Keynote Address
25 Years of Industrial Multiphysical Applications – The Journey of Evolution
President & CEO Mvoid Group
Dr. Alfred J. Svobodnik is President & CEO of the Mvoid Group, specializing in providing consulting services and innovative technologies for Automotive, Consumer and Professional Audio as well as the developer of Mvoid® (Multidisciplinary virtually optimized industrial Design) methodology. Alfred is entrepreneur, thought leader, engineer and scientist. He has been researching for 30 years in the areas of Multiphysics and virtual as well as computational acoustics. Previously, Alfred spent five years with Harman International Inc. where he held several senior managerial and executive advisor positions in the areas of simulation and virtual acoustics for audio systems. Alfred started his career as founding member, Executive Partner and CTO in 1990 with Numerical Analysis and Design, a company specialized in engineering analysis with finite and boundary elements for stress analysis, structural dynamics and computational acoustics. In 1990 Alfred completed his doctorate at Vienna University of Technology with the degree “Doktor der Techn. Wissenschaften” (equivalent to PhD). The title of his dissertation is: “Numerical Treatment of Elastic Plastic Macro mechanical Behavior of Long fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites”. He also hold a university degree: “Diplom-Ingenieur” (equivalent to MSc) from Vienna University of Technology. He is honorary member of NAFEMS, member of the NAFEMS German Steering Committee and Chairman of the NAFEMS Multiphysics Working Group as well as founding member of the NAFEMS Professional Simulation Engineering Scheme. Furthermore, he is a member of the Advisory Executive Board of ALMA International and a full member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES).