Malcolm Macdonald (engineer)

For other uses, see Malcolm MacDonald (disambiguation).
Eur Ing Prof
Malcolm Macdonald
C.Eng. FRAeS FRSA FRSE FREng
Malcolm Macdonald, July 2018
Born1978[1]
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (B. Eng. (Hons) and PhD)
Known forSpace technology
Astrodynamics
Network science
Solar sailing
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2021)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2021)
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (2013)
Royal Society of Edinburgh Makdougall Brisbane Prize (2016)
European Engineer (2008)
Chartered Engineer (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsSpace technology, aerospace engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Strathclyde
UK Space Agency Steering Board
SCISYS
University of Glasgow
ThesisAnalytical methodologies for solar trail trajectory design (2005)
Websitespaceprof.xyz

Malcolm Macdonald FRAeS FRSA FRSE FREng is a Scottish space technology engineer, academic,[2] and director. He is a Professor and the Chair of Applied Space Technology at the University of Strathclyde, and a visiting professor at University College Dublin.[3] He was Director of the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications,[4] SoXSA, from 2014 - 2020, and a non-executive member of the UK Space Agency Steering Board from 2017 - 2020.[5][6] He is an acknowledged expert in space research,[7] and in 2021 was referred to in the media as "Scotland's leading space expert".[8]

  1. ^ Malcolm Macodnlad on Twitter
  2. ^ Malcolm Macdonald publications indexed by Google Scholar
  3. ^ "University of Strathclyde Visiting Professor at UCD for Space Week to bolster Irish space sector ambitions". 12 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Scottish Space Sector Soars With New Funding Boost". DIGIT. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Strathclyde expert Malcolm Macdonald appointed to UK Space Agency's steering board". The National. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "UK Space Agency, Our governance". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Space, Scotland's New Frontier". The Herald. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ^ "'UFO' seen by hundreds of Scots across the country explained by top space expert". Daily Recird. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.