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Lisa Lenz is a leading researcher at the intersection of digital engineering and industrial facility management, with her work primarily centered on **Building Information Modeling (BIM)** and **Digital Twins** for smart factories. Her most impactful contribution, the 2017 paper "A navigation framework for digital twins of factories based on building information modeling" (40 citations), established a foundational framework for optimizing movement paths within virtual factories—a critical component for realizing the Industry 4.0 vision. This work directly addresses the challenge of simulating operational logistics in a digital environment, bridging the gap between static building models and dynamic factory processes. Lenz further advanced the field by applying BIM to decision support for factory adaptation planning (2019) and by exploring the symbiosis of life-cycle structural design and asset management for industrial equipment (2020). Her research is notable for its practical focus on **fastening systems** and construction adaptions, demonstrating how digital models can support real-world, long-term facility performance. Through her focused body of work, Lenz has positioned herself as a key voice in making digital twins actionable for the manufacturing sector.