Dr Joe Butterfield

Teaching Interests

Manufacturing Automation & Simulation

Engineering Design

Aircraft Design

Research Interests

Digital Manufacturing, Automated Design Methods, Through Life Engineering, Rotational Moulding, Supply Chain Modelling, Manufacturing Automation, Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems, Virtual Reality, Autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs).

Recent Publications

Assessing Current HMI Designs and Exploring AI Potential for Future Air-Defence System Development, Gibson, Z., Butterfield, J., Ferguson, S., Rafferty, K., Yu, W. & Casement, A., 10 Jul 2020, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Human Interface and the Management of Information. Yamamoto, S. & Mori, H. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 2. p. 305-323 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 12185)

Motion control for uniaxial rotational molding, Adams, J., Jin, Y., Barnes, D., Butterfield, J. & Kearns, M., 20 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 138, 8, 14 p., 49879.

Tolerance aware product development using an enriched hybrid digital mock up, Friel, I., Butterfield, J., Robinson, T. T. & Marzano, A., Aug 2020, In: CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 30, p. 118-130 13 p.

Representing financial data streams in digital simulations to support data flow design for a future Digital Twin, Murphy, A., Taylor, C., Acheson, C., Butterfield, J., Jin, Y., Higgins, P., Collins, R. & Higgins, C., 01 Feb 2020, In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 61, 101853.