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Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski is one of the founding fathers of the MDAO discipline, and he’s published a new book, with co-authors Alan Morris and Michel van Tooren. It’s titled “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Supported by Knowledge Based Engineering”. The book focuses on … Continue reading →

You may have noticed that there have not been a lot of commits to the OpenMDAO-Framework repository lately. Don’t worry, we’ve still been working hard on OpenMDAO. We’ve just been doing it under a different repository, for the 1.0 Alpha release. … Continue reading →

We are going to release OpenMDAO 1.0 Alpha on July 22. This release is a massive re-write of the OpenMDAO framework. The rewrite yielded a reduction of our code base to around 5000 lines of code, sped it up, and … Continue reading →

OpenMDAO is now available for installation via virtualenv (download) or Anaconda. Instructions on both methods of installation are here. Release notes for 0.13.0 that detail the several bug fixes and new features can be found here. Anaconda Win32 NOTE:  Please note that … Continue reading →

A lot of our users also use Anaconda, and until now, we didn’t support installation into Anaconda.  But as of today, we are rolling out our first effort at making OpenMDAO installable into an Anaconda environment.  This is part of … Continue reading →

One of OpenMDAO’s core goals is to support tight integration of high-fidelity codes into design optimization problems. With the release of version 0.12.0 we’ve taken a big step toward realizing that goal. This release includes the most significant refactor of our code base since … Continue reading →

If you’re at all interested in systems analysis, systems engineering, wind turbines, or MDAO, you should consider going to the 2015 Wind Energy Systems Engineering Workshop hosted by our colleagues at at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). The workshop … Continue reading →

OpenMDAO 0.10.3.2 has been released today.  As you can see from the news article before this one, 0.10.3.2 will be the last release of its kind.  Grab 0.10.3.2 here, and read about what’s new here.

Version 0.12? Where did v 0.11 go? Well, we were talking to our good friends at Microsoft and they suggested that we should skip a number in our versioning to help distinguish the newer product more. So, Windows 8.1 -> … Continue reading →

During low speed maneuvers associated with approach and landing, typical transport-class aircraft deploy high lift devices to improve stall and lift characteristics. Unfortunately, this also results in increased airframe noise, of which the leading-edge slat is a significant component. A … Continue reading →