Dr Ady James is an Associate Professor at UniSA where he teaches Systems Engineering, Space Studies and Space Science.
He is Co-Director for the Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program and the Director of Education & Training with the SmartSat CRC.
He obtained a Ph.D. in Space Science at University College London’s Department of Space and Climate Physics in 1997, where he developed a fast ion spectrometer for the Russian Mars 96 spacecraft. After completing his PhD he worked on various space programs including Mars 96, Cluster II, XMM Newton, MOSES and, most recently, Solar-B (Hinode) launched in 2006. He then spent 4 years as project manager for the Basic Technology Smart X-ray Optics program up until October 2010 and... Read more
About me
Dr Ady James is an Associate Professor at UniSA where he teaches Systems Engineering, Space Studies and Space Science.
He is Co-Director for the Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program and the Director of Education & Training with the SmartSat CRC.
He obtained a Ph.D. in Space Science at University College London’s Department of Space and Climate Physics in 1997, where he developed a fast ion spectrometer for the Russian Mars 96 spacecraft. After completing his PhD he worked on various space programs including Mars 96, Cluster II, XMM Newton, MOSES and, most recently, Solar-B (Hinode) launched in 2006. He then spent 4 years as project manager for the Basic Technology Smart X-ray Optics program up until October 2010 and then as Systems Engineer for the VIS instrument on the ESA Euclid Space project until early 2012.
In early 2012 Dr James moved to Australia to establish a local node of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), during this time he has taught Project Management and Systems Engineering as well as supervising numerous MSc and PhD student. From 2013 until it’s closure in 2017 Dr James was Academic Director for the UCL Australia campus. Dr James has been involved in the Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program since 2012 and was co-Director for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 programs.
Dr James is a Fellow of the Association of Project Management and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
About me
Systems Engineering Society of Australia
INCOSE
Association of Project Management
Australian Institute of Project Management
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Resilient Multi Mission Space Star Shot Project WP RMS-01, Airbus Defence and Space Limited, 14/03/2023 - 13/07/2025
Whole Force Complexity and Sufficiency Analysis: A Capability Networks Modelling Approach, Cwth Dept of Defence, 31/03/2023 - 30/11/2024
Smartsat P2-33: A Success Factor-based Framework for undertaking small satellite missions: SASAT-1, SmartSat CRC, 22/11/2021 - 31/03/2023
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2021 |
Open access
12
9
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| 2019 |
Open access
11
7
1
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| 2017 |
Open access
15
11
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
161
133
2
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2014 |
11
4
1
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Publications
Book Chapters
J. L. Culhane, L. K. Harra, A. M. James, K. Al-Janabi, L. J. Bradley, R. A. Chaudry, K. Rees, J. A. Tandy, P. Thomas, M. C. R. Whillock, B. Winter, G. A. Doschek, C. M. Korendyke, C. M. Brown, S. Myers, J. Mariska, J. Seely, J. Lang, B. J. Kent, B. M. Shaughnessy, P. R. Young, G. M. Simnett, C. M. Castelli, S. Mahmoud, H. Mapson-Menard, B. J. Probyn, R. J. Thomas, J. Davila, K. Dere, D. Windt, J. Shea, R. Hagood, R. Moye, H. Hara, T. Watanabe, K. Matsuzaki, T. Kosugi, V. Hansteen, Ø. Wikstol: The EUV Imaging Spectrometer for Hinode. The Hinode Mission, 01/2007: pages 69-111;
Journal Publications
Mokhtar, S, Bahri, P, Moayer, S & James, A 2019, 'Supplier portfolio selection based on the monitoring of supply risk indicators', Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol. 97, article no. 101955, pp. 1-19
Mokhtar, S, Bahri, P, Moayer, S & James, A 2017, 'A novel decision-making approach for supplier selection under risks', Computer aided chemical engineering, Elsevier, US, vol. 40, pp.1267-1272
Wouters C., Fraga E.S., James A.M., ‘A multi-objective framework for cost-unavailability optimisation of residential distributed energy system design’, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2017.01.002.
Wouters, C., E.S. Fraga, and A.M. James, An energy integrated, multi-microgrid, MILP (mixed-integer linear programming) approach for residential distributed energy system planning – A South Australian case-study. Energy, 2015. 85(0): p. 30-44.
