Name:  (James) Xiaoyu GAO
Date of Birth:  12th July 1962
Nationality: British
Office：School of Engineering,University of Greenwich.

Qualifications

 PhD (1/1987-7/1989) in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Awarded on 23/10/1989.
 MSc (10/1985-12/1986) in Advanced Manufacturing Technology, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Awarded on 19/03/1987.
 BSc (9/1980-7/1984) in Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Institute of Technology, China. Awarded on 31/07/1984. Note: there is no classification system in Chinese universities. In my final year I won the extremely competitive and prestigeous British Council Technology Co-operation Award, which fully funded my MSc and PhD study in the UK, and 1 year English language training at both the Shanghai Foreign Language Institute and the University of Manchester.
 MILT (2001): Member of Institute for Learning and Teaching, Membership: 13337
 FIMechE (2008): Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Membership No. 74686993
 CEng (1997): Chartered Engineer, Registration number: 496957

Employment History

 1/9/2006–now: Medway Chair of Manufacturing Engineering, Head of Centre for Innovative Product Development, Head of Postgraduate Studies (9/2006 – 9/2008), School of Engineering, University of Greenwich, Member of School Executive Committee (9/2006 – 9/2008), Member of School Research Committee (9/2006 – now).
 1/11/1993–31/8/2006:  Senior Lecturer (2004-2006), Lecturer (1995-2004), Teaching Fellow (1993-1995), School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University.
o 1/10/2000-30/9/2001: Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment with ArvinMeritor, Birmingham, UK. Responsibilities: Consulting and getting industrial experience in engineering design and product development process.
o 1994–2000: Director of MSc in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Department of Quality and Process Improvement, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University.
 1/10/1989–31/10/1993: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology. Responsibilities: Research in design information and knowledge management, product modelling, feature-based design and process planning.

Teaching, Course Management and Assessment Experience

 Head of Postgraduate Studies (9/2006–9/2008), University of Greenwich. I have the overall responsibility for the Master Programmes within the School of Engineering, focusing on the strategic development, common structure and process, new programme development and marketing.
 Director of MSc in CAD/CAM (1994-2000), Cranfield University. I have significantly rationalised the then old fashioned MSc in CAD/CAM course, by introducing new subjects, bringing more industrial support, and linking the course to research programmes. An industrial advisory committee was established, and industry spopnsored individual and group projects were introduced. The success of the CAD/CAM Course provided the bassis for EPSRC Teaching Package 'IT for Product Realisation'.
 Subjects taught: Research methodology, product evaluation and manufacture, product data modelling, computer aided process planning and CNC machining, concurrent engineering, product development process management, knowledge and innovation management, data structures and databases, and CAD/CAM/CAE.
 MSc projects supervised: Over 100 projects of taught MSc course by September 2011.
 Short course taught/orgainsed: I have organised a high-profile short course in ‘Commercial aircraft development and operation’ for 26 delegartes from China Aerospace Industries, May 2005. The same course repeated in July 2006 for over 30 delegates.
 External assessor of Quinquennial Review: BSc (Hons) Maintenance and Production Management, Fundacion San Valero, Zaragoza, Spain. 25 June 2010.

Research Experience

 Expertise/Research Interests: manufacturing informatics, knowledge and innovation management for new product development; product development process management; design methodologies and design evaluation; computer aided design and manufacturing and process planning; product data/lifecycle management, and information framework for design, manufacturing and business process integration.
 Successful PhD Theses Supervised:
• Knowledge search for new product development: a multi-agent based methodology (G Jian, Greenwich University, passed Jan 2012).
• Requirements Analysis for Knowledge Management System Specification to Support Automotive Product Development (P Zhang, Greenwich University, passed Sept 2011).
• A methodology for engineering design change analysis using system modelling and knowledge management technologies (G Fei, Greenwich University, passed July 2011).
•  Learning to improve product development performance through the analysis of face-to-face meetings (B Piorkowski, Greenwich University, passed Sept 2011).
• Developing of a conceptual framework for the field failure feedback process from service to design (D Ajayi, Cranfield University, awarded 2009).
• Effective sharing of innovative manufacturing knowledge for the preliminary design of complex mechanical components (S Mountney, Cranfield University, awarded 2009).
• A prototype method and tool to facilitiate knowledge sharing in the new product development process (D Bradfield, Cranfield University, awarded 2007).
• A Methodology for the distributed and collaborative management of engineering knowledge (H Aziz, Cranfield University, awarded 2007).
• A process-based approach to engineering design knowledge re-use (D Baxter, Cranfield University, awarded 2007).
• The Development of a User Oriented Process Planning System for Sheet Metal Fabrication (S Tang, Cranfield University, awarded 2002).
• A manufacturing evaluation system to support progressive design incoperating AP224 (R Sharma, Cranfield University, awarded 2003).

