Seeing is Believing, Understanding and Communicating

Engineers, scientists and researchers worldwide rely on CEI's software to see, understand and communicate their computational results. In addition to industry-leading products, CEI provides consulting and development services for organizations that use computational methods for research, product design or product refinement.

Aerospace

-- NASA and the U.S. aviation industry use high-end visualizations from EnSight software to improve jet engine combustion, which has a direct effect on passenger safety, fuel economy and pollution reduction.

-- Leading aerospace companies such as Airbus, Boeing, Gulfstream and Raytheon, use EnSight to analyze results for CFD simulations that are critical to product design.

-- The U.S. Air Force Academy uses EnSight as one of the central visualization tools in its Advanced Applied Aerodynamics course.

Automotive

-- Engineers at Reynard Motorsport, recognized as a world leader in Formula One and Indy car design, use EnSight to visualize CFD results from studies of internal and external airflows. CEI is the market leader for Formula One racing teams, working with Jaguar Motorsport, British American Racing, Sauber Petronas, McLaren and others.

-- TRW uses EnSight to design safer front and side airbags for automotive manufacturers.

-- Visteon and Ford Motor Company create high-quality animations of NVH and safety-related simulations with EnSight.

-- Engineers at DaimlerChrysler use EnSight for diverse automotive applications, including impact analysis, ventilation, engine design, aerodynamics and VR.

Biomedical

-- Sweden's Linkoping Universitet and the University of California San Francisco used EnSight to create the first comprehensive 3D visualizations showing blood flow through the heart based on MRI imagery.

-- Baxter Health Care and St. Jude Medical Center use CEI products to develop artificial heart valves.

Chemical Processing

-- Companies such as DOW Chemical, DuPont and Mitsui Chemicals use EnSight to visualize chemical processes.

Defence

-- Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) scientists at Los Alamos National Lab use EnSight to ensure that stockpiled nuclear weapons are safe and reliable.

Environmental

-- Los Alamos National Lab uses EnSight to simulate and predict hurricane activity.

-- Scientists at the National Research Council Canada use EnSight to analyze air quality and wind flow patterns in Vancouver's Lower Fraser Valley.

-- The Canadian Institute for Marine Dynamics visualizes iceburg impacts on off-shore platforms and ships to avoid environmental disasters.

Materials Processing

-- National Research Council Canada and the International Lead-Zinc Research Organization use EnSight Gold to predict velocity, pressure and temperature fields inside an industrial galvanizing bath.

-- Engineers at Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies use EnSight Gold to visualize load cell simulations for the production of piezoelectric stacks.

Petroleum

-- Companies such as Shell, Chevron and Exxon use EnSight to visualize chemical process simulations.

-- Researchers at British Petroleum use EnSight to study oil platform explosions and wind flow patterns around oil rigs.

Power Generation

-- The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) uses EnSight Gold software in its research to develop a cheaper, pollution-free energy source.

-- ABB and Alstom Power use EnSight to design new coal furnaces and turbine components.

-- Electricite de France uses EnSight in the development and operation of France's large nuclear energy system.

Scientific Visualization

-- Cornell University uses EnSight to study the physics of stars and to develop detailed models of astrophysical environments.

-- Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder use EnSight to visualize the nano-scale deformation and failure points of materials used in multi-layer micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS).

Structural Engineering

-- Engineers at Arup used EnSight to design air circulation and ventilation for the refurbished London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera.

-- AFC Air Flow Consulting and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich use EnSight to visualize smoke propagation and air flow simulations in Schiffbauhalle, the historic "ship building hall" in Zurich.

Turbomachinery

-- Voith Hydro uses EnSight visualizations to design more efficient hydroelectric turbines that are less harmful to fish.

-- SNECMA, a leading French aerospace company, uses EnSight Gold to study aerospace propulsion technology and other air and space equipment.

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