Best Cfd Podcasts (2025)

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OIES Podcast – From Certainty to Volatility Beyond the Contract: Managing Risks and Opportunities for Renewable Assets with expiring CfD Support 24:36

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In this latest OIES podcast from the Energy Transition Programme, Dimitra Apostolopoulou talks to Managing Director of Energy Management, Markets and Risk at Reventus Power, Naz Osmancik, about his latest paper titled "From Certainty to Volatility Beyond the Contract: Managing Risks and Opportunities for Renewable Assets with expiring CfD Support".…

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Merry Christmas everyone! 4:21

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I would like to take this opportunity to wish you Merry Christmas, a great time with your families, a bit of rest and time to reflect, and an awesome 2026 to come! If you are desperate for fire science on Christmas Eve, check out the OFR report on open car park fires, which we were able to contribute to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/f…

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231 - BESS explosion prevention and mitigation with Lorenz Boeck and Nick Bartlett 59:50

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Today we cover another branch of safety of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), that is explosion prevention in mitigation. I always thought you can either end with a fire or with an explosion, and boy I was wrong... but we will go back to this later. Now I bring on Dr. Lorenz Boeck (REMBE) and Nick Bartlett (Atar Fire) to unpack how gas released…

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OIES Podcast – Flexibility Case Studies for China's Clean Energy Transition 35:09

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Power system flexibility has emerged as a central challenge of decarbonizing the electric power industry worldwide. In China, new coal-fired generation is still being added to meet rising peak loads, and newly-constructed coal plants are required to operate flexibly, but the system still features a relatively low degree of flexibility. In this podc…

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OIES Podcast – Flexibility Case Studies for China’s Clean Energy Transition

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Power system flexibility has emerged as a central challenge of decarbonizing the electric power industry worldwide. In China, new coal-fired generation is still being added to meet rising peak loads, and newly-constructed coal plants are required to operate flexibly, but the system still features a relatively low degree of flexibility. In this podc…

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230 - Wind driven conflagration experiments with Faraz Hedayati 51:35

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A facility with 105 synchronized fans pushing hurricane-class wind across a full-size house while a live fire... This is not science fiction - this is a real research capacity that helps us re-shape our knowledge on the full scale building ignition, fire spread, and failure. That’s the stage at IBHS, where we dig into how wind-driven fire behave di…

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OIES Podcast – Geopolitics of Gas: The Limits of Leverage 32:24

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In this lates OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Bill Farren-Price about their latest paper on the geopolitics that is influencing, and being influenced by, the global gas market. They start with a general overview of the current gas market and the key political drivers that are impacting the views of suppli…

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OIES Podcast – Geopolitics of Gas: The Limits of Leverage

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In this lates OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Bill Farren-Price about their latest paper on the geopolitics that is influencing, and being influenced by, the global gas market. They start with a general overview of the current gas market and the key political drivers that are impacting the views of suppli…

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OIES Podcast – From Certainty to Volatility Beyond the Contract: Managing Risks and Opportunities for Renewable Assets with expiring CfD Support

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In this latest OIES podcast from the Energy Transition Programme, Dimitra Apostolopoulou talks to Managing Director of Energy Management, Markets and Risk at Reventus Power, Naz Osmancik, about his latest paper titled “From Certainty to Volatility Beyond the Contract: Managing Risks and Opportunities for Renewable Assets with expiring CfD Support”.…

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229 - Learning from 900 fires with Björn Maiworm 1:01:15

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What can you learn after processing observations across 900 severe fires? A lot. Actually, I will send you to the paper straight away: Evaluating 900 Potentially Harming Fires in Germany: Is the Prescriptive Building Code Effective? German Fire Departments Assessed Fire Safety Measures in Buildings Through On-Site Inspections And now let's dissect …

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S3 EP9 - Fluid Intelligence with Johannes Brandstetter and Siddhartha Mishra 1:24:54

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In this conversation, Neil Ashton and Prof. Siddhartha Mishra, and Prof. Johannes Brandstetter discuss their recent paper on AI foundation models in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). They explore the backgrounds of the speakers, the journey to writing the paper, the role of AI in CFD, and the challenges of scaling laws and data generation. The di…

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OIES Podcast – Navigating Oil Narratives 44:23

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On Friday, November 7, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) held its annual Oil Day, themed "Navigating Oil Narratives." The event was organized around three main sessions: Oil demand prospects in the context of an uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical environment Supply outlooks, covering U.S. shale, OPEC+, and non-OPEC+ producers out…

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OIES Podcast – Navigating Oil Narratives