 Successful MPhil, MSc by Research Theses Supervised:
• A Methodology for Engineering Design Analysis at Conceptual Design Stage, MSc by Research (Suman Goud Kandala, Greenwich University, Sept 2011).
• A framework for integration of manufacturing information system, MPhil  (L Kuang, Cranfield University, 2006).
• Assembly modelling for assembly planning, MSc by Research (Tai, Cranfield University).
• Parametric design of high pressure pulps using O-O technology, MSc by Research (Cottrell, Cranfield University).
• Inspection planning using feature-based CAD model, MSc by Research (Eadie, Cranfield University).
• Integration of CAD with MRP/ERP, MSc by Research (Bursell, Cranfield University).
• A methodology to computerise QFD’s application and enhance its integrity purpose and acceptance within the European automotive industry, MSc by Research (Kalargeros, Cranfield University).

 Academic and Research Staff Supervised:
• 2 senior lecturers of Greenwich University are officially allocated to my Research Group
• EPSRC Post Doctorial Research Fellow (2006-09): Unification of design, manufacturing and service knowledge for collaborative product development.
• EPSRC Research Assistant (2003-06): Knowledge representation and re-use for predictive design and manufacturing evaluation.
• EPSRC Research Assistant (2001-04): Distributed and collaborative product development and manufacturing knowledge management.
• Teaching-Company Associate (2000-02): Knowledge based design using PDM tools.

