From Smart Sensors to Digital Twins: How Engineering is Changing

Webinar details

Artificial intelligence has attracted significant attention in recent years, but behind every intelligent system lies one essential ingredient: data. From condition monitoring and predictive maintenance to intelligent automation and virtual system modelling, modern engineering is becoming increasingly data-driven.

In this webinar, Dr. Ali Marzoughi explores how smart sensors, digital twins, and connected engineering systems are transforming the way engineers design, monitor, operate, and maintain complex industrial assets. Through practical industry examples, attendees will gain insight into the technologies bridging the physical and digital worlds and discover how these innovations are shaping the future of engineering practice.

• The webinar will be recorded and will be sent out to registered attendees afterwards.
• A certificate of attendance will be provided to attendees who request one near the end of the live webinar session.
• Please note: the time stated on this event is in UTC. You will need to convert this to your own time zone.

Key takeaways from this webinar:

• Understand how smart sensors, digital twins, and connected systems are transforming modern engineering.
• Discover how data enables predictive maintenance, intelligent automation, and improved asset performance.
• Explore real-world industry applications that bridge the physical and digital worlds to create smarter engineering systems.

Event Details

• Date: Thursday 3rd September 2026
• Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM UTC
• Location: Online Session

Meet the Presenter

Dr. Ali Marzoughi, Lecturer and Unit Coordinator

Dr. Ali Marzoughi is a professional engineer with a PhD in Robotics and Automatic Control from the University of New South Wales. He brings over 20 years of combined industry and academic experience across Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. He began his career in the oil and gas sector as an instrumentation engineer, later advancing to project management roles on large EPC projects focused on electrical and instrumentation systems.

Alongside his industry career, he has been actively engaged in research and development, with a focus on automation, control systems, and secure UAV communications. Since 2019, he has served as a Lecturer, Unit Coordinator, and Thesis Supervisor at the Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT), while also contributing internationally as a Guest Editor and peer reviewer for leading engineering journals.

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