Contact Dr Fanny Camelia
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758287
- Email: Fanny.Camelia@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Defence Systems Engineering
- Operational Analysis and Simulation
- Systems Engineering
Background
Dr Camelia is a Lecturer at Cranfield University’s Centre of Excellence for Complex Systems, 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’s research focuses on sociotechnical approaches, system dynamics, systems engineering, and system architecture applied across diverse complex systems. 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 the intersection of systems engineering with project management.
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 both PhD and MSc students, providing guidance on their research and professional development.
Dr Camelia’s 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 (Cranfield GCRF). She has also contributed to establishing a knowledge exchange hub for advancing research in future aviation security technologies, showcased at the GREET – 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
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Kaya GK, Humphreys M, Camelia F & Chatzimichailidou M. (2025). Integrating causal analysis based on system theory with network modelling to enhance accident analysis. Ergonomics, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
- Jnitova V, Joiner K, Xavier A, Chang E, Ferris T, .... (2024). Is your training service resilient and postured to support organisational sustainment?. Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, 20(1)
- Oginni D, Camelia F, Chatzimichailidou M & Ferris TLJ. (2023). Applying System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA)-based methodology supported by Systems Engineering models to a UK rail project. Safety Science, 167(November)
- Camelia F, Ferris TLJ & Behrend MB. (2019). The effectiveness of a systems engineering course in developing systems thinking. IEEE Transactions on Education, 63(1)
- Camelia F & Ferris TLJ. (2018). Validation Studies of a Questionnaire Developed to Measure Students’ Engagement With Systems Thinking. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 48(4)
- Camelia F & Ferris TLJ. (2016). Undergraduate students' engagement with systems thinking: results of a survey study. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 47(12)
- Camelia F & Ferris TLJ. (2016). Systems thinking in systems engineering. INCOSE International Symposium, 26(1)
- Camelia F, Ferris TLJ & Cropley DH. (2015). Development and initial validation of an instrument to measure students' learning about systems thinking: the affective domain. IEEE Systems Journal, 12(1)
