Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation publishes papers of high quality through critical reviews and is intended to become a quality international journal in the field of mechanical engineering and automation. The journal features a mix of experimental, numerical, and theoretical articles dealing with all aspects of the field.

Jason Matthews

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, UK

Research Areas

Constraint-Based Design, Sustainable Engineering Design, Design For Manufacturing, Design-Led Improvement For Products and Processes

Education

2008Ph.DOpen University, UK
2003M.Sc University of Bath, UK

Experience

2011-presentSenior Lecturer at University of Glamorgan
2008-2011Post Doctorial Researcher at University of Bath
2007-2008Senior Researcher at University of Bath
2004-2007Researcher at University of Bath
2002-2004Senior Research Technician at University of the West of England
2001-2002Development Engineer at Bussmann Cooper Automotive
1994-2001Product and Process Engineer at Bussmann Cooper
1991-1994Production Support Engineer at J W Singers

Membership

Member-Institution of Engineering and Technology
Member-Design Society

Publications: Journals

[1]  Ding, L., Matthews, J and Mullineux, G Management of constraint evolution in product development. International Journal of Production Development. [In press].
[2]  Hicks, B. J and Matthews, J. Realising sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1-Methodology. Proceeding of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers: Part E: Process Manufacture Engineering. [Published online June 2011]
[3]  Matthews, J. Hicks, B. J., Goodwin, J., Burke, A and Mullineux, G. Modelling form-fill and seal operations. Packaging Technology and science. [Published online June 2011]
[4]  Hicks, B. J and Matthews, J. 2010. The barriers to realising sustainable process improvement: A root cause analysis of paradigms for manufacturing systems improvement, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacture 23(7) pp. 585-602. DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2010.485754
[5]  Mullineux, G., Feldman, J., Matthews, J., 2010. Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 45 (12), pp. 1897-1908. Co-author contribution ~ 20%
[6]  Ding L., Matthews J., Feldman J., and Mullineux, G. Constraint modelling of food processing systems Food manufacturing efficiency. 2010, 3(10) pp. 15-23.DOI: 10.1616/1750-2683.0048.
[7]   Ding, L and Matthews, J. A contemporary study into the application of neural network techniques employed to automate CAD/CAM integration for die manufacture. 2009. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 57(4), 1457–1471. DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.01.006.
[8]  Mullineux, G and Matthews, J. Constraint-based simulation of carton folding operations. Computer-Aided Design, 42 pp. 257-265. DOI:10.1016/j.cad.2009.12.003
[9]  McIntosh, R., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A.J., 2009. Late customisation: issues of mass customisation in the food industry. International Journal of Production Research, 48 (6), pp. 1557-1574.DOI: 10.1080/00207540802577938.
[10]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Delandes, A., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2010. A modelling approach for dedicated machinery to support the effects of mass customisation. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 22 (11), pp. 1000-1011. DOI: 10.1080/09511920802527608.
[11]  Ding, L., Ball, A., Matthews, J., McMahon, C., Patel, M., 2009. Annotation of lightweight formats for long-term product representations. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 22 (11), pp. 1037-1053. DOI:10.1080/09511920802527616
[12]  Neale, G., Mullineux, G., Matthews, J., Medland, T., 2009. Case study: Constraint-based improvement of an over-wrapping machine. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 223 (2), pp. 207-216.
[13]  Medland, T., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., 2008. A constraint-net approach to the resolution of conflicts in a product with multi-technology requirements. International Journal of computer integrated manufacture, 22 (3), pp. 199-209.
[14]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2008. Machine configuration analysis using multi-instance modelling. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B-Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 222 (9), pp. 1161-1170. Co-author contribution ~ 50%
[15]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, T., 2007. A constraint-based limits-modelling approach to investigate manufacturing-machine design capability. Strojniski Vestnik-Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 53 Jul-Aug (7-8), pp. 462-477.
[16]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Ding, L., Medland, A. J., 2007. Food product variation: an approach to investigate manufacturing equipment capabilities. Food Manufacturing Efficiency, 1 (3), pp. 38-45.
