Contact Dr Fanny Camelia
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758287
- Email: Fanny.Camelia@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Defence Systems Engineering
- Operational Analysis and Simulation
- Systems Engineering
Background
Dr Camelia is a Lecturer at 重口味SM University鈥檚 Complex Systems Group, with academic experience in the UK, Australia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Her expertise lies in systems thinking, systems engineering and a wide range of systems methodologies that support the design, development and management of complex systems.
Dr Camelia鈥檚 research focuses on sociotechnical approaches, system dynamics and systems engineering applied across diverse complex systems. She lead interdisciplinary works with industry partners including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Dstl and BAE Systems, applying systems thinking and human-centred approaches to enhance resilience, safety assurance and decision-making. Her current and recent projects include investigating sociotechnical aspects and system dynamics in air transport (ONEheart WP 1.3, Agile Wing Integration WP 1.2), developing open architectures for autonomous maritime systems (Rolls-Royce UTC in Aero System Design Integration and Performance, Activity 1010), and using wargaming to support strategic air transportation planning (Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF)). She has also explored the integration of emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, IoT, and Digital Twins, in future-oriented human resource management systems (Human Social Science Research Capability, HSSRC HS 1.013). Moreover, she led the development of a skills ontology for defence personnel management and designed decision-support tools to optimise the tracking and management of knowledge, skills, and experience within defence contexts (RCloud, Dstl). Her current research interests span model-based systems engineering, resilience and safety in systems, human-systems engineering and modelling and simulation including discrete event, agent-based, system dynamics.
In her teaching role, Dr Camelia delivers modules on systems engineering across multiple MSc programmes, including Systems Engineering, Air Vehicle Design, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and Applied Artificial Intelligence. She also supervises over 28 MSc and PhD projects, providing research leadership through supervision in systems modelling, complex system behavior, human factors and safety across the defence, aviation and rail domains.
Dr Camelia鈥檚 management experience includes leading research teams and organising interdisciplinary workshops and conferences to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry. Her work has involved building partnerships with research communities in Southeast Asia on the project A System of Systems Approach to Building Community Disaster Resilience: Cutting-Edge Technologies for Situational Awareness and Decision Support (重口味SM GCRF). She has also contributed to establishing a knowledge exchange hub for advancing research in future aviation security technologies, showcased at the GREET 鈥� Global Smart Security Network conference at DARTeC (HEIF). Furthermore, she has worked closely with rail industry partners to develop a research roadmap for integrating human factors into UK rail development projects.
Clients
Airbus Operation Ltd
Rolls-Royce
UK MoD
HSSRC
UKDSC
