The SIMSIS Laboratory in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of Sensing, Integration, Modeling, and Simulation for Physical Infrastructure Systems.
The Laboratory conducts experimental and computational research toward the development of practical, scalable, and trustworthy Digital Twins (Figure 1) for physical infrastructure, with the broader goal of enhancing infrastructure reliability and resilience.
Figure 1. Conceptual representation of a physical infrastructure Digital Twin and its enabling capabilities.
Research Background
Digital Twins provide an integrated framework for connecting physical infrastructure with evolving digital representations through sensing, modeling, simulation, intelligence, and human interaction. Their development requires the integration of Digitization, Virtualization & Cognition, and Human–DT Interaction, together with continuous verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification.
The SIMSIS Laboratory investigates the scientific and technological advances needed to develop practical, scalable, and trustworthy DTs for physical infrastructure, with applications toward improving infrastructure reliability and resilience.
Learn more about our research: SIMSIS Research
Furkan Lüleci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of CEE at LSU
Founder & Director of SIMSIS
Education
Ph.D., 2024, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
M.S., 2019, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
B.S., 2017, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
Contact
Office: Patrick F. Taylor, 3240J
SIMSIS Lab: Engineering Lab Annex Building, Room 125
Email: furkan.luleci@lsu.edu
Phone: +1 (407) – 288 4636
Recent News
June 2025: Our paper has been honored with the Best Paper Award (2023), receiving the Aftab Mufti Medal from the Society for Civil Structural Health Monitoring. Here are the links to the paper and award.
Open Positions
The lab welcomes applications from outstanding researchers for Graduate Research Assistant positions in the MS and PhD programs, and for Postdoctoral Researcher appointments. Applicants should email their CVs to furkan.luleci@lsu.edu.