External Funding Obtained

 Major EPSRC grants (as PI):
• Jan 2006 – Dec 2008: EPSRC (Standard research, IMRC No. 44 then changed to 106 when IMRC was renewed): ‘Unification of Design, Manufacturing Capability and Service Knowledge in Collaborative Product Development’. Value: £269,964. Principle Investigator: James Gao (Co-investigator: Peter Sackett). Collaborator: Rolls-Royce, BOC Edwards. When I left Cranfield I became co-investigator and Prof R Roy takes over as Principal Investigator.
• Apr 2003 – Apr 2006: EPSRC (Standard research, IMRC No. 24): ‘Knowledge Representation and Re-use for Predictive Design and Manufacturing Evaluation’, Ref: IMRC 24, Value: £175,076. Principal and Sole Investigator: James Gao, in collaboration with Loughborough Univ. Industrial partners: Rolls-Royce, BOC Edwards, PTC.
• Sep 2001 – Aug 2004: EPSRC (INDEMAND Programme): 'Distributed and Collaborative Product Development and Manufacturing Knowledge Management', Ref. GR/R35148/01. Principal and Sole Investigator: James Gao, in collaboration with Durham University. Value: EPSRC: £191,792, LSC: £6,000 cash, ArvinMeritor: £6,000 cash to cover T&S. Rated: Tending to Outstanding.
• Mar 1998 – May 2001: EPSRC (General Engineering Programme): ‘Functional Specification for Computer Aided Assembly Planning’, REF: GR/L66236. EPSRC rated ‘outstanding’. EPSRC: £53,279, CIM Strategic Research Ltd cash £10,000), Principal and Sole Investigator:James Gao.
 Other EPSRC Grants:
• Jun 1996 – May 1999: EPSRC: ‘The development of decision-making tools for controlled innovation in construction’, GR/K62699/01, EPSRC: £96,090. Principal Investigator: Prof Rogerson, co-investigators: Mr Jared and Dr Gao. Rated: tending to outstanding.
• Sep 2005: EPSRC (IMRC programme): Funding for International Conference on Manufacturing Research (2005), £7500. Principle Investigator: Dr Gao, Co-investigator: P. Sackett.
 EPSRC PhD/EngD Studentships and Industry Sponsored PhD Projects (As PI):
• May 2012 – Oct 2014: PhD project: new product development methods and tools, Cummins Power Generation (£52.5k), HEFCE RAE (£52.5k), total: £105,000.
• Oct 2009 – Sept 2013: PhD project: Knowledge management for integrated product development and manufacture using semantic web technologies, BAE Systems provides: £25,500, EPSRC Industrial CASE studentship (EP/H501258/1) provides: around £65,294, total: £90,594.
• Oct 2008 – Sept 2012: PhD project: Knowledge management for integrated product development and manufacture, BAE Systems provides: £31k, EPSRC Industrial CASE studentship (EP/G501424/1) provides: £63,789. Total value: £94,789.
• Oct 2007 – Sept 2011, PhD project: Improving the new product introduction process by reducing the lead times and better management of information/knowledge, Car Glass Co., £60k.
• Mar 2004 – Feb 2007: PhD project, ‘Managing manufacturing capability to support preliminary design’, Roll-Royce: £44,000 + VAT + T&S, EPSRC studentship of around £50k (allocated by Cranfield University).
• Oct 2005 – Sep 2009: Rolls Royce plc., ‘Knowledge management to support quality and reliable product design’, £40,000 + VAT + T&S, to support an EngD student over 4 years. EPSRC EngD studentship of around £80k (I left Cranfield a year later, not sure whether the project  continued).
• Oct 2003 – Sep 2008: Vaillant Group, ‘A pilot knowledge management strategy for product innovation process’, £100k + VAT, + T&S + exquipment, to support 2 PhD students. 2 EPSRC studentships of around 100k (allocated by Cranfield University).
• Oct 2001 – Sep 2004: PhD project: ‘Knowledge management for costing process to support new product development’, ArvinMeritor: £24,000+VAT+T&S, EPSRC studentship of around £50k (allocated by Cranfield University).
• Oct 1998 – Sept 2002: PhD project: 'Progressive design and manufacturing planning in a PDM environment', LSC Group: £50,525 + T&S, to support a PhD student.
• Oct 1995 – Sep 1999: BAe and PAFEC: ‘Computer aided assembly planning', BAe: £17,625, PAFEC: £4,113, to support an EngD student. EPSRC EngD studentship of £70k (allocated by Cranfield University).
 Teaching Company Scheme, Royal Academy of Engineering and Industry Grants (As PI):
• Nov 2010 – Oct 2015, Part-time PhD in product lifecycle management, total grant (tuition fees and bench fees): around £20k.
• Nov 2000 – Oct 2002: Teaching Company Scheme: 'Development of Design Knowledge Management System focusing on design capability and product lifecycle management' (Ref. TCS 3284). Design Rule Ltd.: £38,628, DTI: £59,112.
• Oct 2000 – Sept 2001: Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment Scheme, to sponsor work in Meritor Automotive, RAE: £9,136. ArvinMeritor: £9,000 to cover T&S.
 Industrial Short Course Funding (I was PI):
• May 2005: Chinese Aviation Industries: £75,000 for 3 week course at Cranfield University.
• July 2006:  Chinese Aviation Industries: £95,500 for 3 week course at Cranfield University.
 Industrial Funding for MSc Projects (As PI):
• 1995–2006: In total I have obtained around £75k in cash from UK industry to support MSc projects (individual and group projects) at Cranfield University. Each individual project is between £2000 and £4000. Each Group project is between £6000 and £15,000.
 International Research Project:
 I am the ‘personal partner’ (invited international expert) of a pretigeous Chinese research grant entitled ‘The key technology of process-driven knowledge acquisition, sharing and reuse for complex product design’, funded by the National High-tech Research and Development Project of China (863 Programme), Ref. 2009AA04Z106, Value: 630k RMB. Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Plenary Keynote Speeches at International Conferences and Seminars:

 Plenary keynote speech entitled ‘A Model-driven and Knowledge-based Methodology for Engineering Design Change Management’, to be delivered at the International Conference on Computer Aided Design (CAD11), Taipei, 27-30 June 2011.
 Plenary keynote speech entitled ‘Current Perspectives on Product Lifecycle Management Technologies’, CIRP International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technologies (DET2009), University of Hong Kong, 14-16 Dec 2009.
 Invited Keynote speech entitled ‘Current Perspectives on PLM’, Unilever-IBM Lean R&D Workshop, IBM UK Research Laboratory at Hursley, Winchester, Hants, UK, 30 June – 1 July 2009.
 Invited Keynote speech on ‘Enabling Technologies in Product Development Decision Making’, at the EPSRC sponsored Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Autonomous Operations Management, 26 June 2008, De Montford University.
 Plenary tutorial by James Gao, co-authored by Daniel Bradfield: ‘A Metaknowledge Approach to Facilitate Knowledge Sharing in the Global Product Development Process’, Tnternational Conference on Computer Aided Design (CAD’07), 25-29 June 2007, Hawaii.
 Plenary keynote speech by James Gao, Knowledge representation and reuse for predictive design and manufacturing evaluation, 6th Int Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology (e-ENGDET 2006), 26-29, Aug. 2007, Harbin, China.
 Plenary keynote speech by James Gao, co-authored by H Aziz, A de-centralised methodology for distributed management of the evolution of engineering design knowledge, 5th Int Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology (e-ENGDET 2006), 16-18 August 2006, University of Guizhou, Guiyang, China. Pp226-230.
 Plenary keynote speech by James Gao, co-authored by Baxter, D. I., Mountney, S., Bradfield, D. and Sackett, P. J., Knowledge management for new product development, International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 6-8 September 2005. Cranfield University, Bedford, UK.

