Background
Dr James Fleming is a Senior Lecturer in the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University, where he works within the Control Systems Group. Dr Fleming has research interests in the theory and application of model predictive control (MPC) and embedded machine learning (ML). These applications include automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), motorcycle active safety systems, optimisation of power systems, offshore wind turbines, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and mobile health apps for behaviour change.
Dr Fleming obtained the MEng and DPhil degrees in 2012 and 2016 respectively from the University of Oxford, where he studied Control Engineering and developed algorithms for Model Predictive Control of uncertain state-space systems as part of his doctoral research. From 2016 to 2019 Dr Fleming was a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, developing driver behaviour models and optimal control algorithms for the G-Active (Green, Adaptive ConTrol of Interconnected VEhicles) project, which aimed to save energy and reduce emissions in the energy management of conventional, hybrid and electric vehicles, partnered with Jaguar Land Rover.
Qualifications
- 2012—2016 University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science
- 2008 – 2012 University of Oxford, St Edmund Hall, Master of Engineering Science
- Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
Main research and interests
Press releases for some of my current projects may be found at the following links:
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/climb/news/2024/holly-health/
An updated list of research publications may be found on google scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=qXhzsAMAAAAJ&hl=en
Grants and contracts
- Learning of safety critical model predictive controllers for autonomous systems
PI, New Investigator Award, £493k GBP. 2023-2026. - Holly Health Prevent: Precision health behaviour change using coaching for multimorbidity
Work Package Leader, Biomedical Catalyst Round 2, Innovate UK. £573k GBP. 2024-2025. - Computer vision for friction estimation and load bearing estimation
Supervisor, Industry-sponsored PhD studentship, Volvo Trucks. £159k GBP. 2021-2024. - Towards deployment of low adhesion detection technology on the UK railway
Co-I, Higher Education Innovation Fund, Loughborough University. £71k GBP. 2023-2024. - Novel Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) Technology: speech impairments
Co-I, EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, Loughborough University. £53k GBP. 2022-2023. - Powered two-wheeler intelligent riding assistant system for safe and sustainable mobility
PI, Advanced visiting fellowship, University of Padova, Italy. €10k EUR. 2021. - Scientific and technical innovations for safer Powered Two Wheelers (PTW)
PI, Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM), EU COST Association. €1.4k EUR. 2019.
Current teaching responsibilities
Module leader for:
- Module leader for WSB104 “Control Systems Design 1”
- Module leader for WSB105 “Control Systems Design 2”
Lecturer on:
- Module tutor on WSD527 “Advanced Methods in Control”
Current administrative responsibilities
- Admissions tutor for Robotics, Mechatronics and Control Engineering programme