Helping humans get ready for digital twins
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik is a logistics and supply chain expert and a TransiT researcher focused on human factors. We asked him about his work. What’s your role at TransiT and […]
Entries by Vicky Masterson
Human resources tool could help employers prepare for digital twinning
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are developing a tool to help organisations and their human resources teams get ready for the wider use of digital twinning technologies. Digital twins […]
What are cyber-physical systems and why do they matter?
Three of our researchers and cyber-physical experts at the University of Glasgow explain why cyber-physical systems are critical to TransiT’s work. Dr Ahmad Taha, Dr Mohammad Alquraan and Dr Runze […]
TransiT hosts freight industry leaders at prestigious stakeholder event in London
Logistics industry leaders, sustainable freight experts, energy operators and government partners joined our TransiT team in London last week for a stakeholder engagement event at the UK headquarters of infrastructure […]
What is technology-forward culture and why does it matter to TransiT?
Dr Luciana Blaha is a Co-Investigator at TransiT and a specialist in how people interact with technology. We asked her about ‘technology-forward culture’ and why it’s important. What’s your role […]
Heriot-Watt logistics experts to address sustainable road freight event
Logistics experts from Heriot-Watt University will discuss barriers and solutions to freight transport decarbonisation at a major event next week on scaling-up electric road freight transport. The researchers are taking […]
Digitally twinning road and air freight – meet our expert Christina Latsou
Dr Christina Latsou is a TransiT Co-Investigator and a Lecturer in Smart Manufacturing in the Centre for Digital and Design Engineering at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire. We asked her about […]
Zero Emission Truck event welcomes Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop MSP
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Fiona Hyslop MSP, visited Panmure House at Heriot-Watt University yesterday to address an industry event on decarbonising road freight in Scotland. The […]
TransiT experts to present at UK Digital Twin 2025 event
Two of our TransiT experts are taking part in next week’s UK Digital Twin 2025 event in Nottingham. Our Co-Investigators Dr Christina Latsou and Dr Ahmad Taha will help to […]
Digital twins can play a significant role in transport decarbonisation, report suggests
Transport systems will depend increasingly on digital twins to function and to advance decarbonisation, researchers have suggested. Digital twins are virtual replicas of the physical world that are already being […]