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems

Bence Cseppento

Speaker bio coming soon

PhD Student, BME

Bence Nagy

Bence is an application engineer at Gamax Laboratory Solutions. His research and consulting work focus on Model-Based Design and Vehicle Dynamics Simulations.

Bence received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), focusing on applied mechanics and mechatronics. As an application engineer at Gamax, he enables our partners to accelerate their innovation cycle in model-based design, technical computing, model-level verification and validation, vehicle dynamics & powertrain simulation, and model-based system engineering, including deep engagements in technical support and training deliveries.

Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Daniel Szabo

Daniel received his MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), focusing on control system design and autonomous robots and vehicles. He then started the Ph.D. program, focusing on applying and researching dynamic collision avoidance algorithms for robotic manipulators.

As a training engineer, he enables our partners to improve their innovation cycle in model-based design, technical computing, model-level verification and validation, real-time testing, model-based system engineering, robotics system design and control system design, including deep engagements in the delivery of high-quality trainings for MATLAB and Simulink both in fundamental and advanced topics.

Training Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Domonkos Szeker

Domonkos is an application engineer at Gamax Laboratory Solutions. His research and consulting work focus on Model-Based Design and automatic code generation.

Domonkos received his MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), focusing on embedded systems. As an application engineer in recent years, he has enabled our partners to accelerate their innovation cycle in model-based design, technical computing, model-level verification and validation, automatic code generation, real-time testing, and model-based system engineering, including deep engagements in technical support, and training deliveries.

Application Engineering Team Lead, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Lorant Szabo

Lorant is an application engineer at Gamax Laboratory Solutions. His research and consulting work focus on ADAS and Machine Learning Applications.

Lóránt received his MSc in Vehicle Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), focusing on ADAS Systems. As an application engineer in recent years, he has enabled our partners to accelerate their innovation cycle in Machine Learning Applications, ADAS. Lóránt also contributes in the internal R&D Projects of Gamax Laboratory Solutions where he mainly focuses on Medical Imaging Projects .

Application Engineer, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Mate Toth

Mate is a simulation engineer at Planergy Solutions. His work and research focus on the simulation of hybrid-electric propulsion systems, high-level control development using MatLab&Simulink, battery modeling, and development of simulation environment for PV and battery systems for different use- cases with on-site EMS control.

Simulation Engineer, Planergy Solutions

Peter Bolesza

Peter is a strategy-minded and success-driven executive management professional with 20 years of experience in international sales management, business development, cross-functional team leadership, and delivering positive outcomes with strong and sustainable gains in both start-up and growth organizations.

CEO, Gamax Laboratory Solutions

Tibor Kimpian

Tibor is an acoustic engineer and NVH expert at Thyssenkrupp Components Technology Hungary. His research focuses on permanent magnet synchronous motors’ noise control, electric drive systems’ noise mitigation, system identification and signal processing.

Acoustic Engineer, Thyssenkrupp

Zsolt Kollar

Zsolt is the Head of the MATLAB Laboratory at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and a consultant at Gamax Laboratory Solutions. His research and consulting work focus on wireless communication systems and digital signal processing.

Zsolt and his team have been maintaining and developing the Frequency Domain System Identification Toolbox (FDIDENT) since 2016. His team consists of talented young engineers with various skillsets: code-verification and testing, linear and nonlinear optimization, adaptive systems, parameter estimation, and digital signal processing in wireless communication systems.

Head of the MATLAB Laboratory, BME