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The objective of an engineering analysis - a numerical model and simulation designed to represent a specific manufacturing process - is not simply to determine the behavior and impact of that process on a specific product. If that were the case, extensive product testing would be a simpler and cheaper solution. The real objective of an engineering analysis is to use its associated numerical models and simulations to predict the impact of important design and manufacturing parameters on the behavior of the final product in terms of performance and cost. When dealing with advanced composite materials, such parameters include: material, surface topology, layup strategy, ply stacking, among many possibilities. Designers today are faced with the challenge of optimizing composite parts and, should redesign be required, having enough reliable data at hand to justify the redesign's necessity.