Biography

Jacquetta Lee joined the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey in January 2003, as a Research Fellow, developing, co-ordinating and undertaking a two year research project funded by Leverhulme Trust on ‘The role of media in decision making – influencing environmental attitudes and behaviours through soap operas’. After successful completion of the research project and following a years maternity leave, she became a Lecturer in the Centre in January 2006, holding the position of Programme  Director (Surrey) for the EngD programme. After a second maternity break, she has returned to the centre on a part time basis as a tutor, supervising EngD and PhD researchers, and assisting in the administration of the EngD programme management. 

Prior to joining CES, Jacquetta worked at Rolls-Royce as a principle technologist in the environmental strategy team, undertaking LCA studies of key products, and developing and implementing DfE guidelines and strategy for the company. She has also worked as a site design engineer in China, as one member of a team overseeing the construction and fit out of a new five star hotel.

Research Interests

Current research topics include:

• the development of a risk analysis system to allow the incorporation of environmental issues into the design of highly technically specified products
• managing carbon in fast moving consumer goods supply chains.
• the application of design approaches, principles and tools to the sustainable use of high performance materials
• a technical, economic and social study into renewable microgeneration and code 6 housing design
• the design and development of 'green' outside broadcast vehicles
• investigation the potential for resilient sustainable automotive strategy
• analysis of the opportunities for waste to energy conversion in Thailand using LCA

Other, more general interests include the application of DfE and life cycle thinking to the aerospace industry and value analysis in scrap aerospace market.

Publications

Lee J.J, Callaghan P, Allen D (1995) “Critical Review of Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment Techniques and their Application to Commercial Activities”, Resources Recycling and Conservation, 13, 37-56

Lee J.J (1995) “Minimum Energy and Materials Consumption within Flow Systems and Life Cycle Analysis”, Presented at the ASME 1995 Congress Proceedings, 12-17 November  1995, San Francisco, USA

Lee J.J (2000) “Sustainable Aviation - the way ahead”, Presented at the 22nd ICAS Conference, 28 August to 1 September 2000, Harrogate, UK

Lee J.J (2002) “Integrating Design for Environment and Extended Product Responsibility”, Environmental Sustainability Conference and Exposition, Land Sea and Air, 8-10 April 2002, Graz, Austria

Lee J.J (2003) “The potential offered by aircraft and engine technologies”.  Chapter 7, Towards Sustainable Aviation, Eds: Upham,Maughan, Raper, Thomas.  Earthscan.

Lee J.J (2006) “Greener Manufacturing, Maintenance and Disposal – towards the ACARE targets”. The Aeronautical Journal, November 2006, Vol 110

Stafford Lloyd, Andrew Clifton, Lucia Elghali, and Jacquetta Lee (2009). Design for Environment at Rolls-Royce, Life Cycle Assessment IX (Joint North American Life Cycle Conference), Boston, MA, USA.

Teaching

Life cycle thinking and approaches

Design for Environment/Sustainability

Departmental Duties

Supervision of EngD and PhD research projects

Contribution to MSc teaching modules where appropriate.

Supervision of MSc dissertation projects

Member of the EngD Management Operating Board and Advisory Board.