[17]  Hicks, B., Mullineux, G., Matthews, J., Medland, T., 2007. Towards an integrated CADCAM process for the production of forming shoulders with exact geometry. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B-Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 221 (10), pp. 1521-1531. DOI: 10.1243/09544054jem896
[18]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2006. Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 51 (4), pp. 809-820. DOI:10.1016/j.cie.2006.09.003.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Matthews, J and Medland, A. J. 2011. A theatric approach to design teaching. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'11). Copenhagen, Denmark. August 2011.
[2]  Matthews, J., Hicks, B. J., Medland, A. J and Mullineux, G. 2010. Constraint-based modelling: a paradigm for supporting design in practice. Proceedings of 9th International design conference, Design 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2010. pp 1361-1370.
[3]  Kaur, S., Mullineux, G and Matthews J. 2010. Perception of Constraints in Conceptual Design within the Automotive Industry. Proceedings of 2010 International Conference in Product Development and Reliability (PDR'10), Shenyang, China. Advanced Materials Research Vols. 118-120, pp 697-706. DOI:0.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.118-120.697.
[4]  Ding, L., Qiu, X-L., Mullineux, G and Matthews, J. 2010. The Development of the Sustainable Manufacturing Processes Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Advances in Product Development and Reliability (PDR'10), Shenyang, China. Advanced Materials Research Vols. 118-120 (2010) pp 767-774. DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.118-120.767
[5]  Park, A., Matthews, J and Mullineux, G. 2010. Investigation of an approach for in-line testing of food packs. Proceedings of 8th International symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE) Ancona Italy April 2010, pp. 727-736.
[6]  Ding, L., Matthews, J and Mullineux, G. 2010. Preservation of design knowledge by capture and use of constraints evolution. Proceedings of 8th International symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE) Ancona Italy April 2010, pp. 383-395
[7]  Ding, L., Ball, A., Patel, M., Matthews, J., Mullineux McMahon, G. 2009. 'PLM on a budget': Lightweight lifecycle solutions for small enterprises. International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM09). 6th-8th July 2009, Bath UK
[8]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J. 2009. Product Development in Manufacturing SMEs. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'09)Stanford, California. USA. September 2009.
[9]  Mulineux, G, Matthews, J., Medland, A.J. 2009. Design for reconfigurablility: achieving flexibility in "light" machines. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'09) Stanford, California. USA. September 2009.
[10]  Medland, A.J., Matthews, J., Mulineux, G. 2009. The modelling of the interaction of the human hand with products. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'09) Stanford, California. USA. September 2009.
[11]  Mullineux, G., Medland, T., Matthews, J. 2009. Reconfiguring mechanisms using constraints. In: ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2009), June 22-24, 2009, London United Kingdom.
[12]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, T., 2008. Modelling the evolution of packaging systems for product variation. In: ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA08), 7th-9th July, 2008, Haifa, Israel.
[13]  Ding, L., Matthews, J., McMahon, C. A., Mullineux, G. ExProMod, a product development support tool. Proceedings of 2008 International Conference on Advances in Product Development and Reliability (PDR'08), Chengdu, China, 4th-6th August 2008.
[14]  Matthews, J., Ding, L., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, T., 2008. Modelling to reduce the configuration phase time of machine design. International Conference on Advances in Product Development and Reliability (PDR'08), Chengdu, China, 4th-6th August 2008.
[15]  Hicks, B. J., Mullineux, G., Matthews, J., Medland, A. J., 2008. Constraint-based design of forming shoulders. In: Proc. Tools and Methods for Competitive Engineering (TMCE) 2008, Izmir. Turkey.
[16]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, T., 2008. Design catalogues and mechanism selection. In: 10th International Design Conference, Design 2008, 19-22 May, 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
[17]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, T., 2008. Investigating the effects of machine parameters on the carton erection process of a high speed packaging machine. In: 8th International symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE), 21-25 April 2008, Ismir, Turkey.
