Contact Dr Steve Barker
- Email: s.g.barker@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Defence Systems Engineering
Background
Dr Barker holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Studies, and a Ph.D in Effective Manufacturing Engineering. He currently focuses on Education and Scholarship activities, and has a track record in developing and managing courses and exploring how to structure teaching practice such that it maximises the learning experience for students. Previously, Dr Barker had several years experience working within the aerospace sector, primarily with BAE SYSTEMS, to analyse and improve management and manufacturing systems and engineering processes. Dr Barker also has experience of working with organisations in non-defence sectors, including Xerox, Panasonic, Rolls-Royce, Caterpillar, RM, and various small manufacturing enterprises. Dr Barker has expertise and experience in the fields of Engineering design and its management, Through-life capability development, requirements definition and management, Sustainable business approaches to environmental change, the development and application of process improvement criteria, and the analysis of constraints upon business processes. Dr Barker has worked as consultant in these areas on a number of occasions, and utilises that experience to improve teaching practice across a number of courses and modules.
Current activities
Dr Barker is a Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering having joined Cranfield in October 2007. Dr Barker was initially responsible for co-ordination of research activities in through life systems management as part of a major joint research programme partly sponsored by BAE SYSTEMS, before taking up the position of lecturer. At Shrivenham, Dr Barker is a contributor to a number of courses, and is the Course Director for the Systems Engineering for Defence Capability, Defence Acquisition Management, and Systems Engineering MSc courses. Additionally, Dr Barker manages a number of modules across these, and other, courses.
Dr Barker has been Short Course Director within the Centre for Systems Engineering, and has had responsibility for leading Systems Engineering, Defence Acquisition, and Engineering Skills Development short courses.
Clients
- Ministry of Defence
- Defence Equipment and Support (MOD)
- BAE Systems PLC
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- QinetiQ Group PLC
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Smith J, Ringrose T & Barker S. (2024). An experimental intervention to investigate user perceptions of computer versus manual board wargame. The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 21(2)
- Smith J & Barker S. (2022). Methods to measure and track population perception and support within a manual wargame. The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 19(3)
- Guenov MD, Barker SG, Hunter C, Horsfield I & Coleridge‐Smith N. (2006). An integrated approach to customer elicitation for the aerospace sector. Systems Engineering, 9(1)
- Guenov MD & Barker SG. (2005). Application of axiomatic design and design structure matrix to the decomposition of engineering systems. Systems Engineering, 8(1)
Conference Papers
- Barker S. (2023). Understanding Agile: A Case Study in Educational Complexity
- Barker S. (2022). Supporting Students in a Changing Educational Climate: A Systems Engineering Case Study
- Barker SG. (2022). Complexity and the art of education: A study of how to approach teaching more challenging engineering systems development concepts
- Barker S. (2022). Evaluating Student Perspectives on Understanding of Complex Systems
- Barker S & Smith J. (2021). Altered Andragogy: Lessons From Lockdown for Systems Engineering Education
- Smith JD & Barker SD. (2019). Training and education in defence wargaming
- Summers MP & Barker SG. (2017). On the resilience of systems of systems
- Ferris TLJ & Barker S. (2017). System Scenario Selection Method for Faster Analysis
- Ferris TJ, Barker SG & Adcock RD. (2016). Scenario selection method for system scenario analysis
- Barker SG & Summers MP. (2015). Robust Decision Making for Agile Systems Development Part 2: A Decomposition and Analysis
- Barker SG & Summers MP. (2015). Robust Decision Making for Agile Systems Development Part 1: Exploring the Paradigm
- Mackley T, Barker S, John P & Deane J. (2009). Developing agile systems for systems of systems in a network enabled environment
- Mackley TC, Barker SG & John P. (2008). Concepts of Agility in Network Enabled Capability
- King AM & Barker SG. (2007). Designing for remanufacturing/continuous upgrade: understanding and overcoming the technical design challenges
- Barker SG & King AM. (2007). Organising reuse: managing the process of design for remanufacture (DFR)
- King AM & Barker SG. (2007). Using the Delphi Technique to establish a robust research agenda for Remanufacturing
- Barker SG & King AM. (2007). Coherent Design Rationale and its importance to the Remanufacturing Sector
- Barker SG & King AM. (2006). The development of a Remanufacturing Design Platform Model (RDPM): applying design platform principles to extend remanufacturing practice into new industrial sectors
- Guenov MD & Barker S. (2004). Requirements-Driven Design Decomposition: A Method for Exploring Complex System Architecture
- Barker SG & Guenov MD. (2004). Toward the implementation of a tool for the informing of design decision making in the process of Requirements-driven Design Decomposition
- Barker SG & Guenov MD. (2003). The process of Requirements-driven Design decomposition: A case study example
- Barker SG & Hendry LC. (2002). Change management and process improvement in BAE SYSTEMS
- Barker SG & Hendry LC. (1999). Implementing world class manufacturing engineering within the aerospace industry: A British Aerospace example
- Hearne P, Schweighart C, Barker SG & Clare P. (1997). Exploring the issues involved in the teaching and learning of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM): An SSM study
- Barker SG. (1997). Critical evaluation of Jackson Structured Design (JSD) using the NIMSAD framework
