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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Selected Links from the Episode

Steve's personal webpage and University of Bristol profile
Steve's Twitter and LinkedIn
The Cosmic Shed

Live: TRON in the Planetarium (Eventbrite)


Aerospace Engineering in Bristol

Can flying go green?


The Science behind 2001: A Space Odyssey
Flipping lectures for increased teaching effectiveness
TeachFirst