Systems, Risk & Reliability - Projects
Collaborations
- NECTISE (Network Enabled Capability Through Innovative Systems Engineering) is an £8.4m programme funded by BAE Systems and EPSRC. Professor John Andrews was the principle investigator of the submission. Professor Michael Henshaw leads the programme, which is an £8.4M investment by EPSRC and BAE Systems in multi-disciplinary research in Systems Engineering for Network Enabled Capability. The programme includes ten universities, led by Loughborough, and will run for 5 ½ years commencing from November 2005. The 10 university consortium is working on four topics: Through Life Systems Management, Architectures, Decision Support and Control and Monitoring.
- ASTRAEA (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment) is a major £38m programme, funded by the DTI and RDAs, to open up opportunities for the routine use of UAVs for civil purposes. Our work on this project involves direct collaboration with BAE Systems (air systems, ATC, SEIC), Rolls-Royce, Aberystwyth University (Computer Science), and LU (Computer Science department)
- S4T (Support Service Solutions: Strategy and Transition) is a £2M programme, funded by EPSRC and BAE Systems, to develop research thinking to underpin the transformation of the UK defence industry towards more efficient integrated “service oriented” support solutions for complex engineering assets. The programme is led by University of Cambridge and includes strong industrial collaboration; Loughborough University contribute to the Organisational Transformation theme.
Projects undertaken by Research Associates
Darren Prescott (JDA)
Project: Modelling the reliability of a phased mission. The mission is accomplished by the synchronised activities of several platforms. The mission prognosis is to be predicted as elements within the system fail or external conditions change. The current modelling is of a battle scenario featuring UAVs (Unmanned aerial vehicles), ground troops and ships. Part of the £8.4 million NECTISE project (Network Enabled Capability Through Innovative Systems Engineering) funded by BAE Systems / EPSRC.
Rasa Remenyte-Prescott (JDA)
Project: Modelling the reliability of a UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) phased mission. The mission prognosis is to be predicted as elements within the system fail or external conditions change such as other aircraft enter local airspace. Mission reconfiguration (such as different route, emergency landing performed when required). Part of the £38 million ASTRAEA project (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment) funded by DTI/RDAs.
Elena Irina Neaga (MJdH)
Project: Research Core Studies for NECTISE
System of Systems engineering appropriate for NEC requires new approaches and techniques. This research deals with fundamental aspects of systems and capability engineering as well as roadmapping strategies for through life capability management, integration, teams’ collaboration and demonstration focused on the evaluation of NEC readiness themes such as agility, interoperability, affordability, availability and knowledge.
Esmond Urwin (MJDH)
Project: Demonstration for NECTISE
The NECTISE project draws together research from the topics of through-life systems management, architectures, decision support, and control and monitoring. Integration of the multi-disciplinary research is achieved through large scale, scenario-based demonstration of the research outputs. This project provides the framework and integration strategies needed to demonstrate the complex systems engineering themes of NECTISE.
Current/Recent Research Student Projects (F/T)
Emma Hurdle (JDA/LMB)
Project: System Fault Diagnostics Using Fault Tree Analysis.
EPSRC Case award student with BAE Systems
Gintare Vyzaite (SJD)
Project: The development of Cause-consequence models for phased mission analysis
Sam Chew (JDA/SJD)
Project: Petri-net Modelling of Aircraft operation undergoing phased mission and subject to MFOPS (Maintenance Free Operating Periods)
EPSRC Case award student with BAE Systems
Emma Kelly (LMB)
Project: System Fault Diagnostics Using Digraph Methods
Jelena Borisevic (LMB)
Project: Multi-objective System Optimisation
Akvilina Valaityte (SJD)
Project: Automated Cause-Consequence Model Construction
Mariapia Lampis (JDA)
Project: System Fault Diagnostics Using Bayesian Belief Networks
Dovile Astapenko (LMB)
Project: Automated System Design Optimisation
Kristina Brazenaite (JDA/WHC)
Project: Optimal System Mission Reconfiguration
Sean Reed (JDA / SJD)
Project: Component Importance Measures for Phased Missions
EPSRC Case award student with BAE Systems
James Poole (JDA)
Project: Development of Phased Mission Modelling Methods for Autonomous Systems
EPSRC Case award student with BAE Systems
Waqas Zahid (LMB)
Project: Multi-objective Optimisation for Phased Missions
Oliver Edleston (LMB)
Project: Reliability and Demand Optimisation for Police Vehicles and Supporting Units
Cunjia Liu (WHC). Autonomous coordination and control of multivehicles (WHC/JDA)
Projects undertaken by Research Students (P/T)
Sally Rundle (JDA)
Project: Optimal System Design for systems with dependencies using Markov Models
Ken Astley (JDA)
Project: Service System Reliability