Keynote Speaker

 
Dr. Dipankar Choudhury
Vice President of Research
ANSYS, Inc.

Dr. Dipankar Choudhury is the Vice President of Research at ANSYS, Inc. In his current role, Dr. Choudhury leads advanced technology projects and prototyping of innovations in product development for potential commercialization. Prior to taking this role, he served as Vice President, Product Strategy and Planning where he was responsible for ANSYS Inc.'s product strategy and planning activities, strategic partnerships as well as the corporate product management function. He also served as the Chief Technologist of the Fluids Business Unit. Dr. Choudhury obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer from the University of Minnesota in 1987. After his graduation, Dr. Choudhury held engineering, product management and technologist positions in Creare Inc. and Fluent Inc. He is a member of the ASME and the AIAA and has technical publications in journals, conference proceedings and trade magazines.