Jim Goddin

As a subject matter expert, I contributed to this project, which explored the strategic potential of digital twins and other digital technologies in supporting New Zealand's circular economy and bioeconomy. I provided insights into how digital twins can optimise resource management, reduce waste, and enhance lifecycle management through predictive maintenance and end-of-life recovery. The project also addressed key challenges, including data governance, standards development, and the… Show more

As a subject matter expert, I contributed to this project, which explored the strategic potential of digital twins and other digital technologies in supporting New Zealand's circular economy and bioeconomy. I provided insights into how digital twins can optimise resource management, reduce waste, and enhance lifecycle management through predictive maintenance and end-of-life recovery. The project also addressed key challenges, including data governance, standards development, and the integration of AI and IoT.

This project demonstrated how digital twins can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, foster collaboration, and improve resource efficiency across multiple sectors, contributing to New Zealand’s shift toward a sustainable, circular economy. Show less

I led a comprehensive study to evaluate the impact of circular economy strategies on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, job creation, and resource efficiency in New Zealand. Using life cycle assessment (LCA) and Sankey diagrams, we mapped material flows across sectors such as food, energy, and the built environment, identifying circular interventions that could reduce emissions by up to 1.9 Mt CO2e annually. Key opportunities included resource-efficient infrastructure, sustainable agriculture,… Show more

I led a comprehensive study to evaluate the impact of circular economy strategies on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, job creation, and resource efficiency in New Zealand. Using life cycle assessment (LCA) and Sankey diagrams, we mapped material flows across sectors such as food, energy, and the built environment, identifying circular interventions that could reduce emissions by up to 1.9 Mt CO2e annually. Key opportunities included resource-efficient infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, and optimising the use of critical materials.

This project not only provided data-driven insights but also highlighted the broader socio-economic benefits of circularity, including job growth and supply chain resilience. It drew on my strengths in strategic systems thinking and cross-sector collaboration, aligning environmental sustainability with economic growth. Show less

In this project, I contributed to analysing global circular economy strategies and their implications for New Zealand. The research highlighted the increasing number of circular economy policies across key trading partners, including over 40 national strategies and more than 180 legislative instruments worldwide. These developments present both opportunities and challenges for New Zealand’s exporters, particularly regarding compliance with international standards and reducing greenhouse gas… Show more

In this project, I contributed to analysing global circular economy strategies and their implications for New Zealand. The research highlighted the increasing number of circular economy policies across key trading partners, including over 40 national strategies and more than 180 legislative instruments worldwide. These developments present both opportunities and challenges for New Zealand’s exporters, particularly regarding compliance with international standards and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through resource efficiency.

The project examined how global initiatives—such as the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan and the UN’s Global Plastics Treaty—could impact New Zealand’s trade relationships, with a focus on the need for strategic collaboration to remain competitive in a circular, low-carbon global economy. Show less

Supported the Metal Packaging Europe association to understand the concept of circularity applied to packaging via the MCI - Material Circularity Indicator. I supported MPE with a workshop and webinar customised for their membership and supported the revision of their MCI calculations.

In this project, I led the development of a one-page framework aimed at aligning New Zealand’s composites sector with circular economy principles. The framework provided guidance on designing products and business models to minimise environmental impacts and promote sustainability. This initiative addressed key issues such as resource efficiency, end-of-life management, and the integration of recycling and reuse strategies in composite manufacturing.

The project aimed to enhance the… Show more

In this project, I led the development of a one-page framework aimed at aligning New Zealand’s composites sector with circular economy principles. The framework provided guidance on designing products and business models to minimise environmental impacts and promote sustainability. This initiative addressed key issues such as resource efficiency, end-of-life management, and the integration of recycling and reuse strategies in composite manufacturing.

The project aimed to enhance the sector’s alignment with circular economy goals by promoting sustainable product design and reducing waste, contributing to the long-term environmental and economic sustainability of the composites industry. Show less

As Granta Design's lead in the €4M FORCE project, I focused on integrating materials modelling into business decision-making by developing Business Decision Support Systems (BDSS). The project enhanced the chemical formulation industry by streamlining complex processes using advanced simulation and computational tools. I was responsible for managing key stakeholder relationships and applying systems thinking to ensure the project's outcomes aligned with broader European objectives of improving… Show more

As Granta Design's lead in the €4M FORCE project, I focused on integrating materials modelling into business decision-making by developing Business Decision Support Systems (BDSS). The project enhanced the chemical formulation industry by streamlining complex processes using advanced simulation and computational tools. I was responsible for managing key stakeholder relationships and applying systems thinking to ensure the project's outcomes aligned with broader European objectives of improving industrial competitiveness and resource efficiency.