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On Friday, November 7, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) held its annual Oil Day, themed “Navigating Oil Narratives.” The event was organized around three main sessions: Oil demand prospects in the context of an uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical environment Supply outlooks, covering U.S. shale, OPEC+, and non-OPEC+ producers out…

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228 - Quantifying the expected utility of fire tests with Andrea Franchini 53:21

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What do you expect from running a fire test? I would hope that it improves my state of knowledge. But do they do this? We often pursue them blindly, but it seems there is a way to do this in an informed way. In this episode we explore a rigorous, practical way to select and design experiments by asking a sharper question: which test delivers the mo…

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OIES Podcast – Chinese participation in Europe's offshore wind sector 28:41

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European policymakers face a dilemma regarding the entry of Chinese firms into the European wind market. Chinese turbines are cheaper than their Western competitors. Given the small number of players in the European market, Chinese manufacturers could provide a boost to the market and inject new competitive pressure. Yet there are concerns that all…

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OIES Podcast – Chinese participation in Europe’s offshore wind sector

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European policymakers face a dilemma regarding the entry of Chinese firms into the European wind market. Chinese turbines are cheaper than their Western competitors. Given the small number of players in the European market, Chinese manufacturers could provide a boost to the market and inject new competitive pressure. Yet there are concerns that all…

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227 - The differences between EV and ICEV fires in car parks 54:47

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A viral clip of an EV igniting was what started my worries about safety in car parks I have been designing. Are we ready for fast growing fires? Since 2019 I've learned and studied a lot, I've relaxed on some aspects of it and was able to identify they areas where a lot more engineering considerations should be placed. In this episode I would like …

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OIES Podcast – Lifecycle Emissions of Gas with CCS 36:05

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In a new episode of the OIES podcast, host Hasan Muslemani speaks with Mathieu Lucquiaud and Ryan Cowden about their groundbreaking research on how electricity from natural gas can achieve lifecycle emissions comparable to renewables – if paired with carbon capture and cleaner production practices. The discussion unpacks how upstream methane and CO…

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OIES Podcast – Lifecycle Emissions of Gas with CCS

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In a new episode of the OIES podcast, host Hasan Muslemani speaks with Mathieu Lucquiaud and Ryan Cownden about their groundbreaking research on how electricity from natural gas can achieve lifecycle emissions comparable to renewables – if paired with carbon capture and cleaner production practices. The discussion unpacks how upstream methane and C…

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226 - New Swiss fire safety code with Gianluca De Sanctis and Sofia Kourgiantaki 1:02:24

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It is a massive effort to rewrite a national fire safety code around measurable risk, explicit targets, and cost-effectiveness. But sometimes, there are great reasons to do so. In this episode, together with Gianluca De Sanctis and Sofia Kourgiantaki we take you inside Switzerland’s sweeping reform, where a new federal law sets a maximum individual…

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225 - Battery Energy Storage Systems with Noah Ryder 52:10

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Demand for the energy storage is as high as ever, and is about to triple-quadruple. The development of technology is at unprecedented phase, and even within a single project you may face different cell, battery or container generations. This pace reshapes how we think about battery energy storage safety, from enclosure design to emergency response.…

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OIES Podcast – The Global Outlook for Gas Demand in a $6 World 28:48

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood about the paper he has edited on the outlook for as demand in a world of gas prices at $6/mmbtu. The concept of the paper is based on the consensus view that the imminent wave of new LNG projects will cause an oversupply of gas in the market and lead to lower…

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OIES Podcast – The Global Outlook for Gas Demand in a $6 World

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood about the paper he has edited on the outlook for gas demand in a world of gas prices at $6/mmbtu. The concept of the paper is based on the consensus view that the imminent wave of new LNG projects will cause an oversupply of gas in the market and lead to lowe…

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S3 EP8 - The Conference Connection (HPC, CAE, ML & Engineering) 22:37

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In this episode, Neil Ashton discusses various conferences and workshops in the automotive, aerospace, and machine learning fields. He highlights the importance of these events for networking, education, and staying updated with industry trends. From the SAE and AIAA events to machine learning workshops, Neil provides insights into what attendees c…

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224 - Navigating the complexities to change our field - a roundtable with Steve McGuirk and Brian Meacham 1:07:38

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This week, in the Fire Science Show, we host a roundtable discussion on complexities in fire safety science and engineering. Most safety failures don’t come from a single mistake—they emerge when people, technology, and institutions misalign. In an ever-changing field in which complexities just go up, we open up a debate on how to cope with that so…

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OIES Podcast – How is Article 6's global regulatory carbon market moving from concept to reality? 40:15

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In a new Oxford Institute for Energy Studies podcast, Hasan Muslemani speaks to Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura about Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and how the carbon market is unlocking scalable investment and trade. The podcast describes the current market foundations and first trades, demand forecasts to 2030 based o…

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OIES Podcast – How is Article 6’s global regulatory carbon market moving from concept to reality?

