COMSOL Conference 2026 Boston
Make Simulations Work for You: Getting More Out of Your COMSOL Multiphysics® Simulations with AI
Sponsored workshop · Friday, October 9, 2026 · 11:00 a.m.
Many engineering teams already subscribe to general-purpose AI coding agents. COMSOL Multiphysics® models are fully scriptable, so you can automate simulation work through the COMSOL® API for Java with no new software. You can then do more with every model that you already have.
In this workshop, I will share best practices for structuring COMSOL® models so that any capable AI agent can work with them effectively. I will also show a live demonstration of how to get started quickly. We will discuss model setup choices that help agents work with your geometry and that make their actions easy to verify. You will leave with steps that you can apply right away, even if you don't know Java.
The problem I help solve
You have a working model in COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software. You know that tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex are good at writing code. So you try “vibe-engineering”: you ask the AI to do the engineering work and accept what it produces. You then run into these problems:
- The AI works clumsily with the software’s graphical user interface.
- AI agents understand geometry and meshing poorly.
- The AI suggests questionable physics and boundary conditions.
- When the AI generates results, checking them takes you longer than running the simulation yourself would have.
- You use AI as a better search engine, but you know that you could do more with agents.
How I work with COMSOL Multiphysics®
Every COMSOL Multiphysics® model is fully scriptable through the COMSOL® API for Java. AI coding agents that your team may already pay for can run parameter sweeps, design variants, supporting analyses, and postprocessing. Each change is recorded in an auditable log. This approach needs no new software, and you do not need to know Java.
I help you solve your actual engineering and physics problems. I work in a way that prepares you to run further studies with agents yourself. Those agents keep an auditable log of their changes, so that you can be confident in your results.
Featured demo · Free and open source
SpannBridge connects the Chatbot in COMSOL Multiphysics® software to Claude Code or OpenAI Codex
COMSOL Multiphysics® 6.4 has a built-in Chatbot window. SpannBridge is free, open-source software for Windows. It lets the Chatbot use the Claude or ChatGPT subscription that you already have, so you need no API key. Ask about your model, send Model Builder nodes and Graphics snapshots to the Chatbot, and run the COMSOL® API for Java code that the AI writes in the Java Shell.
COMSOL, COMSOL Multiphysics, and the COMSOL logo are registered trademarks of COMSOL AB. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic PBC. ChatGPT and OpenAI Codex are trademarks of OpenAI. AI coding agents are third-party tools. The workflows described on this page are methods of Spann Engineering Consulting LLC and are not developed, supported, or endorsed by COMSOL AB.