José Dias

- Reference person for FE-Simulation in stiffness, durability and extreme loads (linear and non-linear) - Successful implementation of ’Simulation drives design’ at project level - Technical coordination of the BIW-Structure-Simulation team and of suppliers, including in occupant safety simulations (R14, R17) - Interdisciplinary teamwork with product design, manufacturing planning, manufacturing operations and testing - Activity in product performance, issue solving and cost reduction

- Development of Opel upper bodies on PSA platforms - Participation in work groups for the uniformisation of concern wide simulation procedures and their improvement - Successful improvement of the team efficiency through the programming of automation tools (scripts)

- BIW development - Creation and implementation of work directives, check lists and templates for modelling, simulation setup, results evaluation and reporting for an internal supplier - Pioneering the use of numerical optimisation as standard tool in BIW-development

- Development of restraint systems for frontal crash - Vehicle structure development for Frontal-, Side- and Rear-Crash - Work developed for several German and international OEMs

- Worked in the development of a new side crash protection concept using CAE - Coordination of the simulation and test activities of an international supplier

- Responsible for the activities for the promotion of safe child transport in vehicles at national level - Worked with government agencies and international consumers and normative organisations (ECE WP29/GRSP, ISO, Consumers International) - Elaboration and lecturing of training programs about child vehicle safety - Consultant as accident reconstruction expert in a legal trial

Major: Structures and Projects