Margaret Schmitt

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Margaret Schmitt is director of applications engineering at Apache Design, a subsidiary of ANSYS.

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Energy-Efficient Design Helps Autonomous Vehicles Take Off

By Margaret Schmitt - 18 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 1

A new flight endurance record was set recently by the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Big Wing experimental drone, traveling 37 hours non-stop, and setting the bar for the next stage of autonomous flight development. The growth of drone technology and their autonomous capabilities for surveillance, security, and reconnaissance has grown rapidly over the past several years, thanks to ever-increasing perf... » read more

Tackling RF Desense Challenges At The Source

By Margaret Schmitt - 14 Aug, 2015 - Comments: 0

Just imagine you are stepping out of the electronics store with your brand new smart phone. You eagerly scroll down your contacts to dial your best friend and proudly tell them the great news, but as soon as they pick up, your reception is gone! What happened? This problem is commonly described as desense, a degradation of the sensitivity of the receiver due to external noise sources. Desens... » read more

A Smart System Technology Renaissance

By Margaret Schmitt - 09 Feb, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Margaret Schmitt Leonardo da Vinci invented fantastic machines to revolutionize how man would live, work, wage war, and travel. Describing how he conceived these designs he said, “A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” We currently are experiencing a renaissance of our own, with the rise of s... » read more