Company adds CAE data management component and announces strategic alliance with IBM

Research firm reveals investment in CAE software and services will top $2.1 billion.

Dr. John A. Swanson receives the AAES 2004 John Fritz Medal for his contributions in the field of finite element methods.

VCCT technology predicts fracture and failure in laminated composite materials.

Acquisition helps ESI Group expand its U.S. presence.

On January 16, 2004, on a clear bright day in space, engineers at ASI (Alliance Spacesystems) in Pasadena, California, held their collective breaths as a project they had poured their best efforts into faced its ultimate test. Given that this proof-is-in-the-pudding event lasted only a handful of seconds and took place 100 million miles away from their Southern California offices, there wasn't much they could do if their pet project proved faulty. But much to their joy and satisfaction, the robotic arm of the Spirit Rover deployed successfully, moving a microscope down for an up-close and personal encounter with the surface of Mars to examine the planet's dust in the closest proximity ever achieved.