Editorial Roles

 Member of Editorial Board of the Proceedings of IMechE, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2011-
 Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Engineering Business Management, 2009-
 Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Robotics and CIM, Elsevier, 2005-
 Member of Editorial Board of the International Journal of CAD and Applications, 2007-
 Member of International Advisory Board, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2005-
 Member of Editorial Committee for Mechanical Engineering, Foxwell & Davies Italia srl (scientific publisher), 1997-2000.
 Committee Member of the Consortium of UK Manufacturing Engineering Heads (COMEH), the decision making body of the International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2006-.
 Editor of the proceedings of the International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Cranfield University, 6-8 September 2005.
 Guest Editor of special issue of International Journal of Production Research on Knowledge Management and Enabling Technologies for New Product Development, Vol. 45, No. 7, 2007.
 Guest Editor of special issue of International Journal of Robotics and CIM on Design and Manufacturing Management, Vol. 24/4,  ISSN: 0736-5845, 2008.
 Guest Editor of Special Issue of International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management on Innovative Product Development, Vol 5, Nos 2/3/4, Sept 2011.

I am regularly invited to review manuscripts for many international journals.

External PhD/EngD/MPhil Examinations

 PhD, Loughborough University, April 2003 (P. C. Teoh, Knowledge Representation and Re-use in Failure Mode and Effect Analysis).
 PhD, Loughborough University, April 2004 (D. G. Zubiaga, A manufacturing model to enable knowledge maintenance in decision support systems).
 PhD, Newcastle University, December 2005 (D. Wilson, On the Relationship between Governance and Economic Growth).
 PhD, Loughborough University, March 2006 (L. Ali, Development of a STEP-NC Compliant Feature-based Inspection Framework for Prismatic Parts).
 PhD, Durham University, 8 May 2006. (David Bramall, Analysis of manufacturing operations using knowledge enriched aggregate process planning).
 EngD, Warwick University, 22nd September, 2006 (Augus Cheung, Intelligent decision support system for aircraft maintenance service industry).
 PhD, Loughborough University, 25th October 2006 (Md Amin Md Nor, Design for service: integrating product design and diagnostics).
 PhD, Srinivas, Data mining integrated architecture for shop floor control system, Loughborough University, 24 May 2007.
 PhD, Adzhar Kamaludin, A Simulation Approach for Modelling and Investigation of Inventory Inaccuracy in Warehouse Operation’, Loughborough University, May 2009.
 PhD, Lukasz Barczak, the investigation of minimum quantity lubrication(MQL) in grinding, Liverpool John Moores University, 20/1/2010.
 PhD, Alan McGurk, Glasgow Caledonian University, 16/2/2010.
 EngD, Kieron Younis, A methodology for cost and risk reduction in purchasing and supply management, Cranfield University, 10/11/2010.
 PhD, Najam Akber Anjum, Verification of knowledge shared across design and manufacturing using a foundation ontology, Loughborough University, 14/9/2011.

 MPhil, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, completed March 2006 by post. (Yingna Wang, A two-phase approach to volve manpower scheduling and task assignment problem in aircraft maintenance industry).
 MPhil, University of Hull, 2008 (Pushpendra Tomar, Optimisation of manufacturing systems for plastic moulded products in the automotive industry).

Reviewer/Assessor of Research Council and Professional Bodies:

 Industrial Assessor: the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Sept 2009 -
 Panel member (international expert): Research grants review panel - the Science Research Council of Norway, October 2011.
 External project reviewer of Loughborough University Innovatve Manufacturing and Construction Research Centre (funded by EPSRC) (2009-2012).
 Reviewer of UK EPSRC and DTI grant applications, and National Science Foundation (NSF) of South Africa, Estonia and China.