[18]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Delandes, A., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2007. An approach to analyze design configuration of discrete manufacturing systems for processing variant products. In: Proc. Digital Enterprise Technologies (DET 2007), Sep 2007, Bath.
[19]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2007. An approach to developing design rules for food processing equipment. In: Proc. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'07), Aug 2007, Paris. Ecole Centrale Paris, pp. 925-926.
[20]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2007. Enabling design constraints in commercial CAD systems. In: Proc. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'07), Aug 2007, Paris. Ecole Centrale Paris, pp. 923-924.
[21]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2007. Exploring design space using multi-instance modelling. In: Proc. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'07), Aug 2007, Paris. Ecole Centrale Paris, pp. 117-118.
[22]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Feldman, J. A., Medland, A. J., 2007. Islands of failure in a sea of success: the use of failure mode maps to assess the capability of machines to handle product variation. In: Proc. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED' 07), Aug 2007.
[23]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Ding, L., Medland, A. J., 2007. An approach to develop design rules for food processing equipment. In: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '07), 28-31 August, 2007, Paris, France.
[24]  Ding, L., Matthews, J., McMahon, C. A., Mullineux, G., 2007. An Extended Product Model for Constraint-based Redesign Applications. In: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '07), 28-31 August, 2007, Paris, France.
[25]  Ding, L., Ball, A., Matthews, J., McMahon, C. A., Patel, M., 2007. Product Representation in Lightweight Formats for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). In: 4th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology (DET 2007), 19-21 September 2007, Bath, UK.
[26]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Medland, A. J., Mullineux, G., 2006. A constraint-based approach to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variability. In: Proc. Engineering Design in Integrated Product Development-Design Methods in Practice, Sep 2006, Zielona Gora. Lead author contribution ~ 60%
[27]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Hicks, B. J, Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., Hicks, B. J., 2006. Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance. In: Proc. 6th International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering (IDMME'06), May 2006.
[28]  Singh, B., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2006. Embedding general constraint resolution into a CAD system. In: Design 2006, May 2006, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Editorial contribution ~ 10%
[29]  Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., Medland, A. J., 2006. Methodology for evaluating design capability by use of limits modelling. In: Tools and Methods for Competitive Engineering TMCE 06. April 2006, Ljubljana Slovenia.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Hicks, B. J and Matthews J. 2009. "Understanding Machine-Material Interaction: A Practitioner's Guide", University of Bath Press, ISBN 0-86197-152-3.
[2]  Hicks, B. J and Matthews J. 2009. "Understanding Machine-Material Interaction: An Illustrated Workbook", University of Bath Press, ISBN 0-86197-153-1.
[3]  Matthews, J. A., 2007. "A constraint-based approach for assessing the capabilities of existing designs to handle product variation". Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Bath.
[4]  Matthews, J., McIntosh, R., Mullineux, G., 2011. Contrasting opportunities for Mass Customization in food manufacture and food processes. In: Flavio, F., da Silveira, G., eds. Mass Customization: Engineering and Managing Global Operations. Springer, pp. 353-374.
[5]  Owen, G. W., Matthews, J., McIntosh, R. I., Culley, S. J., 2011. Design for Changeover (DFC): enabling flexible and highly responsive manufacturing. In: Fogliatto, F., da Silveira, G., eds. Mass Customization-Engineering and Managing Global Operations. Springer, pp. 247-273.
[6]  Matthews, J., Qiu, X. L., Ding, L., 2011. Forthcoming. Manufacturing feature recognition for mould and die designs: current status and future directions. In: Fournier, M., ed. Perspectives on Pattern Recognition. Hauppauge NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers.
[7]  Ding, L., Matthews, J., Mullineux, G., 2011. Forthcoming. Support for design knowledge management and sharing using XML. In: Kutais, B.G., ed. Internet Policies and Issues. Volume 8. Hauppauge NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers