James Pickering

ECR Committee Member

James E. Pickering is a Lecturer in Control Engineering at Aston University, Birmingham, where he is part of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering. He pursued his PhD part-time while teaching control engineering at Coventry University, completing his doctorate as an external student at the University of Wolverhampton in 2020. In 2022, James was appointed to his current academic role at Aston University, Birmingham.

James has a strong passion for applied control theory and enjoys tackling industrial challenges. He currently serves as the Programme Director for the Future Vehicle Technologies MSc at Aston University and is a particularly keen advocate for bridging the knowledge gap between control theory and industrial control systems in practice.