Contact Dr Jafar Jamshidi
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: J.Jamshidi@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
- Google Scholar
- ResearchGate
Areas of expertise
- Aerospace Manufacturing
- Aircraft Design
- Manufacturing Systems
- Systems Engineering
Background
Jafar Jamshidi CEng IMechE PhD MBA MSc BSc is a chartered mechanical engineer with a first class degree (three year training) apprenticeship in manufacturing and tool making, a first class BSc (honours) degree with distinction in Industrial Engineering, systems planning and vertification, MSc (merit) in IT for manufacturing, PhD in mechanical engineering and an Executives MBA with project in operations research. Jafar has over 35 years of work experience in various roles from workshop technician to lead quality engineer and in academic environment he has been involved with several publicly funded and industrial contract research in digital engineering, metrology, manufacturing and assembly systems integration.
Research opportunities
Design for X, particularly for sustainability, made, assembly and measurability
AI enabeled product design and and optimisation
Manufacturing and assembly systems and their integration
Industry 5.0 with special interest in human-robot collaboration for product development
Optimisation for additive manufacturing of structural components
Metrology assisted manufacturing and assembly
Dimensional measurement and management for high value manufacturing
Performance evaluation of measurement systems and technologies
Bespoke manufacturing, assembly and verification system development
Industry 4.0 implementation
Reverse engineering
Quality engineering
Clients
- Dassault Systemes SE
- Airbus SE
- QinetiQ Group PLC
- GKN Ltd
- Leonardo S.p.A
- Royal Air Force
- BAE Systems PLC
- Hexagon AB
- Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
- National Physical Laboratory
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Bai O, Jamshidi J, Kiraci E, Williams MA & Galetto M. (2017). Measurement strategy impact on dimensional inspection by portable camera-based measuring systems. Precision Engineering, 47
- Vichare P, Martin O & Jamshidi J. (2014). Dimensional management for aerospace assemblies: framework implementation with case-based scenarios for simulation and measurement of in-process assembly variations. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 70(1-4)
- Muelaner JE, Wang Z, Martin O, Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2012). Verification of the indoor GPS system, by comparison with calibrated coordinates and by angular reference. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 23(6)
- Jamshidi J, Kayani A, Iravani P, Maropoulos PG & Summers MD. (2010). Manufacturing and assembly automation by integrated metrology systems for aircraft wing fabrication. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 224(1)
- Muelaner JE, Wang Z, Martin O, Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2010). Estimation of uncertainty in three-dimensional coordinate measurement by comparison with calibrated points. Measurement Science and Technology, 21(2)
- Maropoulos PG, Jamshidi J, Nassehi A & Newman ST. (2009). Guest Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 223(5)
- Maropoulos PG, Jamshidi J, Nassehi A & Newman ST. (2009). Guest Editorial. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 223(5)
- Jamshidi J, Nassehi A & Maropolous PG. (2009). Special Issue on Digital Enterprise Technology. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 22(11)
- Muelaner JE, Wang Z, Jamshidi J, Maropoulos PG, Mileham AR, .... (2009). Study of the uncertainty of angle measurement for a rotary-laser automatic theodolite (R-LAT). Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 223(3)
- Zheng LY, McMahon CA, Li L, Ding L & Jamshidi J. (2008). Key characteristics management in product lifecycle management: A survey of methodologies and practices. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 222(8)
- Maisano DA, Jamshidi J, Franceschini F, Maropoulos PG, Mastrogiacomo L, .... (2008). Indoor GPS: system functionality and initial performance evaluation. International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 3(3)
- Maropoulos PG, Guo Y, Jamshidi J & Cai B. (2008). Large volume metrology process models: A framework for integrating measurement with assembly planning. CIRP Annals, 57(1)
- Jamshidi J, Owen GW & Mileham AR. (2006). A New Data Fusion Method for Scanned Models. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 6(4)
Conference Papers
- Dai W, Maropoulos PG, Tang X, Jamshidi J & Cai B. (2010). Measurement Resource Planning: A Methodology That Uses Quality Characteristics Mapping
- Muelaner JE, Wang Z, Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2010). Verification of the Indoor GPS System by Comparison with Points Calibrated Using a Network of Laser Tracker Measurements
- Ferri C, Jamshidi J, Loftus C & Maropoulos P. (2010). Design of an Information System for Metrology Contents
- Maisano DA, Jamshidi J, Franceschini F, Maropoulos PG, Mastrogiacomo L, .... (2009). A comparison of two distributed large-volume measurement systems: The mobile spatial co-ordinate measuring system and the indoor global positioning system
- Guo Y, Cai B, Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2008). A large volume metrology process model for integrating design and manufacturing
- Cai B, Guo Y, Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2008). Large volume measurability analysis for early design
- Jamshidi J, Mileham AR & Owen GW. (2006). Dimensional tolerance approximation for reverse engineering applications
- Jamshidi J, Mileham AR & Owen GW. (2006). High Accuracy Laser Scanned View Registration Method for Reverse Engineering Using a CMM Generated CAD Model
Books
- Jamshidi J & Maropoulos PG. (2011). Methodology for High Accuracy Installation of Sustainable Jigs and Fixtures In Advances in Sustainable Manufacturing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- Jamshidi J, Mileham AR & Owen GW. (2007). A Cad Modelling System Automation for Reverse Engineering Applications In Digital Enterprise Technology. Springer US.
- Jamshidi J, Mileham AR & Owen GW. (2007). Rapid and Accurate Data Integration Method for Reverse Engineering Applications In Advances in Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering II. Springer Netherlands.