Involvement in International Conferences:

 General Chair and main organisor of the the International Conference on Manufacturing Research 2005, 6-9 September 2005, Cranfield University.
 Member of the Steering Committee, International Congress of Precision Machining (ICPM’2011), 13-15 Sept 2011, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
 Invited to lead a special workshop on Design Information Management and to give anextended speech at the International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technologies, 16-18 August 2006, Guiyang, China.
 Invited to lead a special workshop on Design Information Management at the International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 6-8 September 2006, Liverpool, UK.
 Session chair of the following conferences: (1) National Conference on Manufacturing Research, De Montfort University, 1995. (2) International Conference on Managing Integrated Manufacturing, University of Leicester, 1996. (3) International Conference on Computer Aided Production Engineering, Tokyo, 1998. (4) International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factory Of the future, Burban, 2001. (5) IFIP TC5 WG-5.3 Conference on Digital Enterprise - New Challenges life-cycle approach in management and production, Budapust, 2001. (6) 5th International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing, session of Modern design theory, methodology and technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 2002. (7) 1st CIRP (UK) International Seminar on Dgitial Enterprise Technilogy, University of Durham, 16-17 Sept 2002. (8) International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factory Of the future 2003, Malaysia. (9) ICMR 2003, Strathclyde, September 2003. (10) PDT’03, November 2003, Manchester. (10) 6th WSEAS International Conference on Robotics, Control and Manufacturing Technologies, Hongzhou, China, 16-18 April 2006. (11) CIRP International Seminar on Digital Enterprise Technology (DET’06), 18-20 September 2006, Setubal, Portugal, (12) Chaired plenary session of 6th Int Conf on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology (e-ENGDET 2006), 26-29, August 2007, Harbin, China. (13) Chaired session on design and development, int conf on manuf research (ICMR2007),  11-13 September 2007. De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. (14) Chaired session on distributed and collaborative design, CIRP international seminar on Digital Enterprise Technology (DET’2007), 19-21 Sept 2007, University of Bath, UK. 7th Int. Conference on Manufacturing Research, Warwick University, 8-10 Sept 2009.
 Member of international Scientific Committee of the following conferences: (1) CIRP international seminar on Digital Enterprise Technology, 19-21 Sept 2007, University of Bath, UK. (2) International conference on advanced design and manufacture, 14-16 January 2008, Haikou/Sanya, China. (3) International conference on Computer Aided Design and Applications, 25-29 June 2007, Hawaii. (4) The 6th International conference on e-Engineering & Digital Enterprise Technology, August 26-29, 2007, Harbin, China. (5) 4th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Liverpool, 7-9 September 2006. (6) CIRP International Seminar on Digital Enterprise Technology, 18-20 September 2006, Setubal, Portugal. (7) 4th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, 2006, Singapore. (8) The International Conference on Manufacturing Research 2003, Glassgow. (9) Sculptured Surface Machining Conference,  an IFIP TC5/WG5.3 Working Conference, 1998, USA. (10) 7th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Warwick University, 8-10 Sept 2009. (10) 8th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Durham University, 14-16 Sept 2010.

Invited International Lectures Given and Visiting Scholars Supervised

 Invited international lectures: I have been invited to give lectures to several Chinese Universities and Chinese Aviation Industries since 2002 on knowledge management for new product development. In May 2002, I was invited to give lectures on research in design information management and CAD/CAM to National Seoul University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, S Korea.
 International Visiting Scholars Supervised: Assistant professor Dr Ohashi from Japan for 3 months (2001), Senior scientist Dr S Ha from S Korea for 12 months (2001-1002), Professor Jiang from China for 12 months (2003-2004), Prof Cui from Avic-II for 3 months (2003), Prof Gay from Spain for 3 months (2004), Prof Du from China for 12 months (2006), Prof Xue and Ming from North China University of Technology (Feb-May 08).

