▁Sh en - Y eh ▁Chen ) ▁during ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁study ▁in ▁Civil ▁Engineering ▁Department ▁of ▁Arizona ▁State ▁University . ▁During ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Sm art DO ▁was ▁continu ously ▁developed ▁and ▁applied ▁on ▁a eros pace ▁industry ▁and ▁CA E ▁consult ing ▁application ▁as ▁an ▁in - house ▁code . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Dr . ▁Chen ▁established ▁F E A - Opt ▁Technology ▁as ▁a ▁CA E ▁consult ing ▁firm ▁and ▁software ▁vendor . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁commercial ized ▁version ▁ 1 . 0 ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁by ▁F E A - Opt ▁Technology . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁F E A - Opt ▁Technology ▁signed ▁partner ▁agreement ▁with ▁both ▁A NS YS ▁and ▁M SC ▁Software ▁base ▁on ▁Sm art DO . ▁ ▁Process ▁integration ▁Sm art DO ▁uses ▁both ▁GUI ▁and ▁script ing - based ▁interface ▁to ▁integrate ▁with ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁party ▁software . ▁The ▁GUI ▁includes ▁general ▁operation ▁of ▁Sm art DO ▁and ▁package ▁specific ▁linking ▁interface , ▁called ▁the ▁Sm art Link . ▁Sm art link ▁can ▁link ▁with ▁ 3 rd ▁party ▁CA E ▁software , ▁such ▁as ▁A NS YS ▁Work ben ch . ▁The ▁user ▁can ▁cross - link ▁any ▁parameters ▁in ▁A NS YS ▁Work ben ch ▁to ▁any ▁design ▁parameters ▁in ▁Sm art DO , ▁such ▁as ▁design ▁variables , ▁objective ▁function , ▁and ▁constraints , ▁and