Kringan Saha
Lead Applications Engineer
Guest Speaker
Towards Sustainability: State of the Art in Simulations of Blow Molding, Packaging Design, and Virtual Testing
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(see full conference schedule)
Presentation Description:
The Packaging solution will showcase Ansys' innovative solutions tailored for the packaging industry. With over 50 years of simulation innovation and leadership, Ansys continues to invest in critical simulation capabilities, strategic partnerships, and organic software development. This presentation highlights the unique design of Ansys' product portfolio, platform, and ecosystem, which optimizes product development systems and addresses various packaging challenges.
Key topics covered will include physics-based 3D simulation, digital engineering revolution, packaging concerns, and trends in packaging materials. Ansys' tools and solutions for package design, manufacturing, filling, and processing will be discussed, along with material selection and testing. The presentation will also delve into specific use-cases such as pouch filling, flow wrap process simulation, and liquid filling challenges. The importance of virtual testing, material distribution optimization, and early-stage simulation to reduce risks and enhance design efficiency will be discussed.
Overall, this presentation will demonstrate how Ansys' engineering simulation technology helps design products that efficiently survive specific operating conditions and loads, improve product performance and reliability, and accelerate time to market.
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Kringan Saha earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2010, followed by post-doctoral work at NETL in Morgantown, WV. He joined Ansys in February 2012 at their Lebanon, NH office and is now a Lead Application Engineer based in the Philadelphia area. His expertise spans stirred tank reactors, chromatography, tablet coating, and various other pharmaceutical unit operations. At Ansys, he leads initiatives in the Chemicals, Pharma, and Consumer Products sectors, supporting applications involving Ansys Fluent, Ansys Polyflow, and Ansys Rocky. Additionally, he serves as the Secretary of the ASME V&V-80 Sub-Committee, which is focused on establishing standards for computational modeling and simulation in the pharmaceutical industry.