Dr James Campbell
Honorary Reader

Teaching

Dr Campbell has more than 20 years experience of teaching and supervision of Masters and PhD students and Continuing Professional Development programmes to industry (UK and Internationally).

Teaching at Brunel:

Delivered teaching to Aerospace engineering MEng/MSc. Structural Integrity MSc, Lightweight Structures and Impact Engineering MSc and Oil & Gas MSc courses. Topics covered included:

• Design and Analysis of Spacecraft Systems (Led design and delivery of new module for academic year 2022-2023)
• Aircraft Conceptual Design 
• Simulation for Crash and Impact
• Crashworthiness
• Relaibility Enigneering
• Buckling and Post-Buckling of Thin-Walled Structures

Project supervision:

• MSc Dissertation, Major Individual Project  (Engineering MEng and BEng students) and Group Project in Aerospace Engineering  (Aerospace MSc)

Additional teaching experience:

• External Examiner University of Bath. MEng/BEng Aerospace Engineering, 2017-2021.
• Course Director Structures, Crashworthiness and Impact MSc (now Lightweight Structures and Composites). Lead for the development of this new Masters programme from initial concept through approval and successful launch and delivery of the programme.
• Development and delivery of bespoke CPD courses for a range of industrial clients (UK and internationally) including Boeing (USA) and Augusta Westland (Leonardo).

Previous teaching at Cranfield University:

Delivered teaching to Advanced Lightweight Structures and Impact MSc, Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc, Automotive Product Engineering MSc, Military Aerospace and Airworthiness MSc and Safety and Accident Investigation MSc courses as well as CPD courses.  Topics covered:

• Crashworthiness
• Structural Stability (buckling and post-buckling of thin-walled structures) 
• Simulation for Crash and Impact
• Material Characterisation
• Aircraft Stress Analysis
• Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics