About Sinhgad College of Engineering (SCOE) was established in the year 1996 – 1997 offering 4 – years degree courses in Information Technology, Computer, Electronics & Telecommunication, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil Engineering and Production Engineering. All the above courses are approved by All India Council Of Technical Education (AICTE), accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi and affiliated to University of Pune. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra State, Mumbai has awarded “A” grade to the college.

About ABAQUS, Inc.
ABAQUS, Inc was founded in the year 1978 and today is the world’s leading provider of advanced finite element analysis software and services that are used to solve real-world engineering problems. The ABAQUS software suite has an unsurpassed reputation for technology, quality, and reliability and provides a powerful and complete solution for both routine and sophisticated linear and Non-Linear engineering problems. ABAQUS delivers a unified FEA environment that is a compelling alternative to implementations involving multiple products and vendors. In October, 2005 ABAQUS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systems, the world leader in 3-D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. ABAQUS, Inc is headquartered in Providence, RI, USA, with worldwide R & D centers, offices and distributors for development, technical support, sales and services. ABAQUS, Inc has 35 offices around the globe which works day-in and day-out to explain ABAQUS technology and help engineers to design a better product. For more information visit our website www.abaqus.com

Inauguration Ceremony Report
Prof. Dr. M.S. Loknath Head of Mechanical Engineering Department and Chairman Organizing Committee, in his welcome speech briefed about the department and wished good fortunes and learning for the participants. Mr. C.S. Pathak, Coordinator of the course briefly explained objectives of the course. Prof. Dr. A.S. Padalkar, Principal SCOE briefed about the college. Prof. Dr. A.D. Sahasrabuddhe, Director COEP explained the importance of FEA, especially Non-Linear FEA. Mr. Rajiv Pant, General Manager of Tata Motors explained the need of simulation and confidently predicted very high growth of use of FEA in Industry. Mrs. Renuka Shrinivasan General Manager of ABAQUS Engineering India (P) Ltd explained technical capabilities of ABAQUS. Prof. Dr. K.G. Narayankhedkar in his inaugural speech explained need of awareness of latest software tools. Prof. M.N. Navale, Founder President of STES in his concluding speech encouraged all the participants to learn the software and stressed the need of organizing such program in collaboration with industry. Vote of Thanks was given by Mr. Joydeeep Roy of ABAQUS, Pune.

Training Program
Training on all following main line products was given
ABAQUS/standard - implicit solver
ABAQUS/Explicit - explicit solver
ABAQUS/CAE - pre and post processor.

Food for participants, writing pen, folder, training material was provided to the participants by organizers. Participants were not charged any fee. A complementary copy of ABAQUS 6.6 Student Edition was given to the participants.

Following Topics were covered during the training
Day 1
· Overview of ABAQUS
· Working with Geometry in ABAQUS
· Working with models created outside ABAQUS
Day 2
· Material and Section Properties
· Assemblies in ABAQUS
· Steps, Output, Loads and Boundary Conditions
· Meshing Imported and Native Geometry
Day 3
· Job Management & results Visualizations
· Linear Static Analysis
· Adding Material & Geometric Nonlinearity
Day 4
· Multistep Analysis in ABAQUS
· Constraints & Interactions
· Dynamic Analysis
Day 5
· Analyzing Highly Nonlinear Static Problems
· Heat Transfer & Thermal Stress Analysis