The specialists we call when a case crosses disciplines.

The natural sequel to the seminar: the snap-fits and wall rules you learned, tested against the loads they actually see in a crash.

• Crash Loads Every Plastic Part Designer Must Design For – FMVSS, IIHS, NCAP & Real Pulses
• Plastic Components in Vehicle Structures: Energy Absorption, Hybrid BIW, Closures & Roof Integrity
• From Part Design to Vehicle Crashworthiness Integration – Case Histories from OEM Programs
• EV Platform Body Structures & Battery Enclosure Implications for Plastic Designers

Turns designers into sharper customers of the CAE team — and catches the bad assumption before it becomes the target.

• Crash CAE for Plastic Part Designers – Understanding the Models That Drive Your Component Targets
• Non-Linear FEA for Snaps, Hinges, Energy-Absorbing Plastics & Hybrid Assemblies
• Correlating Moldflow Warpage with Structural Crash Models – Integrated Design Workflow
• Virtual Prototyping for EV Body & Battery Structures (Practical Overview for Designers)

Why a perfect plastic housing still fails ADAS validation: thermal, vibration, EMC and crash integrity for sensor packaging.

• Plastics Packaging for ADAS Sensors, Cameras, Radar & Controllers – Thermal, Vibration, EMC & Crash Integrity
• How ADAS and Active Safety Change the Loads and Attachment Requirements on Your Plastic Parts
• Functional Safety (ISO 26262) Basics Every Plastic Designer Needs for Sensor Housings & Interiors

Interior plastics that have to survive an occupant: seat structures, instrument panels, airbag interaction and head impact.

• Plastic Seat Structures, Bolsters, Instrument Panels & Soft-Trim – Designing for Occupant Loads & Out-of-Position
• LATCH Anchors, Airbag Interaction & Head-Impact Protection in Plastic Components
• When Your Plastic Part Contributes to Injury Risk – Biomechanical Basics for Designers

Battery trays, enclosures and high-voltage insulation — the polymer decisions an EV program can't take back.

• Plastic Parts in Battery Enclosures, Busbars, Cooling Plates & 800 V Architecture – Thermal, Dielectric & Crash Requirements
• Thermal Runaway Barrier Design & Post-Crash High-Voltage Integrity for Plastic Designers
• EV Platform Packaging Constraints That Drive Plastic Component Design

Functional safety, systems engineering and mixed materials: designing the part as one node in a vehicle program.

• Product Systems Engineering for Automotive Designers – V-Model, Requirements Traceability & Your Plastic Part
• ISO 26262, ASPICE & Cybersecurity Awareness for Component Designers
• OEM Vehicle Architecture Lessons: How Plastics Fit into Platforms, Subsystems & Supplier Interfaces

Real-world loading for designers — what reconstruction reveals about how parts are actually stressed in the field.

• What Failure Modes Look Like After a Real Crash – Lessons Every Plastic Designer Can Use
• Reading EDRs, Damage Patterns & Injury Mechanisms to Improve Your Next Design