Dates
22nd and 23rd October
2025
Venue
The Madison
Detroit, USA
About the Event
The ENGYS User Group Meeting 2025 will bring together the global community of users of our open-source CFD software tools HELYX and ELEMENTS. Hosted exclusively in person, this gathering will take place at The Madison, Detroit – a vibrant space known for fostering innovation and collaboration.
This year’s UGM promises a dynamic environment where industry leaders, engineers, and developers will exchange insights, explore cutting-edge applications, and discuss advancements in CFD technology. Attendees will benefit from a series of interactive sessions, practical demonstrations, and the chance to build meaningful connections within the global CFD community.
Why Should You Attend?
Sharing your experience in the field of CFD and learning more about HELYX and ELEMENTS. The ENGYS UGM 2025 will also feature:
- Technical Sessions: One day of technical presentations delivered by our customers, partners and ENGYS’ personnel, discussing the latest developments and applications of HELYX and ELEMENTS in industry.
- Training: One day of training dedicated to HELYX and ELEMENTS provided by our experts.
- Networking: Talk with the global community of users of our open-source CFD and optimisation software.
Who Should Attend?
The event is free of charge and open to current users, simulation engineers and scientist working in industry, wishing to learn more about our CFD products and services.
This is a unique opportunity to find out how our CFD solutions are used within the design process in a wide range of industries, including: automotive, building & architecture, aerospace, marine, turbomachinery, process engineering, oil & gas, electronics, manufacturing and others.
Don’t miss the chance to participate and register today! We look forward to welcoming you to our event in October 2025.
Event Programme
Here’s an overview of what to expect of the UGM 2025:
- Day 1 (October 22): Technical Sessions with invited guests and presenters sharing real-world case studies using HELYX and ELEMENTS software, followed by a dinner for all participants to network.
- Day 2 (October 23): Training Sessions with hands-on workshops for HELYX and ELEMENTS.
You can check the full agenda below.
Don’t forget to register here if you’d like to attend. We look forward to seeing you at ENGYS UGM 2025!
DAY 1 - Technical Sessions - 22.OCT.2025
- 22.Oct.2025
- 9:00 am
- 10:00 am
Registrations
- 22.Oct.2025
- 10:00 am
- 10:20 am
Welcome / Introduction to the ENGYS UGM 2025
Angus Lock - ENGYS 🇺🇸
Welcome and introduction to the ENGYS User Group Meeting 2025.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 10:20 am
- 11:00 am
KEYNOTE – Beyond the Cloud: Scaling Built-Environment CFD on AWS Graviton
Derwin Parkin - Amazon Web Services (AWS) 🇬🇧
This presentation explores how AWS leverages thermal CFD simulations in HELYX to optimise airflow and cooling performance across its next-generation data centre campuses—saving power and water while accelerating design.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 11:00 am
- 11:20 am
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 22.Oct.2025
- 11:20 am
- 11:50 am
Simulation-Based Design: Improving Stadia Comfort with CFD Analysis
Darragh Porter - Foster + Partners 🇬🇧
This presentation demonstrates the application of HELYX in analysing and enhancing air movement within stadium environments, showcasing results from one of F+P key projects.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 11:50 am
- 12:20 pm
Evaluating Turbulence Model Reliability for Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion in Complex Urban Environments
Stefano Capra - Ramboll 🇩🇰
This talk compares Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) models for predicting pollutant dispersion on Tokyo Polytechnic University’s Atsugi campus.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 12:20 pm
- 12:50 pm
Using CFD to Support Compliance With Fire Safety Regulations in São Paulo Metro Stations
Gerson Luis Martines - Metrô-SP 🇧🇷
This study presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis supporting the fire-safety design of São Paulo Metro’s future Line 19.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 12:50 pm
