SAE World Congress 2026 Technical Panel: Designing Interiors of the Future Using AI/ML
Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming vehicle interior design by enabling earlier decisions, faster development, and greater innovation..
Nicolas Fougere
Senior Manager Role Portfolio
Nicolas Fougere helps global manufacturers turn emerging technology into commercial strategy. As Senior Manager for the Fluids Portfolio at Dassault Systèmes, he sets the 3-year strategy for a multi-product CFD portfolio, owns the productization and pricing models decisions, and leads the portfolio’s shift toward AI enabled simulation.
He came into this role after eight years in technical sales, where he served as account lead for some of the company’s largest customers. That work gave him a close view of how large organizations actually decide to adopt new technology, which is a big part of why his current strategy work tends to hold up once it meets a real customer.
Earlier still, he worked on mission analysis and simulation research supporting NASA and the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, and published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers along the way. His engineering and scientific degrees are from the University of Michigan.
What distinguishes Nicolas is the ability to move fluidly between deep technical work and business decision-making, from a simulation review with engineers to a pricing or roadmap discussion with executives. That range is increasingly what organizations need when deciding whether a simulation or AI investment is worth making.
SAE World Congress 2026 Technical Panel: Designing Interiors of the Future Using AI/ML
Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming vehicle interior design by enabling earlier decisions, faster development, and greater innovation..
Accelerating Design Space Exploration of Film Cooling with Parametric Machine Learning Based on High-Fidelity CFD.
Shaped film cooling holes are a key element in cooling turbine components to increase their operating temperature while preventing component damage. There is therefore a need for …
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Transformer-based Prediction of Vehicle Aerodynamics
The vehicle market is evolving rapidly. New players are entering the market, many variants of a vehicle are investigated prior to freezing the design, and more. In this context, …
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Validation of Wind Noise for Class-8 Truck Using Lattice Boltzmann Method
The transportation and mobility industry trend toward electrification is rapidly evolving and in this specific scenario, wind noise aeroacoustics becomes one of the major concerns …
French American Chamber of Commerce Michigan Chapter
Member of FACC Michigan Chapter
French American Chamber of Commerce Michigan Chapter
Member of FACC Michigan Chapter
Transformer-based Prediction of Vehicle Aerodynamics.
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Simulation of Erosive Effects on Part Durability and Fitness for Service.
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Validation of CFD Aerodynamics Simulations of the Cadillac Celestiq with Comparison to Wind Tunnel Data
In the context of vehicle electrification, improving vehicle aerodynamics is not only critical for efficiency and range, but also for driving experience. In order to balance the …
Transient Aerodynamics Simulations of a Passenger Vehicle during Deployment of Rear Spoiler.
Machine Learning-Based Surrogate Model in Centrifugal Pump Design.
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CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
Aerodynamics for Design Styling Exploration for Vehicles - CATIA Webinar
CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
Aerodynamics for Design Styling Exploration for Vehicles - CATIA Webinar
CFD in Transportation & Mobility - SIMULIA
Surface Activity Distributions of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Derived from VIRTIS Images.
Interview in the French News Magazine - Le Point
What did the findings from ESA's Rosetta mission suggest regarding the beginning of our Solar System?
Interview in the French News Magazine - Le Point
What did the findings from ESA's Rosetta mission suggest regarding the beginning of our Solar System?
MHD simulations of the plasma and neutral gas environment of comet 67P
The neutral and plasma environment is critical in understanding the interaction of the solar wind and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (CG), the target of the European Space …
Presentation at the European Space Agency (ESA) ESLAB in the Netherlands
Analysis of Rosetta instruments data with DSMC simulation presentation at European Space Agency (ESA)
Presentation at the European Space Agency (ESA) ESLAB in the Netherlands
Analysis of Rosetta instruments data with DSMC simulation presentation at European Space Agency (ESA)
Three-dimensional direct simulation Monte-Carlo modeling of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observed by the VIRTIS and ROSINA instruments on board Rosetta
Since its rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P), the Rosetta spacecraft has provided invaluable information contributing to our understanding of the cometary …
The Coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Pre-and Post-Equinox.
The Heterogeneous Coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta Observations.
Modeling of the VIRTIS-M Observations of the Coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Design of a low cost mission to the Neptunian system
Visited only by Voyager 2 in 1989, Neptune and its moon Triton hold important clues to the formation and evolution of the solar system and exoplanetary systems. Neptune-sized …
Three-dimensional kinetic modeling of the near coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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A 3D description of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko constrained by rosetta observations.
Ultraviolet Observations Of C/2012 S1 (ISON) By MAVEN.
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Neptune and Triton: A Study in Future Exploration.
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Modeling the heterogeneous ice and gas coma of Comet 103P/Hartley 2. Icarus. 2013;225(1):688–702.
The Coma Of A Comet With Areas Of Diverse Compositions: Comet 103P/Hartley 2.
Understanding Measured Rotational Temperatures in the Very Inner Coma of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3.