The project's innovations contributed significantly to enhancing decision-making processes in chemical engineering, ultimately supporting European industries' drive for greater sustainability and operational efficiency. Show less

As Project Coordinator for the €2.5M PLEIADES initiative, I led the integration of eco-design and life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies into the aerospace sector, aligning with ACARE and FlightPath 2050 objectives. The project focused on enhancing sustainability in aircraft design by developing industry-focused eco-design tools, incorporating material and process data to evaluate the environmental impacts at each stage of product development.

Working closely with key stakeholders… Show more

As Project Coordinator for the €2.5M PLEIADES initiative, I led the integration of eco-design and life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies into the aerospace sector, aligning with ACARE and FlightPath 2050 objectives. The project focused on enhancing sustainability in aircraft design by developing industry-focused eco-design tools, incorporating material and process data to evaluate the environmental impacts at each stage of product development.

Working closely with key stakeholders like Rolls-Royce, we developed innovative tools and data frameworks that supported the sustainable design of aerospace components. This included creating solutions for LCA on demand, uncertainty management, and supplier data integration. The project successfully delivered demonstrators and practical tools to enable resource-efficient design within complex aerospace manufacturing workflows.

My leadership in this project highlights my expertise in systems thinking, collaboration, and advancing sustainability goals in high-tech industries. Show less

Having led Granta involvement in the SusCritMat proposal, I have continued to provide technical expertise and experience to this EU Knowledge Innovation Cluster (KIC) which aims to enhance the education of PhD students, master students, junior engineers, researchers and managers in the area of critical raw materials.

The Circular Economy 100, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, was a global platform that united leading companies, innovators, and regions to expedite the shift to a sustainable, circular economy.

As Granta's lead, I engaged in projects emphasising stakeholder management and systems thinking. My contributions included:
- Establishing metrics for product circularity, integrating life-cycle management.
- Refining life cycle assessments for multi-life cycle products, enhancing… Show more

The Circular Economy 100, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, was a global platform that united leading companies, innovators, and regions to expedite the shift to a sustainable, circular economy.

As Granta's lead, I engaged in projects emphasising stakeholder management and systems thinking. My contributions included:
- Establishing metrics for product circularity, integrating life-cycle management.
- Refining life cycle assessments for multi-life cycle products, enhancing resource efficiency.
- Utilising materials data to support innovative Circular Economy strategies, aligning with sustainability and climate change objectives.

This role demanded effective business relationship management and adept communication skills. Show less

Working with other partners from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 network, I ran this co project to update and extend their Circular Economy Metrics methodology to encompass biological material flows, enabling the analysis of biotic and abiotic materials and products and the evaluation of their circularity.

I led Granta's participation in the development of the EMMC-CSA - a fifteen partner, €4M coordination and support action to establish the current and forward looking complementary activities necessary to bring the field of materials modelling closer to the demands of manufacturers in Europe. The project recognizes the goal of European industry to use materials modelling and simulation as an integral part of product development, thereby making a strong contribution to enhanced European… Show more

I led Granta's participation in the development of the EMMC-CSA - a fifteen partner, €4M coordination and support action to establish the current and forward looking complementary activities necessary to bring the field of materials modelling closer to the demands of manufacturers in Europe. The project recognizes the goal of European industry to use materials modelling and simulation as an integral part of product development, thereby making a strong contribution to enhanced European innovation and competitiveness on a global level. Show less

As the lead for Granta's ResCoM project, a €6M, 12-partner collaboration, I guided our team from proposal to delivering innovative software and data solutions vital for Europe's Circular Economy. My role blended project management with stakeholder engagement, focusing on sustainable closed-loop manufacturing systems. We developed tools for integrating product design, supply chain, and remanufacturing, enhancing environmental management and resource efficiency. The project's success in… Show more

As the lead for Granta's ResCoM project, a €6M, 12-partner collaboration, I guided our team from proposal to delivering innovative software and data solutions vital for Europe's Circular Economy. My role blended project management with stakeholder engagement, focusing on sustainable closed-loop manufacturing systems. We developed tools for integrating product design, supply chain, and remanufacturing, enhancing environmental management and resource efficiency. The project's success in delivering demonstrator models underscored the significance of life-cycle management and sustainable development in industrial practices. Show less

I led Granta's contributions to the development of this 29 partner, €18.7M project which was subsequently delivered by members of my team and the broader data, software and services teams. AMAZE had the overarching goal of enabling EU industry to rapidly produce large defect-free additively-manufactured (AM) metallic components up to 2 metres in size, ideally with close to zero waste, for use in aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear fusion and tooling industries. The project represented the… Show more

I led Granta's contributions to the development of this 29 partner, €18.7M project which was subsequently delivered by members of my team and the broader data, software and services teams. AMAZE had the overarching goal of enabling EU industry to rapidly produce large defect-free additively-manufactured (AM) metallic components up to 2 metres in size, ideally with close to zero waste, for use in aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear fusion and tooling industries. The project represented the largest and most ambitious team ever assembled on this topic and led to significant advances in data management for Additive Manufacturing as well as technical advances in AM itself. Show less

