Contact Jonathan Searle
- Email: j.r.searle@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Operational Analysis and Simulation
Background
Jonathan Searle is Head of the Modelling & Simulation Group and Senior Lecturer for 美姬阁 CDS at the Defence Academy of the UK at Shrivenham.
He has over 44 years experience of Defence modelling, simulation and Operational Analysis/Research.
He is the Course Director responsible for delivery of Modelling and Simulation courses and also leads the Simulation and Synthetic Environment Laboratory (SSEL), now in its 30th year of operation.
Jonathan鈥檚 teaching and research interests include: military simulation and training, COTS technology, wargaming, computer generated forces, real-time interactive 3D graphics, terrain generation, and distributed simulation.
He is a Technical Adviser to the UK MOD DMSO and Technical Authority and a member of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation (SISO).
In 2013 he received a UK MoD Chief Scientific Adviser鈥檚 Team Commendation for contribution to education in Defence Modelling and Simulation.
In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Defence Simulation Education and Training Conference in 鈥渞ecognition for his outstanding contribution to military simulation, education and training鈥�.
Research opportunities
Military simulation and training, COTS technology, wargaming, computer generated forces, real-time interactive 3D graphics, terrain generation, and distributed simulation, DIS & HLA.
Current activities
Head of Modelling & Simulation Group
Head of SSEL (Simulation & Synthetic Environment Laboratory)
Course Director AMOR Postgraduate Programme (includes: Defence Simulation and Modelling, Military Operational Research)
Course Leader : Simulation Employment Training
Memberships: SISO, ETSA
MOD CSA Team Commendation 2013 for contribution to Simulation.
Teaching activities have included international delivery of Modelling & Simulation courses in Australia, India, USA and for NATO around Europe (Sweden, Romania, Turkey, Slovenia, Greece, Finland)
Member of and Technical Adviser to MOD Defence Modelling and Simulation Office (DMSC) and Technical Authority
SME/Technical support to MOD DMSO and Defence Simulation Centre (DSC)
Clients
Invited by NATO to deliver pan-Europe Lecture Series (2005-2007)
'Distributed Virtual Training', for Lockheed Martin UK, 2007
'SeBA Directed Learning' (with QinetiQ and Vantaggio), for UK MoD, 2005
Training Systems lead (under MOD FATS) for Integrated Modelling and Simulation Support Service for Acquisition (IMSSA) programme, to QinetiQ for UK MOD, 2008.
'Deployable Air Mission Rehearsal Systems', for UK MoD, 2008-2010
'Evaluation of Simulation Interoperability Frameworks', for UK MoD, 2009-2011
'Use of Simulation for Education in the Classroom' for UK MOD and DSTL, 2010
URD/SRD Development work for Defence Virtual Simulation, for MOD DE&S TSSP, 2013.
MOD DMaSC and DSC (to present date)
