Digital Twin

Pushing the boundaries of digital engineering to advance legacy aircraft into the digital age.

Digital Twin Laboratories

CAD/CAM

CAD/CAM

Our mission is to provide students with a quality education in order to enter the workforce confidently, and provide those already in the workforce with the education to get ahead.

Reverse Engineering Lab

Reverse Engineering

The Reverse Engineering Laboratory supports local and national industry to create 3D models from physical parts and products. Within one lab, we can reverse engineer a part, make design modifications and inspect to the new design or original CAD data.

Sustainment

Sustainment

The Sustainment Lab supports the federal government and the aviation industry with investigations into the effects of age on commercial and military aircraft.

In the News

United States Army Acquisition Support Center: On the Double

Defense News: How two F-16s from the US Air Force’s ‘boneyard’ will find a second life as digital models

WSU News: Air Force to develop F-16 ‘digital twin’ with help from Wichita State NIAR WSU News: WSU-NIAR applauds efforts of organizations involved in second B1-B transport WSU News: Air Force partners with WSU-NIAR to tear down and inspect a high time B-1B fuselage

Gov Design Hub: Virtual twin – creating something from nothing for the U.S. Air Force

Forbes: Virtual Twins Are Helping The U.S. Military Keep Its Older Aircraft Flying Military.com: The Air Force Is Stripping a B-1 Bomber Down to Its Bolts to Make a Digital Twin

Military Times: Making Bones: Air Force to develop ‘digital twin’ of B-1 for damage prediction U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command: High Tech Breathes New Life into Aging Helicopter Fleet

The Drive: Air Force Sends Full B-1B Airframe from Boneyard to Kansas to Create Its "Digital Twin" AIr Force Life Cycle Management Center: Air Force partners with NIAR to create B-1B "digital twin"

Contacts

Shawn Ehrstein
Director, Emerging Technologies & CAD/CAM
shawn.ehrstein@wichita.edu
(316) 978-5839

Melinda Laubach-Hock, Ph.D.,
Director, Sustainment
melinda@niar.wichita.edu
(316) 978-8205

Brian R. Formy-Duval
Associate Director, Sustainment
bformyduval@niar.wichita.edu
(316) 978-8223