Professor James Scanlan - Director and Founder

Jim Scanlan received a materials science degree from Manchester University in 1977. He then spent over 12 years in the aerospace industry in a variety of roles, his final post being Head of Manufacturing Research at British Aerospace Regional Aircraft. Whilst at BAe, Jim studied for an MSc at Salford University in aerospace design, and was sponsored by British Aerospace to study for a year at Cranfield University on a manufacturing management fellowship programme. Jim joined the University of the West of England in 1990 and completed a PhD in 1995 Jim was appointed to Reader in 2004. In September 2004 Jim accepted a Professorial post at Southampton University as director of design within the Computational Engineering Design Centre (CEDC). Jim manages a number of research programmes sponsored by BAE systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce the DTI and the EPSRC. He has a particular interest in Design, Logistics, Simulation and Optimisation of organisations.