Minas Pantelidakis

Biography

Minas Pantelidakis is an assistant professor in the UCF Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems. He is dedicated to advancing the field of digital twins through cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration and education. His research interests center on digital twins, advanced manufacturing, modeling and simulation, Internet of Things, extended reality and artificial intelligence.

Pantelidakis holds a doctoral degree and a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Auburn University, as well as a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Technical University of Crete. His academic accomplishments have been recognized with the JT Black Lean Engineering Student of the Year award and the Walt and Virginia Woltosz Fellowship.

During his doctoral studies, Pantelidakis was a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems at Auburn University, where he led innovative research exploring the integration of digital twins into manufacturing, supported by funding from the Department of Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and various industry collaborators. Additionally, during his undergraduate studies, he led a precision irrigation initiative in partnership with the Center of Irrigation Technology at California State University, with funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. His scholarly contributions include publications in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, the International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, and Expert Systems with Applications.