Dr Steve Bullock
MEng(Bristol), PhD
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Current positions
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
I work in the University's Flight Lab, using aerial robotics (drones) in collaboration with diverse partners. I'm interested in scientific, conservation, search and rescue, and humanitarian contexts. Bringing together increased autonomy, beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations and innovative data analysis can enable efficient, safer, and more versatile sensing and impact.
I also take an evidence-based approach to my educational work, collaborating and sharing practice and experience in large group design projects; I work in large-scale international collaborations developing emerging researchers and networks (I'm currently Training lead for http://wilddrone.eu); and support development of national and international accreditation and quality assurance practices.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
WildDrone
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
Autonomous Drones for Nature Conservation MissionsManaging organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2026
Aerial Robotics for Search and Rescue
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
19/09/2022 to 18/09/2026
Data-Driven Aerospace Design through the Statistical Characterisation of the Search and Rescue Environment
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project, funded by the Jean Golding Institute Seed Corn Call 2021-2022, aims to characterise the mission profile and environment for Search And Rescue (SAR) in the United Kingdom. This…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
25/01/2022 to 05/07/2022
Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions: Aerospace/Atmospheric Chemistry
Principal Investigator
Description
Three-month secondment of Senior RA from Atmospheric Chemistry to Aerospace Engineering in order to facilitate atmospheric modelling for mitigation of non-CO2 emissions on climate impact.Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/01/2022 to 31/03/2022
Mitigation of non-CO2 climate impact of civil aviation - Aerospace Engineering/Atmospheric Chemistry collaboration
Principal Investigator
Description
This project connects strong foundations in Aerospace and Atmospheric Chemistry in order to develop tools and recommendations to reduce the impact of non-CO2 emissions from civil aviation on the climate.…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/10/2020 to 01/04/2024
Publications
Selected publications
04/07/2022Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response
Aerospace
Low Carbon Fuels Strategy - Department for Transport Consultation Response
Recent publications
05/04/2023Off-setting climate change through formation flying of aircraft, a feasibility study reliant on high fidelity gas-phase chemical kinetic data
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Low Carbon Fuels Strategy - Department for Transport Consultation Response
Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response
Aerospace
The Emissions of Water Vapour and NOx from Modelled Hydrogen-Fuelled Aircraft and the Impact of NOx Reduction on Climate Compared with Kerosene-Fuelled Aircraft
Atmosphere
Collaborative control in a flying-boom aerial refueling simulation
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Thesis
Cooperative Control for Automated Air-to-Air Refuelling
Supervisors
Award date
09/05/2017
Related people
Dr Anwar Khan
Research Fellow
School of Chemistry
Professor Tom Richardson
Professor of Aerial Robotics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Mark Lowenberg
Professor of Flight Dynamics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Dudley Shallcross
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
School of Chemistry