- 2:10 pm
Lunch / Facetime
- 22.Oct.2025
- 2:10 pm
- 2:40 pm
Enabling Faster Design with Accelerated Compute and AI Surrogates
Ian Pegler - NVIDIA 🇺🇸
This presentation will focus on advancing Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) through high-performance computing and AI-driven surrogate modeling.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 2:40 pm
- 3:10 pm
CFD Investigation of the Inter-Vehicle Distances and Lateral Offsets on Aerodynamic Forces and Wake Structures of Vehicles Platooning
Arturo Guzman - Stellantis 🇺🇸
This presentation explores how the spacing between two vehicles – a small SUV (leader) and a larger van (follower) – affects aerodynamic forces and energy efficiency during platooning.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 3:10 pm
- 3:40 pm
HELYX-Adjoint Shape Optimization of an Inlet Air-Tube for Improved Engine Performance
Garrett Bright - Bright ENGenuity 🇺🇸
An aftermarket air intake for a Ford F150 was shape optimized for mass flow using HELYX-Adjoint. The presentation will include setup parameters used in HELYX-Adjoint, CFD results, and engine dyno results of the installed components.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 3:40 pm
- 4:00 pm
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 22.Oct.2025
- 4:00 pm
- 4:30 pm
A Propeller Model for the Numerical Simulation of Transient Maneuvers
Eric Heilshorn - University of Michigan 🇺🇸
This presentation will showcase how a propeller model is developed for use in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of ships in waves, such that the computation can be performed without having to discretize the propellers.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 4:30 pm
- 5:10 pm
ENGYS Technology Roadmap
Eugene de Villiers - ENGYS 🇬🇧
Eugene de Villiers presents ENGYS’s 2026 product vision, highlighting advances in GPU computing, AI-enabled workflows, and performance-driven CFD at scale.
- 22.Oct.2025
- 5:10 pm
- 5:15 pm
Day Closure
- 22.Oct.2025
- 7:00 pm
- 10:00 pm
Dinner Barbecue
Rooftop
DAY 2 - HELYX Training Session - 23.OCT.2025
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 8:30 am
- 9:15 am
Registrations
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 9:15 am
- 10:15 am
Introduction to HELYX v4.4
Overview of new features and capabilities in the latest release of HELYX.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 10:15 am
- 11:00 am
2D meshing in HELYX
Example usage of the new interface available in HELYX for creating 2D meshes out of complex 3D geometries.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 11:00 am
- 11:15 am
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 11:15 am
- 12:15 pm
Simulation of high-speed turbomachinery flows using HELYX-Coupled
Demonstration of HELYX-Coupled pressure-based solver capabilities for highly compressible turbomachinery flows.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 12:15 pm
- 1:00 pm
Multiphase flows modelling in HELYX
Introduction to multiphase modelling and recent advances in the VOF solver implementation available in the HELYX framework.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Lunch
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 2:00 pm
- 2:45 pm
Advanced post-processing and case comparison in HELYX
Exploit HELYX runtime visualisation and advanced post-processing viewer for comparing multiple design variations and assessing transient simulations.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 2:45 pm
- 3:45 pm
Multi-region thermal applications modelling
An introduction to the latest improvements in the thermal models available in HELYX via worked examples of multi-region application cases.
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 3:45 pm
- 4:00 pm
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 23.Oct.2025-HELYX
- 4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Using advanced adjoint methods for shape optimisation
Learn how to to employ HELYX coupled and segregated adjoint solvers for shape optimisation of engineering components.
