SpaceProf.xyz || Malcolm Macdonald

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About SpaceProf

A Glasgow based space technology engineer, academic, and director working at the interface between academia, industry, & government.

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Engineer, professor, & director

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Professor

2017 - present

University of Strathclyde

Director of Centre for Signal and Image Processing (CeSIP), and Chair of Applied Space Technology. Learn more

Visiting Professor

2021 - present

University College Dublin

Centre for Space Research. Learn more

Independent Non-Executive Director

2020 - present

Weather Stream

Providing precise, temporal and comprehensive weather data that improves safety, security and prosperity worldwide. Learn more

Industry Advisory Board

2021 - present

Seraphim Space

The world’s leading specialist investor in SpaceTech. Learn more

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Other things I do

Chair

2018 - present

ARIEL Project Management Board

A space telescope aiming to observe the chemical composition & thermal structure of the atmosphere of exoplanets. The primary project monitoring & assurance mechanism for the UK’s investment in ARIEL across finance, schedule, technical specification, & scope, providing advice to the Agency Executive. Learn more

vice-Chair

2021 - present

UK Space Agency, Space Technology Advisory Committee

Providing advice and support to the Agency on matters relating to space technology development programmes.

Associate Editor

2009 - present

AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics

A leading, peer-review journal in the field of aerospace engineering on the advancement of the science & technology of guidance, control, & dynamics. Learn more

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Learned societies & professional qualifications

Fellow

Royal Academy of Engineering, RAEng

Fellow

Royal Society of Edinburgh, RSE

Fellow

Royal Society of Arts, RSA

Fellow

Royal Aeronautical Society, RAeS

Associate Fellow

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA

Registered European Engineer

European Federation of National Engineering Associations

Chartered Engineer

Engineering Council UK

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Prior roles

Special Advisor on Innovation

2018 - 2022

Huli.Life

Great adventure relies on good planning, Huli is the new standard in outdoor activity route planning. Learn more

Non-Executive

2017 - 2020

UK Space Agency

Steering Board member, providing advice to Ministers on strategy, function, & operation, as well aiding monitoring & advising on performance. Learn more

Director

2014 - 2020

SoXSA, Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications

Scotland's national space innovation centre, translating research for market-led innovation-pull to develop new concepts for the exploitation of space. Connecting innovation across business, academia, & government.

Consultant

2016 - 2019

Science and Technology Policy Institute

A federally funded research & development centre located in Washington, D.C. & administered by the non-profit Institute for Defense Analyses. Learn more

Committee Member

2015 - 2016

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Research Council to review the state of the scientific potential & technological promise of CubeSats, producing the report Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box.

Research and Technology Domain Expert

2005 - 2008

SciSys (UK) Ltd. (now CGI)

Delivering attitude control software for LISA-Pathfinder & ADM-Aeolus throughout the mission life-cycle, in addition to a number of studies.

Research Assistant

2003 - 2004

University of Glasgow

Developing a catalogue of advanced mission concepts for the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building
204 George St.
Glasgow G1 1XW