Michael Alba Senior Editor

Michael is a senior editor at engineering.com. He covers computer hardware, design software, electronics, and more. Michael holds a degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Alberta.

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Simulation

AI in Onshape and on ships

February 18, 2025

The generative AI revolution sets sail for ship design, plus new details about Onshape’s upcoming AI Advisor.

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Design

Onshape AI Advisor is coming soon—here’s everything we know

February 14, 2025

Design

What are “3D UNIV+RSES”, Dassault Systèmes’ latest creation?

February 11, 2025

Design

Onshape launches CAM Studio, the last piece of the cloud CAD puzzle

February 4, 2025

Simulation

Fusion AutoConstrain is now live—and it might actually be useful

January 28, 2025

Design

AI takes on sketching and drawings in Autodesk Fusion

January 27, 2025

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Design

Nemetschek Group’s new AI Assistant is a start—but a small one

January 21, 2025

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Design

Fun times before the CAD revolution

January 14, 2025

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Design

For engineers, AI anticipation continues in 2025

January 7, 2025

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Simulation

Simulation trends for 2025: Get ready for AI and surrogate models

December 31, 2024

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Simulation

The best updates in Comsol Multiphysics 6.3: “Let the computer do all the work for you”

December 20, 2024

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Simulation

Onshape startups to get SimScale free for 3 months

December 17, 2024

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Simulation

Comsol launches Multiphysics version 6.3

December 3, 2024

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Design

The fundamentals of mixed reality (MR) for engineers

November 26, 2024

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Design

The fundamentals of virtual reality (VR) for engineering

November 21, 2024

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Simulation

Nvidia’s new blueprint for digital twins

November 19, 2024

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Design

The fundamentals of augmented reality (AR) for engineering

November 14, 2024

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