Bridging Digital Twinning with Stakeholders and Decision-Making
Format: Hybrid
Time: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Moderator: Eleonora M. Tronci, Northeastern University
Dr. Eleonora M. Tronci is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on structural health monitoring, machine learning, and transfer learning for civil and energy infrastructure systems. Her work integrates data-driven strategies, uncertainty quantification, and virtual sensing methodologies to enhance resilience in the face of evolving operational and environmental conditions. Before joining Northeastern, Dr. Tronci was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Tufts University, where she worked on digital twinning and SHM of offshore wind turbines. Looking ahead, her research is expanding toward physics-informed machine learning, real-time monitoring strategies, and human-centered decision-making frameworks that integrate structural intelligence with actionable insights.
Panelist: Arash Farshadi
Arash Farshadi is the Senior Manager of Engineering and Electrical Design at Vineyard Wind 1, one of the first utility-scale offshore wind projects in the U.S. He leads the electrical engineering team, overseeing asset management, grid and NERC compliance, SCADA, and substation design. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from Robert Gordon University and has over 15 years of experience in offshore wind and subsea energy systems.
Panelist: Samantha Fried
Dr. Samantha Jo Fried (Sam) is Research Assistant Professor, and Program Manager of the Civic Studies Program, at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Her Ph.D. is in the interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS). Within that, her particular areas of interest are civic science, the history & philosophy of technology, the politics of knowledge, and the relationship between theory and practice. Dr. Fried will talk about her current approaches to community-engaged research, and about the role of the humanistic perspective in transdisciplinary collaborations.