Our team

Jian Tao(Group Leader)

Asst. Prof., Texas A&M Univ.; Asst. Dir., TAMIDS; Dir. of Digital Twin Lab, TAMIDS; Testbed Committee Co-Chair, IEEE PST Initiative; Tech Advisor, IUSAuto, Inc; Assoc. Editor, Comp. & AI Connect

Ph.D. in Physics, Washington University in St. Louis in 2008

B.S. in Space Physics, University of Science & Technology of China in 2000

Alyssa Cassity

Master’s Student, Visualization

Bachelor of Visualization, Texas A&M University

Vineet Gandham

Master’s Student, Computer Science

Bachelor of Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Hieu Le

Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology University of Technology, Viet Nam

B.E. in Petroleum Engineering, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, University of Technology, Viet Nam

Kayla Levy

Undergraduate Student

B.S in Data Engineering, minor in computer science and statistics at Texas A&M University

B.S in Computer Science, Texas A&M University

Master’s Student in Computer Science

Erik Priest
Sina Alidoust Salimi

Master’s Student, Visualization

B.S. in Civil Engineering, IAU, Iran

David Santos

Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Xavierian University

M.S in Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Xavierian University

Britain Thomas

Master’s Student, Visualization

Bachelor of Visualization, Texas A&M University

“Digital twins have the potential to revolutionize industries by providing real-time data and insights, enabling smarter decision-making, predictive maintenance, and enhanced performance optimization.”

– Michael Grieves
who first introduced the concept of digital twins in 2002