M. R. Emes, P. A. Bryant, M. K. Wilkinson, P. King, A. M. James, S. Arnold: Interpreting “systems architecting”. Systems Engineering 12/2012; 15(4). DOI:10.1002/sys.21202
Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Paolo Bastia, Scige J. Liu, Giovanni Giusi, Roberto Scaramella, Mark Cropper, Richard Cole, Ady James, Jérôme Amiaux, Yannick Mellier: The command and data processing unit of the EUCLID visible imager: impact of the data compression needs on the unit design. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 09/2012; 8442:33-. DOI:10.1117/12.926638
Mark Cropper, R. Cole, A. James, Y. Mellier, J. Martignac, A. -M. di Giorgio, S. Paltani, L. Genolet, J. -J. Fourmond, C. Cara, J. Amiaux, P. Guttridge, D. Walton, P. Thomas, K. Rees, P. Pool, J. Endicott, A. Holland, J. Gow, N. Murray, L. Duvet, J. -L. Augueres, R. Laureijs, P. Gondoin, T. Kitching, R. Massey, H. Hoekstra, the Euclid collaboration: VIS: The visible imager for Euclid. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 08/2012; 8442. DOI:10.1117/12.857224
M. R. Emes, A. Smith, A. M. James, M. W. Whyndham, R. Leal, S. C. Jackson: 8.1.2 Principles of Systems Engineering Management: Reflections from 45 years of spacecraft technology research and development at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. 07/2012; 22(1):1069-1084. DOI:10.1002/j.2334-5837.2012.tb01389.x
Dou Zhang, Daniel Rodriguez-Sanmartin, Tim W. Button, Carolyn Atkins, David Brooks, Peter Doel, Camelia Dunare, Charlotte Feldman, Ady James, Alan Michette, William Parkes, Slawka Pfauntsch, Shahin Sahraei, Tom Stevenson, Hongchang Wang, Richard Willingale: Development of piezoelectric actuators for active X-ray optics. Journal of Electroceramics 08/2009; 27(1):1-6. DOI:10.1007/s10832-009-9566-y
J. L. Culhane, L. K. Harra, A. M. James, K. Al-Janabi, L. J. Bradley, R. A. Chaudry, K. Rees, J. A. Tandy, P. Thomas, M. C. R. Whillock, B. Winter, G. A. Doschek, C. M. Korendyke, C. M. Brown, S. Myers, J. Mariska, J. Seely, J. Lang, B. J. Kent, B. M. Shaughnessy, P. R. Young, G. M. Simnett, C. M. Castelli, S. Mahmoud, H. Mapson-Menard, B. J. Probyn, R. J. Thomas, J. Davila, K. Dere, D. Windt, J. Shea, R. Hagood, R. Moye, H. Hara, T. Watanabe, K. Matsuzaki, T. Kosugi, V. Hansteen, Ø. Wikstol: The EUV imaging spectrometer for Hinode. Sol. Phys. 243, 19-61. Solar Physics 09/2007; 243(1):19-61. DOI:10.1007/s01007-007-0293-1
James Lang, Barry J Kent, Wolfgang Paustian, Charles M Brown, Christian Keyser, Mark R Anderson, Giles C R Case, Rahil A Chaudry, Adrian M James, Clarence M Korendyke, C David Pike, Brian J Probyn, David J Rippington, John F Seely, Jason A Tandy, Matthew C R Whillock: Laboratory calibration of the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer for the Solar-B satellite. Applied Optics 01/2007; 45(34):8689-705. DOI:10.1364/AO.45.008689
Clarence M Korendyke, Charles M Brown, Roger J Thomas, Christian Keyser, Joseph Davila, Robert Hagood, Hirohisa Hara, Klaus Heidemann, Adrian M James, James Lang, John T Mariska, John Moser, Robert Moye, Steven Myers, Brian J Probyn, John F Seely, John Shea, Ed Shepler, Jason Tandy: Optics and mechanisms for the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer on the Solar-B satellite. Applied Optics 01/2007; 45(34):8674-88. DOI:10.1364/AO.45.008674
Szita, S., A.N. Fazakerley, P.J. Carter, A.M. James, P. Trávnícek, G. Watson, M. André, A. Eriksson, K. Torkar, Cluster PEACE observations of electrons of spacecraft origin, Ann. Geophys., 19, pp. 1721-1730, 2001
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Defence Science and Technology Group | AUSTRALIA |
| International Space University | UNITED STATES |
| Murdoch University | AUSTRALIA |
| University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Future Industries Accelerator mobility grant holder with Inovor Technologies
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| An automated method of detecting, characterising and responding to radiation events in space | Current |
| Building adaptive test and evaluation framework through ai-driven digital model-based engineering testing tool | Current |
| Cyber Engineering Framework for Low Earth Orbit Satellites | Current |
| Data driven dynamic requirements engineering for smart naval vessel acquisition | Current |
| Model-based safety engineering applications in the railway sector | Current |
| New Material for Satellite Components | Current |
| Quantifying a discrete value function for fleet life cycle management in the Royal Australian Navy | Current |
| Test and Evaluation Governance Mechanism and Architecture across Australia Defence: Past, Current and Future States | Current |
| From surviving to thriving: a social systems approach to industry 4.0 and future of work preparedness | Completed |
