Contact Professor James Whidborne
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754787
- Email: j.f.whidborne@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Aeronautical Systems
- Autonomous Systems
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Mechatronics & Advanced Controls
- Oil and Gas
Background
Professor James Whidborne is a control systems engineer with over 30 years experience in solving practical and theoretical problems in control, flight dynamics, mechatronics and other related areas. He has a BA degree in Engineering from Cambridge University and a PhD in Systems and Control from Manchester University (UMIST). Prior to joining Cranfield in 2003, he held a position at Kings College London.
James is head of the Dynamics, Simulation and Control Group in the Centre for Aeronautics. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He serves on the Editorial Board of several journals including Control Engineering Practice, the International Journal of Systems Science, and previously served on the International Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Aeronautics.
James Whidborne has published over 250 refereed conference and journal papers. He is a named inventor on some five patents and he is the co-author of the books Critical Control Systems: Theory, Design and Applications and Multiobjective Optimisation and Control.
Research opportunities
Flight control, optimal controller implementation, flow control, robust control, control design
Current activities
25 years experience in the theory and application of advanced robust control with noted contributions in the areas of quadrotor control, control allocation, multi-objective control design, finite-wordlength implementations, feedback flow control and directional drilling control.
Clients
EPSRC
ASTRAEA
BAE Systems
Cobham plc
Schlumberger Oilfields UK
AOS Ltd
Rolls Royce
