# Michael Grieves ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-05-04 Michael Grieves.jpg|400]] Dr. Michael Grieves is a research scientist and executive who originated the [[Digital Twin]] concept in 2002. He is the Executive Director of the Digital Twin Institute and has held positions as Professor at the University of Central Florida and Chief Scientist of Advanced Manufacturing at Florida Institute of Technology. Grieves first publicly presented the digital twin model (then called "Conceptual Ideal for PLM") at a Product Lifecycle Management conference at the University of Michigan in 2002. The concept describes how a digital informational construct about a physical system can be created as an entity linked with that physical system through its entire lifecycle. He has over five decades of executive and technical experience in global technology and manufacturing companies, consulting for organizations including NASA, Boeing, Unilever, Newport News Shipbuilding, and General Motors. **Education**: B.S. Computer Engineering (Michigan State University), MBA (Oakland University), Doctorate (Case Western Reserve University) ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Michael Grieves]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Michael Grieves]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Related - [[Digital Twin]] ## References - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grieves - ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Grieves - Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0gGMvgkAAAAJ - AIAA profile: https://aiaa.org/people/michael-grieves/ - Origins of the Digital Twin Concept (paper): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307509727_Origins_of_the_Digital_Twin_Concept