Karen Willcox

Aerospace engineer Karen Willcox explores the incredible possibilities of 'digital twins' across engineering, climate studies, and medicine. She discusses the use of digital twins to understand and improve complex systems, personalized predictions, engineering systems, applications in various fields, and the challenges in creating digital twins.

Karen Willcox, a leading aerospace engineering professor and director at the Oden Institute, dives into the fascinating world of digital twins. She explains how these virtual models use real-time data to mirror physical systems. Learn about their applications from enhancing flight simulators to optimizing healthcare imaging for cancer treatments. Uncover the mathematical foundations behind digital twins and how uncertainty quantification plays a vital role. Plus, discover the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in developing these high-tech assets.

Guests include author Naomi Klein reflecting on the impact of mistaken identity, aerospace engineer Karen Willcox discussing the potential of digital twins, planetary scientist Sarah T. Stewart explaining the unique relationship between Earth and Moon, and psychologist Nancy Segal sharing insights on the similarities between unrelated twins.