ASU and the University of Michigan are teaming up to invite industrial partners to help produce innovations through the new Center for Digital Twins in Manufacturing. The goal is for the center to become an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation. Leaders and faculty members of the universities plan to meet with industry representatives to discuss the center’s operations, vision and goals. Wenlong Zhang, an associate professor of robotics and manufacturing systems in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, part of the Fulton Schools, says the meeting will be enable potential industry partners to understand the value of becoming members and helping to shape research projects.

See also: U-M, ASU Lead Efforts to Create Center for Digital Twins in Manufacturing, ExecutiveGov