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EIT Digital

Mastering Digital Twins

EIT Digital via Coursera

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This nano course provides a general understanding of Digital Twins, offering a high-level introduction to the topic suitable for participating in discussions, panels, and strategic decision-making. It is designed to give learners the foundational knowledge needed to grasp the key concepts, applications, and business implications of digital twins. You will explore the fundamentals of Digital Twins and how they represent an integrated view of product-related data. The course highlights how digital twins respond to the increasing digitalisation of product development, production, and the products themselves. Modern products are complex, interconnected systems that not only fulfil their intended functions but also communicate via networks with other components, products, clouds, and services. These smart products integrate services and are continuously supported throughout their lifecycle. Course chapters include: • What is a Digital Twin and who invented it? • Key applications and use cases • Business benefits and impact • Industrial success stories • Enabling technologies and trends

Syllabus

  • MASTERING DIGITAL TWINS
    • Mastering Digital Twins gives you a concise yet comprehensive introduction to how digital twins work, why they matter, and how they transform modern industry. You’ll explore the evolution of the concept - from early lifecycle models to NASA’s adoption - while learning the three key layers: the digital master, digital shadow, and full digital twin. Through practical use cases in engineering, production, operations, service, and marketing, you’ll see how digital twins enable faster development, predictive maintenance, real‑time optimisation, and new data‑driven business models. The module also highlights success stories across sectors such as energy, aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and smart cities, and explains the enabling technologies and lifecycle phases needed to build and implement digital twins effectively.

Taught by

Enrique Barra and Fabián García Pastor

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  • Anonymous
    The Course was fun and make me easy to understand, but we need such as an International Standard About Digital Twins, the standarization that i Means is like the BIM that have ISO 19650.

    Please tell me more about International Standard of the Digital Twins.
  • Mahad Bashiir Cali
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