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In a new Oxford Institute for Energy Studies podcast, Hasan Muslemani speaks to Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura about Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and how the carbon market is unlocking scalable investment and trade. The podcast describes the current market foundations and first trades, demand forecasts to 2030 based o…

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OIES Podcast – Gas quarterly and market update 28:27

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Jack Sharples and Anouk Honore about the latest Gas Quarterly and their thoughts on the current state of the global gas market. Jack opens the podcast with a review of the current market looking at price movements over the past three months and assessing the key geopoliti…

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OIES Podcast – Gas quarterly and market update

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Jack Sharples and Anouk Honore about the latest Gas Quarterly and their thoughts on the current state of the global gas market. Jack opens the podcast with a review of the current market looking at price movements over the past three months and assessing the key geopoliti…

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223 - Heat-induced delamination in CLT with Antonela Čolić 59:07

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In this episode of the Fire Science Show we invite dr. Antonela Čolić from the OFR Consultants, to break down the performance of adhesives used in CLT in fire, what differences between the glues are observable at the microscale and how they show up in real structure fires. We compare common polyurethane adhesives: one that softens near 200–220 C an…

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OIES Podcast – Storage in the Energy Transition: Reality Check and Challenges 28:41

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In this latest episode of the OIES Electricity Programme podcast, Dimitra Apostolopoulou speaks with Sarah Montgomery, CEO and Co-Founder of Infyos, about the critical role of energy storage in achieving net zero. Building on Sarah's recent presentation at the OIES annual Energy Transition event in June, the conversation begins with a deep dive int…

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OIES Podcast – Storage in the Energy Transition: Reality Check and Challenges

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In this latest episode of the OIES Electricity Programme podcast, Dimitra Apostolopoulou speaks with Sarah Montgomery, CEO and Co-Founder of Infyos, about the critical role of energy storage in achieving net zero. Building on Sarah’s recent presentation at the OIES annual Energy Transition event in June, the conversation begins with a deep dive int…

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OIES Podcast – The complex challenge of coordination in liberalised and carbon-constrained energy systems 23:37

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In this latest OIES podcast from the Electricity Programme, Anders Hove talks to Dimitra Apostolopoulou about her latest paper co-authored with Rahmat Poudineh titled "The complex challenge of coordination in liberalised and carbon-constrained energy systems". The discussion highlights how the growing number of actors—from large transmission operat…

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S3 EP7 - 5 key trends for CFD revisited 20:08

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In this episode of the Neil Ashton podcast, the host revisits key trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) from the past year, focusing on the rise of GPUs, advancements in AI and machine learning, the shift to cloud computing, the increasing adoption of high fidelity methods, and ongoing mergers and acquisitions in the industry. Each trend is …

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222 - Integrating WUI risk management and fire safety engineering with Pascale Vacca 1:11:33

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In this episode we try to demonstrate another step in integrating fire engineering into WUI risk management, and vice versa. These two areas together form some sort of fire engineering method, which I strongly believe will be an important part of our profession in the future. Today I got to sit down with Dr. Pascale Vacca from UPC to unpack a pract…

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OIES Podcast – The complex challenge of coordination in liberalised and carbon-constrained energy systems

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In this latest OIES podcast from the Electricity Programme, Anders Hove talks to Dimitra Apostolopoulou about her latest paper co-authored with Rahmat Poudineh titled “The complex challenge of coordination in liberalised and carbon-constrained energy systems”. The discussion highlights how the growing number of actors—from large transmission operat…

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221 - Fire experiments at the ISS (SoFIE-MIST) with Michael Gollner 1:02:59

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Fire doesn’t play by Earth’s rules once you leave gravity behind. In this deep dive with Professor Michael Gollner, we unpack what the recent experiments at the ISS called SoFIE-MIST taught us about solid fuel flammability in microgravity—how tiny ventilation, oxygen levels, and pressure shifts determine whether a flame spreads, stalls, or vanishes…

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Finish the Race with Scottie Davis 2:02:01

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Send us a text Cody and Colby are joined in Studio 34 on the square in Canyon, Texas with the one and only, Scottie Davis. Scottie shares with us his life journey, weaving together stories of resilience, risk-taking, and relentless perseverance. From a young age, Scottie tested his limits, riding 100 miles on a BMX bike during the Wild West 150 and…

