Digital Twins in Manufacturing: Applications and Case Studies

Masoud Soroush is the George B. Francis Chair Professor of Engineering at Drexel University and directs the Future Layered nAnomaterials Knowledge and Engineering (FLAKE) Consortium, collaborating with over 30 researchers from Drexel, the University of Pennsylvania, and Purdue. He has held positions as a Visiting Scientist at DuPont and a Visiting Professor at Princeton. An Elected Fellow of AIChE and Senior Member of IEEE, Soroush has received numerous awards, including the AIChE 2023 Excellence in Process Development Research Award. He holds a BS from Abadan Institute of Technology and MS/PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, with research focusing on advanced manufacturing and nanomaterials. Dr. Richard D. Braatz is the Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, specializing in advanced manufacturing systems. His research focuses on process data analytics, mechanistic modeling, and robust control systems, particularly in monoclonal antibody, vaccine, and gene therapy production. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Caltech and previously served as a professor at the University of Illinois and a visiting scholar at Harvard. Dr. Braatz has received several prestigious awards, including the Donald P. Eckman Award and the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, and is a Fellow of multiple professional organizations and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

• 1. Digital twins for biomanufacturing2. Digital twins for polymerization processes3. Digital twins in additive manufacturing4. Digital twins in sheet and film processes5. Digital Twins in three-dimensional printing6. Digital twins in small-molecule drug manufacturing7. Digital twins in petroleum and petrochemical industries8. Digital twins in energy industries9. Digital twins in action10. Introduction to Digital Twin Applications in Industrial Manufacturing11. Practical Use Cases for Digital Twins in Product Development12. Optimizing Manufacturing Operations with Digital Twins13. Digital Twins for Asset Management and Maintenance14. Improving Quality Control and Assurance Using Digital Twins15. Supply Chain Applications of Digital Twin Technology16. Leveraging Digital Twins for Product Customization and Personalization17. Sustainability and Energy Efficiency through Digital Twins18. Human-Centric Digital Twins: Enhancing Worker Safety and Productivity19. Collaboration and Ecosystem Development with Digital Twins20. Digital Twin Applications in Smart Factories and Industry 4.021. Digital Twins in High-Risk Manufacturing Environments22. Scaling Digital Twin Solutions: Lessons from Industry Leaders23. Real-World Challenges in Digital Twin Implementation24. The Future of Digital Twin Applications in Manufacturing