At the heart of TransiT’s research is a set of five critical demonstrator projects involving interconnected road, rail, air and maritime systems across different regions of the UK.
These ‘Challenge-Led Demonstrators’ have been designed to demonstrate and prove that digital twinning – and specifically a ‘whole system’ network of digital twins – can deliver scalable solutions to the integration and decarbonisation of transport.
TransiT’s five Challenge-Led Demonstrators (‘CLDs’) are:
Demonstrator 1 – Maritime and Road Freight: Development of a maritime and road freight digital twin – working with partners including the Port of Dover, DFDS and UK Power Networks Services. Read more about our Maritime and Road Freight Demonstrator here. The lead Co-Investigator for this Challenge-Led Demonstrator is Nishatabbas Rehmatulla at University College London: n.rehmatulla@ucl.ac.uk
Demonstrator 2 – Passenger Transport: Development of a passenger transport digital twin in the West Midlands – working with partners including Transport for West Midlands, WSP and Midlands Connect. Read more about our Passenger Transport Demonstrator here. The lead Co-Investigator for this Challenge-Led Demonstrator is Clive Roberts at Durham University: clive.roberts@durham.ac.uk
Demonstrator 3 – Air and Road Freight: Development of an air and road freight digital twin working with DHL and East Midlands Airport. Read more about our Air and Road Freight Demonstrator here. The lead Co-Investigator for this Challenge-Led Demonstrator is John Erkoyuncu at Cranfield University: j.a.erkoyuncu@cranfield.ac.uk
Demonstrator 4 – Federation: Digital Twin and Federated Network Design. This demonstrator focuses on integrating all digital twins developed by the other CLDs into an interconnected network: a federated system of digital twins. The lead Co-Investigator for this Challenge-Led Demonstrator is Michele Sevegnani at University of Glasgow: michele.sevegnani@glasgow.ac.uk
Demonstrator 5 – Vehicle Digital Twin: Creating a ‘vehicle digital twin’ and demonstrating how it can be developed to build a digital twin of a fleet of vehicles. Read more about our Vehicle Digital Twin Demonstrator here. The lead Co-Investigator for this Challenge-Led Demonstrator is Xiaoxiang Na at University of Cambridge: xnhn2@cam.ac.uk
To find out more about our Challenge-Led Demonstrators and Work Packages, get in touch via the web form on our Contact Us page.
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