Digital Twin Enabled Testbed
This project aims to establish a thematic lab to build research capacity for digital twin technology. It entails the development of innovative computing and networking technology, as well as efficient theory and data driven modeling methods to expedite the creation and deployment of digital twins for a wide spectrum of engineering and agricultural applications.
Quick Details
Digital Twin Enabled Testbed
Sponsor
U.S. Department of Commerce
2024-06-01
Award Amount
$1.2 million
About
In June 2022, Texas A&M University was awarded $1.2M for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program 2022 (PSIAP-2022) funding opportunity.
As shown in the overview diagram below, at the center of this project is a digital twin created for the training sites in the Disaster City®, a 52-acre training facility managed by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) to deliver the full array of skills and techniques needed by today’s emergency response professionals.
Problem Statement
This project aims to build a digital-twin-enabled testbed with state-of-the-art user interface/user experience technologies and advanced simulation models to provide a photorealistic virtual reality environment for first responders and emergency managers to engage, experience, and explore the latest sensing and communication technologies.
Finding a Solution
In addition to serving as a virtual testing and training facility for first responders, the testbed can also function as an open platform for researchers and entrepreneurs worldwide to collaborate with first responders and emergency managers to develop next-generation sensing and communication technologies and devices for public safety usage. We envision the testbed as an attempt towards a systematic plan to fill critical technology gaps identified by stakeholders and to build a public safety-focused R&D ecosystem with a long-lasting impact.
A diagram of the full architecture of the digital twin testbed.
A visual representation of the collaboration between various Texas A&M entities on the Digital Twin Project.
A diagram of the full architecture of the digital twin testbed.