VR&D develops and supplies state of the art finite element analysis (FEA) and Multidiscipline Design Optimization software used by aerospace, automotive, and other industrial analysts and designers. VR&D provides robust, state-of-the-art software and services to enhance your product development process.

Introduction to optimization concepts
Composite optimization
Probabilistic optimization
Car door mirror


Car body topometry VR&D's software is licensed to numerous commercial, government and academic institutions worldwide. A number of commercially available third-party CAE tools also use VR&D's optimization software.

Please check our online store to buy products online. VR&D offers its software to universities/academic institutions at a highly discounted price. Please contact VR&D for details.

Recent News

Download this summers latest news from Vanderplaats Research & Development, Inc.
Summer 2010 Newsletter.pdf (3.02 MB)

Do not miss the opportunity to participate in our upcoming one-day workshops. We are offering two sessions: General Optimization using VisualDOC, and Automotive Body Optimization using GENESIS and Design Studio.

This offer is available to anyone interested in learning these subjects or using our software. The workshops are free of charge so don't miss out on this unique opportunity.
Sign up now by sending an email to training@vrand.com or calling 719-473-4611 x100.

Vanderplaats R&D, Inc. would like to cordially invite you to our upcoming seminar, followed by lunch, featuring Professor Gyung-Jin Park, Ph.D., from Hanyang University in Korea. Professor Park will be discussing methods to optimize nonlinear transient problems for crash analysis using innovative methods and the GENESIS software. In addition, VR&D engineers will give a brief presentation of some of the developments at VR&D related to optimizing structures for NVH and safety improvements.

"Genesis is by far the best linear optimization tool that we have used to date. Their product is outstanding and their support has met all expectations."
Advanced Engineering, Severstal NA Inc.