Physics-Based Digital Twins Merging with Machines: Cases Mobile Log Crane and Rotating Machine
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Author(s)
Aki Mikkola
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
LUT School of Energy Systems
Laboratory of Machine Design
Lappeenranta
Research areas
Mechanical Engineering
Biography
Aki Mikkola received a Ph.D. degree in the field of machine design in 1997. Since 2002, he has been working as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland. Currently, Mikkola leads the research team of the Laboratory of Machine Design. He has been awarded five patents, has contributed to more than 150 peer-reviewed journal papers and has presented more than 100 conference articles. His major research activities are related to flexible multibody dynamics, rotating structures, and biomechanics. Mikkola is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multibody System Dynamics (Springer).
Aki Mikkola received a Ph.D. degree in the field of machine design in 1997. Since 2002, he has been working as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland. Currently, Mikkola leads the research team of the Laboratory of Machine Design. He has been awarded five patents, has contributed to more than 110 peer-reviewed journal papers and has presented more than 100 conference articles. His major research activities are related to flexible multibody dynamics, rotating structures, and biomechanics. Mikkola has served on several occasions as session organizer for international conferences. In the First Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics that was organized in Finland during 2010, Mikkola served as Chair, together with Prof. Werner Schiehlen. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multibody System Dynamics (Springer).