DAY 2 - ELEMENTS Training Session - 23.OCT.2025
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 8:30 am
- 9:15 am
Registrations
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 9:15 am
- 9:45 am
Introduction to ELEMENTS 4.4
Overview of new features and capabilities in the latest release of ELEMENTS.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 9:45 am
- 10:00 am
External Aero Wizard
Learn how to set up Automotive cases using best practices with the Aero Wizard.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 10:00 am
- 10:30 am
Wind Tunnel Modelling in ELEMENTS
Understand the new tools for simulating a wind tunnel environment in ELEMENTS.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 10:30 am
- 11:00 am
Statistical Convergence Assessment in ELEMENTS
Learn how to evaluate simulation stability and accuracy using statistical convergence tools built into ELEMENTS.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 11:00 am
- 11:15 am
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 11:15 am
- 11:50 am
Overview of Templates in ELEMENTS
Understand the benefits and potential of ELEMENTS templates.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 11:50 am
- 12:25 pm
Customizing ELEMENTS
Learn how to customize ELEMENTS for your own specific needs.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 12:25 pm
- 1:00 pm
Post-Processing in ELEMENTS
Explore built-in post-processing tools in ELEMENTS to extract, visualise, and analyse key simulation results efficiently.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 1:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
Lunch
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 2:00 pm
- 2:45 pm
Advanced post-processing and case comparison
Exploit runtime visualisation and advanced post-processing viewer for comparing multiple design variations and assessing transient simulations.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 2:45 pm
- 3:45 pm
Multi-region thermal applications modelling
An introduction to the latest improvements in the thermal models available via worked examples of multi-region application cases.
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 3:45 pm
- 4:00 pm
Break (Coffee/Tea)
- 23.Oct.2025-ELEMENTS
- 4:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
Using advanced adjoint methods for shape optimisation
Learn how to to employ coupled and segregated adjoint solvers for shape optimisation of engineering components.
About the Venue
The ENGYS User Group Meeting 2025 will be hosted at the MADISON,1555 Broadway Street, Detroit, MI 48226, United States. The Madison is a designated landmark building located at the heart of Downtown Detroit.
The Madison Theatre was built in 1917 to sit over 1,800 people, making it the largest of the theatres at the time in Detroit’s former theatre district “Grand Circus Park”. In 1984, the Madison closed for good. In 2011, Dan Gilbert’s Rock Ventures purchased the building and transformed it into a collaborative tech hub to encourage partnerships among entrepreneurs, including a large 130-seat auditorium and a rooftop with great views of the city.
Getting to the Event by Car:
Use satellite navigation to 1555 Broadway Street 48226. Parking is available at the nearby public parking garage at 1377 Broadway Street.
Getting to the Event by Train:
The nearest railway station is Detroit Amtrak Station, approximately 1.5 miles away. Attendees can take a short cab or rideshare from the station.
Getting to the Event by Bus:
The nearest bus stop to the venue is “Woodward & Clifford” (2 minutes walk). This stop is serviced by the SMART city buses 261, 461 and 462.
The closest QLINE station to the venue is “Grand Circus” (2 minutes walk).
For more information on schedules and routes please visit SMART and QLINE Detroit.
Accomodation
For your convenience, we have compiled a list of recommended accommodations near The Madison, ensuring a comfortable stay during the ENGYS User Group Meeting 2025. Booking early is recommended. Please see below for our suggestions:
HOTELS
HOTEL INDIGO DETROIT DOWNTOWN BY IHG
1020 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1 313-887-7000
ROOST DETROIT
1265 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1 313-547-6165
ATHENEUM SUITE HOTEL
1000 Brush St, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1 313-962-2323
THE SIREN
1509 Broadway Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1 313-277-4736
SHINOLA HOTEL
1400 Woodward Avenue, Detriot, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1 313-356-1400
Reservations: +1 313-356-1401
HILTON GARDEN INN DETROIT DOWNTOWN
351 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1-313-967-0900
HOTEL DAVID WHITNEY
One Park Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Contact Hotel: +1-313-237-1700
For any queries or special arrengements, please contact us at [email protected]
Registration
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Registration
Please complete the form below to register your interest to attend the ENGYS User Group Meeting at The Madison – Detroit USA, on 22nd and 23rd October 2025.
The event is free of charge and open to all our customers and partners, as well as people in industry interested in learning more about our CFD products HELYX and ELEMENTS.
Please note that this event will be hosted in person, and we will not broadcast any sessions live online.
