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IndustryJun 25, 2026 · 9 min read

What's Actually Changing in CAD, FEA, and Engineering Simulation

A grounded look at where AI is showing real results in CAD, FEA, optimization, and agentic engineering workflows in 2026, and where DeepMechanix fits within it for EPC and pressure vessel design.

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Materials & AI

Autonomous Materials Discovery: How AI Is Rewriting the Discovery Loop

A working guide to accelerated and autonomous materials discovery: the process-structure-property paradigm, how AI compresses the search, and the self-driving labs (A-Lab, Radical AI, Periodic Labs, Medra) closing the loop between hypothesis and matter.

DMJun 11, 2026 · 10 min read
Code Explained

Pressure Vessel Engineering: History, Mechanics, ASME Standards & the Future

A comprehensive technical reference for engineers, inspectors, and industry professionals: the disasters that wrote the rules, the physics that makes them work, and what comes next.

DMMay 28, 2026 · 8 min read
Industry

AI for EPC: Where Artificial Intelligence Fits in the Engineering, Procurement & Construction Workflow

AI fits the EPC workflow wherever engineers reproduce codified knowledge or regenerate documents by hand: estimating, engineering calculations, procurement specs, and as-built control. A stage-by-stage map.

DMMay 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Industry

What Is EPC? How Engineering, Procurement & Construction Projects Actually Work

EPC is a project-delivery model where one contractor handles engineering, procurement, and construction under a single contract, usually for a fixed price. What each phase involves, and why documentation governs the whole thing.

DMApr 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Code Explained

ASME Section VIII: Division 1 vs Division 2, Explained

Division 1 is design-by-rule with higher margins; Division 2 trades engineering rigor for thinner walls. Margins, classes, costs, and when each wins.

DMApr 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Comparisons

The Best Pressure Vessel Design Software in 2026, An Honest Comparison

COMPRESS, PV Elite, AutoPIPE Vessel, DesignCalcs, VES, NextGen, and DeepMechanix compared on price, codes, and report quality, list prices verified June 2026.

DMApr 02, 2026 · 5 min read
Code Explained

From Spec Sheet to U-Stamp: The Complete Vessel Design Workflow

The full path from customer datasheet to stamped vessel: materials, design-by-rule calcs, AI review, fabrication hold points, hydrotest, and the U-1A dossier.

DMMar 19, 2026 · 9 min read
Research

What Is Physics AI? The Future of Simulation: Differentiable Physics & the AI Paradigm Shift

How a century of numerical mathematics is being reimagined by deep learning, and why it changes everything for engineering.

DMJan 22, 2026 · 11 min read