Faculty Insights with Mario Berges
February 25, 2026
2:00 p.m. ET
Virtual, link provided to registrants
Please join us for CMU Engineering’s virtual program, “Faculty Insights: A 20 Minute Briefing.” In this series, faculty will share insights into their research, its impact, and provide perspective for the future of the field. Following the presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to direct questions and comments to the speaker.
Digital Twins for Autonomous Operations of Built Environments
We spend the vast majority of our lives in environments that are explicitly designed and engineered, supported by man-made systems that consume a substantial portion of global resources—particularly energy. Built environments also mediate the production of human, social, and physical capital by shaping how occupants work, collaborate, and develop skills. To optimize this exchange—transforming raw resources into societal value—we need predictive models that are continuously updated and allow us to reason about alternatives in a principled and robust way. In this talk, Professor Mario Bergés will provide a few highlights from his research into developing these tightly coupled digital models, drawing from examples in commercial buildings, space habitats and other infrastructure systems
Please register by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, February 23. Zoom login details will be forwarded to you upon completion of your registration.