Awards and Prizes

 Best paper award: Piorkowski, B. and Gao J., A Dynamic Knowledge Management Framework, PhD symposium, part of International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications (I-ESA 2010), Coventry University, UK, 12-14 April, 2010.
 Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment Scheme with ArviMeritor (Oct. 2000 - Sept. 2001). The scheme provides opportunity to engineering academics to gain the latest developments in industry and to assist universities in developing links with a host organisation.
 Winner of Edwin Walker Prize (1989) awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for the paper entitled "An approach to the low cost computer aided manufacture of components enbodying free form surfaces". This paper was based on his PhD work at UMIST, and thus the prize is the recognition of the quality of that research.
 Winner of British Council ‘Technological Co-operation Award’ (1984). The winners were selected by the Chinese State Education Ministry from graduates of Chinese top universities in that year. The award includes full financial support for MSc and PhD study in the UK and 1 year training in English at Shanghai Second Foreign Language University. It was extremely competitive.

Journal Publications

1 Zhu, H., Gao, J., Li, D. and Tang, D., A Web-based Prodcut Service System for Aerospace Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Serrvices, International Journal of Computers in Industry, accepted.
2 Li Y, Liu X, Gao J X, Maropoulos P G, A Dynamic Feature Information Model for Integrated Manufacturing Planning and Optimisation, CIRP Annals of Manufacturing Technology, accepted.
3 Fei, G, Gao, J., Owodunni, O. O., and Tang, X., A Method for Engineering Design Change Analysis Using System Modelling and Knowledge Management Techniques, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Pub. Taylor & Francis, Volume 24 Issue 6, 535, June 2011.
4 Baxter, D., Gao, J. and Li, Y., Innovative Product Development, Editorial of the Special issue of International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol 5, Nos 2/3/4, 2011. Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., pp99-101
5 Zhang, P., Gao, J. and Yinglin Wang, requirement driven knowledge management system design to support automotive product development, international journal of product lifecycle management, Vol 5, Nos 2/3/4, 2011. Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., pp202-223.
6 Zhang, P., Gao, J., Jin Xinming and Yinglin Wang, A Requirement Driven Framework for the Design of Information/Knowledge Systems to Support Product Development, International Journal of Manufacturing Systems, to appear 2011.
7 Fei, G., Gao, J., Owodunni, O. and Tang, X., a model-driven and knowledge-based methodology for engineering design change management, international journal of computer aided design and applications, 8(3), pp373-382, 2011
8 Jian G. and Gao J. and Yinglin Wang, a multi-agent based knowledge search framework to support the product development process, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 23 Issue 3, pp237-247, Pub. Taylor & Francis, March 2010.
9 Baxter D., Roy R., Doultsinou A, Gao J. and Mo Kalta: A knowledge management framework to support Product-Service Systems design, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp1073-1088, Pub. Taylor & Francis, December 2009.
10 Doultsinou, A., Roy, R. Baxter, D., Gao, J. and Mann A., Developing a service knowledge reuse framework for engineering design, Journal of Engineering Design (ed. Prof Alex Duffy), Publisher: Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0954-4828 print/ISSN 1466-1837 online, 20 (4), pp389-411, August 2009.
11 Baxter D., Roy R. and Gao J., Manufacturing knowledge within the manufacturing enterprise – an overview, the international journal of manufacturing technology and management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. (Pub.), Vol. 18, No. 2,  pp183-209, 2009.
12 Cocrane, S., Young, R., Case, K., Harding, J., Gao, J. X., Dani, S. and Baxter, D., Manufacturing knowledge verification in design support systems, Int. Journal of  Production Research, 47 (12), pp3179-3204, Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0020-7543, 2009.
13 Baxter, D. and Gao, J. X., A framework to integrate design knowledge re-use and requirements management in engineering design, Int. Journal of  Robotics and Computer-integrated Manufacturing, Elsevier, Vol. 24/4, pp585-593, ISSN: 0736-5845 , 2008.
14 Cheung, W. M., Matthews, P. C., Gao, J. X. and Maropoulos, P. G., Advanced product development integration architecture: an out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks, Int. Journal of Production Research, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp3185-3206, 2008.
15 Baxter, D., Gao J. and Roy, R., Design process knowledge reuse challenges and issues, Int. Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications, Vol.5 (6), pp942-952, 2008.
16 Gao James and Baxter David (Ed): Editorial of the Special Issue of the 3rd International Conference on Manufacturing Research, International Journal of  Robotics and CIM, Elsevier, Vol. 24/4,  ISSN: 0736-5845, 2008, pp499-500.
17 Aziz, H., Gao, J. and Li, Z., Engineering Design Knowledge Management in De-centralised Virtual Enterprises, Int. Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications, Vol.5 (6), pp787-800, 2008.