I led Granta's contributions to the development and delivery of this 8 partner, £2.3M ATI funded project which aimed to formulate a new sacrificial coating for corrosion protection of steel aerospace engine components – one that is free from hexavalent chromium and therefore not subject to the September 2017 ban on Cr6+ being implemented via REACH legislation. The project also sought to deliver an improved, cost-effective application methodology, incorporating automation to increase… Show more

I led Granta's contributions to the development and delivery of this 8 partner, £2.3M ATI funded project which aimed to formulate a new sacrificial coating for corrosion protection of steel aerospace engine components – one that is free from hexavalent chromium and therefore not subject to the September 2017 ban on Cr6+ being implemented via REACH legislation. The project also sought to deliver an improved, cost-effective application methodology, incorporating automation to increase manufacturing rate and capacity, and reduce waste. Show less

I led Granta's involvement in the Accelerated Metallurgy project from conception through to final delivery. AccMet was an €18M, 33 partner pan-European project with the core objective of delivering an integrated pilot-scale facility for the combinatorial synthesis and testing of many thousands of unexplored alloy formulations. This facility was the first of its kind in the world and represented several significant advances for metallurgy. The novel technology that enabled this high-throughput… Show more

I led Granta's involvement in the Accelerated Metallurgy project from conception through to final delivery. AccMet was an €18M, 33 partner pan-European project with the core objective of delivering an integrated pilot-scale facility for the combinatorial synthesis and testing of many thousands of unexplored alloy formulations. This facility was the first of its kind in the world and represented several significant advances for metallurgy. The novel technology that enabled this high-throughput facility was based on automated, direct laser deposition. Industrial interests included:
- Lightweight fuel-saving alloys for aerospace and automotive applications.
- Higher-temperature alloys for rockets, gas turbines, jet-engines, nuclear fusion.
- High-Tc superconductor alloys for electrical applications.
- High-ZT thermoelectric alloys for converting waste heat directly into electricity.
- Magnetic and magnetocaloric alloys for motors and refrigeration.
- Phase-change alloys for high-density memory storage. Show less

I led Granta's initial involvement and proposal contributions in this project - the largest single collaborative R&D project in the UK composites industry, the Composites Innovation Cluster involved 31 organisations across 17 projects, producing a range of advanced manufacturing facilities and demonstrator products to strengthen and demonstrate the UK composites supply chain. Subsequent project delivery activities were later led by members of the Collaborative R&D team under my leadership.

I led Granta's contribution to the HITEA project at every stage from initial conception to final delivery. HITEA was a 17 partner, £1.7M UK aerospace project born of the realization that individual aerospace companies were developing their own, proprietary solutions to the ban on Cr6+ containing materials - leading to potentially increased costs in the supply chain. The project addressed this situation by bringing together an integrated aerospace based team to identify innovative solutions and… Show more

I led Granta's contribution to the HITEA project at every stage from initial conception to final delivery. HITEA was a 17 partner, £1.7M UK aerospace project born of the realization that individual aerospace companies were developing their own, proprietary solutions to the ban on Cr6+ containing materials - leading to potentially increased costs in the supply chain. The project addressed this situation by bringing together an integrated aerospace based team to identify innovative solutions and develop robust accelerated testing methods that accurately reproduced severe environmental applications. This enabled the sector to adopt a common approach to the development and testing of REACH compliant protection systems, pooling knowledge, expertise and resources to identify candidate alternatives earlier. Show less

Having initially identified the significant role that materials knowledge had to play in the Circular Economy, I led the development and delivery of this project from the Granta side working with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The project addressed an identified need for an appropriate metric for company level and product level circularity and thereby sought to equip industry with the means for measuring and tracking the performance of their own efforts towards a circular economy. The project… Show more

Having initially identified the significant role that materials knowledge had to play in the Circular Economy, I led the development and delivery of this project from the Granta side working with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The project addressed an identified need for an appropriate metric for company level and product level circularity and thereby sought to equip industry with the means for measuring and tracking the performance of their own efforts towards a circular economy. The project resulted in a published methodology of the metrics following industrial trials and comprehensive consultation. It also led to the development of online tools for calculating product level circulatory alongside other complementary metrics on the basis of a bill of materials. Show less

The “Integrated software platform for Green Engineering dESIgn and product sustainability” project was a €4M collaboration aimed at developing a software engineering platform for eco-design and product sustainability assessment of electronic and mechatronic products. The resulting tools supported the rapid evaluation of technical solutions and their impact on the whole product life cycle during the early design stages of product development.

