Dr. Alec Gallimore Named to ANSYS Board of Directors
December 19 2017 - 8:29AM
ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) today announced that Dr. Alec Gallimore
has accepted an appointment to the ANSYS Board of Directors
effective December 18, 2017.
Gallimore holds several posts at the University
of Michigan, including the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering,
the Chief Academic and Executive Officer of Michigan Engineering,
the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering, an
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and a professor in the Department of
Aerospace Engineering. He is also director of the NASA-funded
Michigan Space Grant Consortium and co-director of the
Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Gallimore has
graduated 40 Ph.D. students and 14 master’s students and has
written more than 340 technical articles. He has served on a
number of NASA and US Department of Defense boards and studies,
including as a member of the United States Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board.
"We are very pleased that Dr. Alec Gallimore has
joined the ANSYS board. Alec has a deep understanding of the
engineering challenges that companies in every industry are facing
– and how they can leverage simulation to bring innovative products
to market. He’ll be a tremendous asset to the board and will
further the innovation strategy of ANSYS management,” said Ronald
W. Hovsepian, lead independent director of ANSYS.
"It is an honor to be selected to join the board
of ANSYS, the clear leader in the engineering simulation software
industry. I look forward to working collaboratively with my
fellow directors and helping to drive value for the Company's
shareholders," Gallimore said.
Gallimore earned a Ph.D. and master’s in
aerospace engineering with a focus on plasma physics from Princeton
University, as well as a bachelor’s in aeronautical engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
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Ph.D.-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational
fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and
design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh,
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