January 2019 – Design and Manufacturing Futures Lab

DMF Lab visiting research partners in Colombia

Posted 11th January 201911th January 2019 Mark GoudswaardLeave a commentPosted in Democratisation of Design, Projects, Recycled Waste 3D Printing

In December I visited current and potential research partners in Colombia. The main purpose of the visit was to explore research overlap between the DMF lab and La Universidad de los Andes in Bogota in areas related to the democratisation of design (the theme of my doctoral research) and also wider research areas for future […]

Digital Twinning: Past, Present and Future

Posted 10th January 201916th January 2019 Ben HicksLeave a commentPosted in Digital-Physical Twinning, Projects

On Jan 9th I gave a seminar to Babcock International Group’s Innovation Forum on Digital Twins. In the talk I covered a brief history of the digital twin (courtesy of NASA) and the current and emerging applications of twins including production, product and performance-based twins of machines, systems and infrastructure. I also covered our latest […]