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Bernt Nilsson, Senior VP of Marketing
COMSOL Inc.

The 2008 Edition of the COMSOL Conference CD includes over 250 presentations, full papers and computer models presented at the COMSOL Conferences last fall. Order your free copy at
www.comsol.com/conference2007/cd

CD Presents Use of Multiphysics Simulations for Hundreds of Real World Applications

Free Multiphysics Conference CD shows extraordinary, worldwide use of multiphysics modeling in science, research, engineering, and education.

BURLINGTON, MA (January 24, 2008) – COMSOL, Inc., developer of the industry-leading COMSOL Multiphysics software environment for modeling and simulating physics-based systems, has announced the availability of the proceedings and user presentations from this past fall’s Boston and Grenoble COMSOL Conferences. The 2008 Edition of the COMSOL Conference CD contains more than 250 technical papers, 190 user presentations, 40 downloadable and ready-to-run models in COMSOL Multiphysics format, and 90 video clips illustrating multiphysics modeling across all disciplines of science, industrial and space research, engineering, medical research, and education. Interested parties may request a complimentary copy of the CD at www.comsol.com/conference2007/cd

More than 1,500 users of multiphysics modeling and simulation software attended this year’s COMSOL conferences worldwide. “With each passing day, multiphysics modeling becomes more and more essential to industry, science, and academia worldwide,” said Vineet Dravid, chairman of the Conference Program Committee, “and scientists and engineers are eager to learn as much as they can about leveraging this powerful tool. We have distributed nearly 200,000 copies of COMSOL Conference CDs over the last two years, and this year’s edition has more in-depth information than ever before.”

The hundreds of real-world examples, tutorials on multiphysics modeling, and links to complementary data enable readers to discover the latest multiphysics modeling and simulation techniques. In addition, they can learn how multiphysics solves real-world problems and expands research horizons in such application areas as:

• AC/DC Systems
• Acoustics
• Bioengineering and Biosciences
• Earth Science
• Education
• Electrochemical Engineering
• Electrostatics and Magnetostatics
• FEM Analysis in Sensor Development
• Fluid Dynamics
• Heat Transfer
• Material Science and Nanotechnology
• MEMS
• Microfluidics
• Optics and Photonics
• Plasma Physics, EHD, and MHD
• Porous Media Flow
• Process and Chemical Engineering
• Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design
• RF and Microwave Engineering
• Structural Mechanics and Thermo-mechanics

Besides the user presentations, the CD includes the keynote addresses from both the Boston and the Grenoble COMSOL Conferences. Among the keynote lectures are “A Survey of Multiphysics Applications for Materials and Processes” by John Tanski of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, “NASA's Life Support Developments” by Jim Knox of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and “Dynamic Responses of Anisotropic Viscoelastic Material Structures” by Professor Michel Castaings of the Université Bordeaux.

Another useful feature of this piece is the advanced Java-based search function which makes it easy to locate presentations by keywords and LOGICAL OR searches. A complete author index provides a synopsis of the author’s paper or presentation, a PDF copy of their talk, and additional links, such as to downloadable models, when appropriate. The CD also features animated introductory tutorials on multiphysics modeling, a PDF of a booklet describing the COMSOL Multiphysics product line, and an electronic version of COMSOL News, a technical computing magazine dedicated to multiphysics modeling and simulation.

Availability

This free resource is available at www.comsol.com/conference2007/cd.

About the COMSOL product line

COMSOL Multiphysics is a scientific-software environment for the modeling and simulation of any physics-based system. A particular strength is its ability to account for multiphysics phenomena. Optional modules add discipline-specific tools for chemical engineering, earth science, electromagnetics, heat transfer, MEMS, and structural mechanics. Other products include COMSOL Reaction Engineering Lab®, which allows users to model reacting systems. The COMSOL products are available for the Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the Macintosh operating systems. Full details about COMSOL Multiphysics and related products are available at www.comsol.com .

About the COMSOL Group

COMSOL was founded in 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has grown to include offices in the Benelux countries, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and in the US with offices in Burlington, MA, Los Angeles, CA, and Palo Alto, CA. Additional information about the company is available at www.comsol.com.

COMSOL, COMSOL Multiphysics, COMSOL Reaction Engineering Lab and FEMLAB are registered trademarks of COMSOL AB. Other products or brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.