Dr Steve Bullock is an engineering researcher in air-to-air refuelling and cooperative control of UAVs, as well as the Programme Director of the Aerospace Engineering programme at the University of Bristol. As the programme director of a leading European aerospace engineering programme, Steve has a unique vantage point on how the higher education landscape is changing, and specifically, how technology trends such as aviation sustainability and digitisation are changing the requirements for an engineering university education in the 21st century.
As a TeachFirst ambassador and presenter of the Cosmic Shed podcast, Steve has a clear passion for education in general and is actively exploring different ways of disseminating technical information to a broad audience. In this episode of the podcast Steve and I talk about,
- his path into aerospace engineering and how he found his passion for teaching
- his PhD work on air-to-air refuelling and cooperative control
- what he considers to be some of the key challenges in engineering university education
- how the Aerospace Engineering department in Bristol is planning for the future
- and much, much more.
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As an aircraft mechanic graduate of 1969 from G.T. Baker Aviation of Miami Fla., USA, issued a US FAA certificate, I find this refreshing. I should have remained in the industry in some way. Yet with military duty requirements of 1969-70, after tests with the US Air Force, being offered electronics or aircraft mechanics, I selected electronics, to my working livelihood detriment. No working future.
My recent re-interest in aviation is triggered by several events of aircraft accidents; Bird Strikes.
And so I listen, read, and conceive of technical ideas to solve/end events like the Manchester 757 crow bird strike event, and ultimately Captain Sully surfing an Airbus 320 on the NY Hudson River of USA.
Keep up the work, effort you make, it will evolve. M.RossARR, Thanks for reading.
Thanks for your nice comment! All the best! Rainer