John Erkoyuncu (Professor and Head of the Centre for Digital and Design Engineering, Cranfield University) will run a Seminar@SystemX on the topic: “The past, the present and the future for Digital Twins”, on June 18, 2025 from 2pm to 3pm.
This seminar is organized as part of the Digital Twins for Industrial Systems program at IRT SystemX.
Abstract
This presentation is aimed at providing an introductory level overview of digital twins (DTs). This will focus on giving you the opportunity to learn about DTs in terms of what it is, how it is being used, the benefits it offers, how to design and develop, and how to ensure it adds value.
Biography
John Erkoyuncu is a Professor of Digital Engineering and Head of the Centre for Digital and Design Engineering at Cranfield University. His research interests include: digital twins, augmented reality, and digitalisation of through-life engineering. He has a track record in leading cross Technology Readiness Levels in his research in manufacturing digitalisation with over £12M of funding secured from EPSRC (most recent – as PI: EP/R013950/1 and as Co-I: EP/R032718/1), Innovate UK, AMSCI, and KTP. He has published over 185 journal and conference papers. Prof. Erkoyuncu is currently co-supervising 9 PhD projects; 7 of which are co-funded by industry. He has supervised over 100 MSc projects. John is a Co-Chair of the Through-life Engineering Services Council, Member of the Team Defence Information – Digital Twin Working Group, Council Member of the Digital Twin Hub, Chartered Engineer with IET, Fellow of the Higher Education Association, Associate Member of CIRP, Former Chair of the CIRP Research Affiliates and a Member of IET. He is also the Programme Director for the MSc in Digital and Technology Solutions.
