Calum Aird

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Roles

  • Subject Leader – HE Science, Engineering and Aviation
  • Programme Leader:  
    • BSc(H) Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Management 
    • BEng Aircraft Engineering Systems TNE  
  • Aviation Engineering Lecturer 
  • Project Supervisor 
  • Personal Academic Tutor 

Qualifications

  • BEng Hons Aircraft Engineering
  • PGCert Teaching Qualification in Further Education
  • CMI First Line Management

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Teaching subjects

  • Aerodynamics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Physics, Reliability in Engineering 
  • Aircraft Performance
  • Computer Aided Design 
  • MATLAB 
  • Sustainable Aviation
  • Airport Operations 

Technical/Research interests

  • Flight Simulation, fixed base and motion platform. Integration with Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Aerodynamics, CFD and wind Tunnel Testing
  • 3D printing, CNC manufacturing 

Employment history

  • 2011-2013 Academic Development Advisor for Mechanical Engineering in Problem Based Learning Educational Development Unit - UHI

Aircraft Engineering lecturer, Calum Aird