The NanoMicro project was an 11 partner, €5M project which aimed to provide the manufacturing industry with an entirely nano-micro-manufacturing platform, by way of a new micron scale resolution, direct parallel-deposition additive manufacturing process. The process was able to deliver a layer wise manufacturing approach using highly focalized powder/heat fluxes, with dimensions in the micron range. This allowed the control of spatial resolution within the same limits, building up parts with a… Show more

The NanoMicro project was an 11 partner, €5M project which aimed to provide the manufacturing industry with an entirely nano-micro-manufacturing platform, by way of a new micron scale resolution, direct parallel-deposition additive manufacturing process. The process was able to deliver a layer wise manufacturing approach using highly focalized powder/heat fluxes, with dimensions in the micron range. This allowed the control of spatial resolution within the same limits, building up parts with a high level of control over the bulk material properties. Show less

This 11 partner, €6M project aimed to develop both a new manufacturing route and new materials solutions for cold gas deposited coatings, bridging important technological gaps in mechanical, aeronautical and biomedical engineering. The project used different bulk materials such as alloys, ceramics and composites to avoid surface damage, improve wear behaviour and chemical inertness, and to generate a new class of solid lubricants and tribological materials for mechanical/aeronautical… Show more

This 11 partner, €6M project aimed to develop both a new manufacturing route and new materials solutions for cold gas deposited coatings, bridging important technological gaps in mechanical, aeronautical and biomedical engineering. The project used different bulk materials such as alloys, ceramics and composites to avoid surface damage, improve wear behaviour and chemical inertness, and to generate a new class of solid lubricants and tribological materials for mechanical/aeronautical applications. The project also addressed biomedical applications with a focus on biocompatibility and osseointegration mechanisms for deposited coatings. Show less

Samulet was a £100M collaborative programme between industry and academia led by Rolls-Royce working in a consortium alongside other high profile manufacturers, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and several of the UK’s top universities. It aimed to ensure that the UK aero-engine industry remained competitive in the face of new 2020 emissions targets for aircraft and that it was in a position to manufacture engines for the next generation of civil aircraft. Granta Design was involved in… Show more

Samulet was a £100M collaborative programme between industry and academia led by Rolls-Royce working in a consortium alongside other high profile manufacturers, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and several of the UK’s top universities. It aimed to ensure that the UK aero-engine industry remained competitive in the face of new 2020 emissions targets for aircraft and that it was in a position to manufacture engines for the next generation of civil aircraft. Granta Design was involved in a package of work within Samulet that focussed on productivity and environmental improvements including reductions in raw material usage, efficient advanced manufacturing processes and lower engine fuel consumption. Show less

StepUp was a 7 partner, €4.4M project aimed at supporting the emergence of low-cost, mass produced polymer additive manufacturing for European industrial engineering. The project aimed to make a significant step up in polymer and polymer composite properties through the production of nano-charged polymers for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). These materials broadened the range of available end properties from the technology and equipped manufacturers to develop new applications, moving away… Show more

StepUp was a 7 partner, €4.4M project aimed at supporting the emergence of low-cost, mass produced polymer additive manufacturing for European industrial engineering. The project aimed to make a significant step up in polymer and polymer composite properties through the production of nano-charged polymers for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). These materials broadened the range of available end properties from the technology and equipped manufacturers to develop new applications, moving away from rapid prototyping to additive manufacturing. Show less

This 8 partner, £380k project sought to develop a novel and innovative approach to producing high value construction products from domestic waste streams which are currently sent to landfill. The utilisation of a patented autoclaving process enabled domestic black bag waste to be converted to a sterile waste derived fibre (SWDF) that was used as a raw material to manufacture a range of high value construction products such as Fibreboard.

This 3 partner, £200k project developed and demonstrated novel materials which have the potential to be effectively incorporated into construction products such as blocks, tiles and mortars and would significantly reduce or block mobile communications. Such products were expected to find a ready market in a range of civil and military applications in which security is a paramount concern. By bringing together the inventors with a leading research provider, producer and user the project… Show more

This 3 partner, £200k project developed and demonstrated novel materials which have the potential to be effectively incorporated into construction products such as blocks, tiles and mortars and would significantly reduce or block mobile communications. Such products were expected to find a ready market in a range of civil and military applications in which security is a paramount concern. By bringing together the inventors with a leading research provider, producer and user the project developed and demonstrated to users the cost-effective application of innovative technologies in shielding against undesirable EM signals to provide the level of security required for buildings in a range of sectors. Show less

The aim of the programme was to identify practical limitations of infrared thermograhic techniques (IRT) for the detection of delaminations and voids in the soffits of highway bridge structures. It was hoped that the technique could be used remotely and at some distance away from the highway in order to minimise disruption/interference to traffic and also to provide a safer working environment for engineers performing a delamination survey.