Dr. Bhupen Lodhia is a director at Autodesk Research based in London. He leads the Manufacturing Industry Futures team focused on researching digital transformation for design-make-use, with a mission to realize a lifecycle digital twin and thread that enables more efficient and agile workflows and to more accurately predict outcomes and optimize for better. Lodhia has extensive experience, knowledge, and skills in structural simulation, optimization, generative design, additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0. He has more than 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry and is an elected fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in the UK.