Argonne National Laboratory selects LMS International as global partner for Autonomie

LMS International (LMS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) have concluded agreements through which LMS will become Argonne global partner for Autonomie. 

Autonomie is a Plug-and-Play Powertrain and Vehicle Model Architecture and Development Environment to support the rapid evaluation of new powertrain/propulsion technologies for improving fuel economy through virtual design and analysis in a math-based simulation environment.  The development of Autonomie has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP). 

LMS will act as Argonne exclusive and worldwide agent for Autonomie, and distribute Autonomie in combination with its market leading mechatronic system simulation platform, LMS Imagine.Lab.  Argonne and LMS will also cooperate to advance interoperability of Autonomie with Imagine.Lab AMESim, for scalable multi-physics modeling, and with Imagine.Lab SysDM for collaborative model and data management.

“LMS is pleased to be selected by Argonne as its global partner for Autonomie”, comments Dr. Jan Leuridan, LMS Executive Vice-President & CTO, “in combination with the Imagine.Lab platform for mechatronic system simulation, LMS is in a unique position to deliver the most complete solution for vehicle energy management, fuel economy and driveability optimization, addressing both the needs for physical system optimization, as well as the needs for model-based controls engineering”.

Argonne has developed Autonomie in cooperation with General Motors since 2006.  “GM has been working closely with Argonne and LMS on the challenges of engineering vehicles with right brand performances, while meeting increasing requirements for fuel economy”, comments Daniel Nicholson, GM Executive Director Powertrain Driveability, Calibration and Validation, “we welcome very much Argonne's selection of LMS as global partner for Autonomie.  This choice will enable GM to move forward with Autonomie and Imagine.Lab as strategic platforms to support our global vehicle engineering activities."

“Argonne is pleased to partner with LMS to continue to accelerate the introduction of advanced technologies into the market through math-based engineering”, comments Aymeric Rousseau, Argonne’s Vehicle Modeling and Simulation manager. “Autonomie’s commercialization is the result of more than a decade of pre-competitive cooperative research to develop new technologies and tools, and quickly bring to market highly fuel efficient vehicles that will reduce U.S. petroleum dependence”, comments Patrick Davis, US Department of Energy’s  Vehicle Technologies Program Manager.

 

About LMS

LMS, the leading partner in test and mechatronic simulation in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries, helps customers get better products to market faster. With a unique combination of mechatronic simulation software, testing systems and engineering services, LMS tunes into mission critical engineering attributes, ranging from system dynamics, structural integrity and sound quality to durability, safety and power consumption. With multi-domain and mechatronic simulation solutions, LMS addresses complex engineering challenges associated with intelligent system design and model-based systems engineering. More than 1150 LMS professionals serve over 5000 manufacturing companies worldwide.

About Argonne

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation’s first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, advance America’s scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

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