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220 - Test vs experiment with David Morrisset 1:00:36

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In this episode we dive into the ap between standardized tests and experiments, trying to figure out (a) is there a difference and (b) if there is, could not understanding the difference quietly erode safety. With guest David Morrisset (Queensland University), we unpack furnace ratings that read like time but aren’t, cladding classifications that w…

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S3 EP6 Prof. Brian Launder - CFD and Turbulence Modelling Pioneer 1:28:23

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In this episode, Professor Brian Launder (Professor at the University of Manchester and Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineers) shares his remarkable journey through academia, detailing his early fascination with heat transfer, his transition to MIT, and his significant contributions to turbulence modeling and computational flui…

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OIES Podcast – Key trends shaping the oil market 37:46

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In this podcast, Bassam Fattouh discusses with Paul Horsnell the latest developments in oil market and the outlook for the rest of this year and 2026. The podcast addresses some key questions shaping the oil market including: ⁠ ⁠What have been the impacts of the latest decisions by the eight OPEC+ countries on market dynamics, including perceptions…

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OIES Podcast – Key trends shaping the oil market

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In this podcast, Bassam Fattouh discusses with Paul Horsnell the latest developments in oil market and the outlook for the rest of this year and 2026. The podcast addresses some key questions shaping the oil market including: ⁠ ⁠What have been the impacts of the latest decisions by the eight OPEC+ countries on market dynamics, including perceptions…

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219 - Giving back with the SFPE Foundation - with Leslie Marshall 58:20

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In this episode, we give focus to the SFPE Foundation – a catalyst transforming how fire engineering research is funded, conducted, and shared globally. In this conversation with Leslie Marshall, Interim Executive Director of the SFPE Foundation, we discover how a relatively small organization has distributed over $1.2 million in grants, scholarshi…

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OIES Podcast – The Prospects for Natural and Stimulated Hydrogen 27:43

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the Hydrogen Programme, James Henderson talks to Aliaksei Patonia and Martin Lambert about two recent papers on the potential for developing natural and stimulated hydrogen. The podcast begins with an overview of the current state of the hydrogen market and the reasons behind the new interest in natural and stimula…

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OIES Podcast – Update on China-Russia gas relations 31:14

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In this latest OIES podcast, from the China and Gas Programmes, James Henderson talks to Michal Meidan and Vitaly Yermakov about their latest comment on developments in China-Russia gas relations. The podcast starts with an overview of a number of important moves involving Chinese purchases of sanctioned Russian LNG cargoes and the signing of new p…

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S3 EP5 - Joris Poort - CEO and Founder of Rescale 1:39:48

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In this episode, Joris Poort, CEO and founder of Rescale, shares his personal journey on founding Rescale as well as his thoughts on the future of CAE. He discusses the challenges of introducing HPC to the cloud market, the traits that make successful founders, and the importance of perseverance and execution in entrepreneurship. Joris reflects on …

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218 - Fire decay and cooling phases with Andrea Lucherini 58:45

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What happens when the flames die down? It's a question rarely addressed in fire engineering, yet the decay and cooling phases of fires can be more dangerous than peak fire conditions. In this deep-dive conversation with Dr. Andrea Lucherini from Frisbee at ZAG in Slovenia, we uncover why these overlooked phases matter profoundly for structural safe…

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CFD Visualization Best Practices - Stephan Groß | Podcast #158 49:12

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Explore Siemens Simcenter: https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/simcenterConnect with Stephan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-gross/In this episode, Stephan Groß, Technical Marketing Engineer at Siemens, shares his unique journey from working on race car aerodynamics to becoming one of the leading voices in CFD visualization. He explains why…

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Siemens’ Digital Thread: Connecting Design & Simulation - Bob Ransijn | Podcast #157 25:40

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Explore Simcenter Systems simulation: https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/simcenter/systems-simulation/Connect with Bob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobransijn/In this insightful conversation, we sit down with Bob, a seasoned System Simulation Specialist and Presales Manager at Siemens Digital Industry Software, to explore the fascinating …

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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, EV Trends & AI in CFD - Martin Sonntag | Podcast #156 30:40

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Explore shonDynamics: https://shondynamics.de Connect with Martin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-sonntag-7081a6127/ From its early beginnings to a global presence, join CTO of shonDynamics, Martin Sonntag as he shares the story of how shonDynamics was built and scaled over the past years. In this conversation, we explore the compan…