Digital Twins Network (DTw)

Digital Twins Network (DTw)

The RMIT Digital Twin Network connects and activates interdisciplinary digital twin capability to support collaboration, knowledge exchange and research translation.

Established in with support from RMIT's Information in Society Enabling Impact Platform, the Digital Twin Network (DTw) brings together researchers, research professional staff, industry and government partners to co-design digital twin (DT) solutions and generate tangible impact across sectors. Industry

5.0 is propelling digital twins beyond technical systems, to the integration of DT of technical systems with the replicas of humans, human behavior, wellbeing, and decision processes poising innovation challenges in human-centric DT ecosystems. DTw's renewed focus is to strengthen RMIT's leadership in human-centric digital twin innovation adoption positioning impact at the forefront of digital transformation across industries in various disciplines across RMIT.

Aim of the Digital Twin Network

To connect and activate RMIT's interdisciplinary digital twin capability by fostering collaboration across researchers, industry, government and community stakeholders. The network seeks to support knowledge exchange, co-designed solutions and research translation that create tangible impact across sectors.

Themes

The following themes reflect areas of expertise across the Digital Twin Network. Members may work in several of these areas.

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Aerospace & Aviation

Aircraft, aviation systems, predictive maintenance and aerospace digital twins.

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Intelligent Transportation

Digital twins for mobility systems, transport infrastructure and network performance.

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Physical AI & Intelligent Automation

Robot systems, automation, simulation and intelligent machines.

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Smart Infrastructure

Infrastructure monitoring, civil assets, resilience and construction digitalisation.

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Technology Enabled Building Construction

Digital models, building information and data-rich built environment assets.

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Technology-Enabled Strategic Communication

Visualisation and engagement tools that support collaborative decision-making.

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Urban Carbon Modelling

High-resolution urban emissions, sequestration and net-zero decision support.

Leads

Network lead

Dr. Ruwini EDIRISINGHE

Dr. Ruwini EDIRISINGHE

Associate Professor

Aerospace & Aviation

Dr. Wim J.C. Verhagen

Dr. Wim J.C. Verhagen

Associate Professor

Joelle Chia

Joelle Chia

Research Assistant

Intelligent Transportation

Professor Sara Moridpour

Professor Sara Moridpour

Professor

Physical AI & Intelligent Automation

Dr. Ehsan Asadi

Dr. Ehsan Asadi

Associate Professor

Shanuka Kamesh

Shanuka Kamesh

Research Assistant

Smart Infrastructure

Dr. Lei Hou

Dr. Lei Hou

Associate Professor

Dr Haosen Chen

Dr Haosen Chen

Research Assistant

Technology Enabled Building Construction
Dr. Alireza Ahankoob

Dr. Alireza Ahankoob

Lecturer

Dr. Behzad Abbasnejad

Dr. Behzad Abbasnejad

Senior Lecturer

Technology Enabled Strategic Communication
Dr. Leah Li

Dr. Leah Li

Senior Lecturer

Urban Carbon Modelling
Lahiru Gunathilake

Lahiru Gunathilake

Research Assistant

Thushan Maduranga

Thushan Maduranga

Research Assistant

Creating impact

This section can include short videos and snippets from current theme leads, giving visitors further insight into Digital Twins research and impact at RMIT.

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Testimonials by our researchers

We are investigating renewable energy potentials in the urban environment using innovative Digital Twins technology to assist in achieving zero emissions targets.

- Dr Rebecca Yang

The RMIT Metaverse 1.0 is a scalable, organic system
Digital Twin, which can be used as a living lab to collect, store, and analyse data for stateof-the-art urban studies and interdisciplinary research,

Dr Chayn Sun

RMIT’s work on Digital Twin applications that assist modelling of indoor disease transmission — particularly defence against COVID-19 — is important to creating a safer working environment for indoor workers

- Prof Ivan Cole

Digital twins will play a transformational role in enhancing the operation, resilience and reliability of tomorrow’s integrated energy systems

- Dr Ali Moradi Amani

Membership and contacting the DTw Network

Please contact the RMIT Digital Twins team via research.partnerships@rmit.edu.au if you would like to know more or to provide updates about your research projects, publications, media mentions and anything else of relevance to share with the Network.

RMIT staff can join the RMIT Digital Twins Network also by emailing research.partnerships@rmit.edu.au.

Enabling Impact Platform (EIP) sponsorship

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DTw is supported by the following Enabling Impact Platforms:
Information in Society Research enabling society to shape, harness, and adapt to the stream of disruptions caused by new data streams and information technologies every day.

Explore RMIT Enabling Impact Platforms

EIPs enable economic, environmental, societal, health and cultural impact with government, business and the community through research and innovation.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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