Professional Activities
member of JSHIP accreditation council (2000-2003)
member of MoD Defence Scientific Advisory Council (2009-2012)
honorary member of VFS Handling Qualities and Modelling and Simulation Tech Committees
presented > 20 short courses on rotorcraft handling qualities and flight control in Europe, US and the Far East including most recently to EASA (2023)
consultant to governments and industries on rotorcraft handling qualities and flight control (>20 projects since 2000)
received 1 gold award, 1 silver award and 3 bronze awards for best papers in the RAeS Aeronautical Journal
presentations on my book "So You Want to be an Engineer' to secondary and higher education institutions
Conference Roles
- key note speaker, by Invitation (AHS, 2007)
Editorships
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences (Associate Editor, 2005 - present)
- the aeronautical journal (Associate Editor, 1995 - present)
- the aeronautical journal (Associate Editor, 1995 - present)
Examination Roles
- The Queen's University of Belfast, MEng (2008)
Organisations I have been associated with
- North West Science Council (2006 - 2007)
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal Aeronautical Society (Chartered Engineer, 1999 - present)
- American Helicopter Society (Member, 1987 - present)
- Royal Aeronautical Society (Fellow, 1987 - present)