Public Engagement
Public engagement activities by Dr Stuart Grey including keynote talks, public lectures, workshops, media appearances, and STEM outreach. Highlights include talks at the Royal Institution, appearances on BBC television, viral space debris visualisations, and events focused on engaging those traditionally under-represented in engineering.
Podcast: My Interview on Rogue Startups - Evaluating AI Model Performance
January 2025
I recently appeared on the Rogue Startups podcast to discuss how AI is transforming both my personal and professional life, including practical approaches to evaluating different AI models and integrating them into various workflows.
Video: An Introduction to the Principles of Design - University of Glasgow - STEM in 10
August 2023
In a recent talk I discuss the complexities of engineering design, advocating for a cyclical, iterative approach over a simple linear one. I emphasize the role of error correction, the importance of blending theoretical and experiential knowledge, and the need for diverse teams and effective communication in solving global challenges.
Video: A History of Space Debris - University of Glasgow Taster Lecture
May 2022
In this short video I give a quick overview of the history of space debris, including attempting to answer the questions, "What is space debris?", "Where is space debris?" and "How can we remove space debris?".
Podcast: AI Powered Text Analysis
February 2022
In this episode of the Scotland's AI Strategy podcast, Stuart Grey, Founder of Student Voice talks about how AI powered text analysis can help universities digest and respond to feedback from students.
Summer 2020 Outreach Resources
June 2020
As we unfortunately cannot run any in person outreach activities this summer I've made all my resources available here for those who are interested.
Young Weir-Wise 2020
January 2020
Discovering Engineering with S2 Girls. As usual I had a great time and continue to be impressed by how curious and engaged these students are.
Engineering the Future for Girls 2019
June 2019
We ran sessions today again for the Engineering the Future for Girls summer school. Thanks to all of our undergraduate students who came in to help.
Scottish Space School 2019
June 2019
An afternoon spent building VR headsets to see the debris around Earth and coming up with ideas of how to clean it all up.
A History of Space Debris - Public Lecture at the Wolf Humanities Center at the University of Pennsylvania
March 2019
The space race and more recent commercial space activities have led to a proliferation of objects in Earth’s orbit. What exactly are these objects? How do they behave? Who are we leaving them for? Is it junk or can it be reclaimed? Dr. Stuart Grey considers our role in polluting space and how this circulation of material impacts the future.
Young Weir-Wise 2019
January 2019
Discovering Engineering with S2 Girls. It was time again to run 2 sessions as part of the Young Weir-WISE outreach activity at Strathclyde. This time we focussed on 3 key areas in the future use of space, 1. Global space based internet, 2. Orbital/sub-orbital transport and 3. Global real-time satellite video.
Strathclyde Headstart 2018
June 2018
In the last of the 3 outreach events we've run this summer we had 40 students from the Headstart scheme run by the Engineering Development Trust. Overall I've had a fantastic few weeks meeting over 240 young people interested in engineering and can't wait to see what they get up to.
Engineering the Future for Girls 2018
June 2018
We spent the day with 100 S3 girls giving them an idea what is involved in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and how we might tackle some of the engineering challenges involved with preventing and removing space debris.
VR Space Debris for the Scottish Space School 2018
June 2018
We ran a session on space debris as part of the Scottish Space School for 100 students from schools across Scotland. This year we also had our 3D printers on show and had a couple of special visitors.
Young Weir-Wise: Discovering Engineering with S2 Girls
January 2018
An afternoon spent building VR headsets to see the debris around Earth and coming up with ideas of how to clean it all up.
The Naked Scientists - Question of the Week
December 2017
Would a rocket launched from a tube, like a bullet from a rifle barrel, be assisted or hindered by that?
Glasgow Science Festival: My Favourite Doomsday Talk
June 2017
I gave a talk about why a massive asteroid strike is my favourite doomsday.
Scottish Space School VR Space Debris Workshops
June 2017
100 students from across Scotland got to see the extent of the space debris problem for themselves with their own VR headsets.
Video: Watch this Space - Episode 2
June 2016
Episode 2 of Watch this Space, covering the remaining satellite launches and new debris for May 2016 including Galileo, Thaicom 8 and more.
Video: Watch this Space - Episode 1
June 2016
Episode 1 of Watch this Space, covering all satellite launches and newly tracked debris for May 2016 using real tracking data.
Space Debris Wallpapers - May 2016
June 2016
Downloadable desktop and mobile wallpapers visualising tracked objects in Earth orbit, coloured by time on orbit.
Space debris talk at the Royal Institution
March 2016
Video: Space Debris 1957-2015
December 2015
A video visualisation showing the accumulation of space debris in orbit around Earth from 1957 to 2015.
Royal Institution Advent Calendar: A History of Space Debris
December 2015
An interactive WebGL visualisation of nearly 20,000 pieces of space debris, created for the Royal Institution Christmas lectures 2015.
Future London 2015
November 2015
Photos from our engagement activities at the Future London 2015 event at Olympicopolis.
St Pauls Way Science Summer School 2015
August 2015
Photos from the St Pauls Way Science Summer School 2015, featuring 3D printing activities.
Aviation Xtended interview on my space debris research and new aerospace course at UCL
March 2015
Interview with Aviation Xtended discussing my space debris research and the new aerospace course at UCL.
My appearance on episode 1 of "Keeping it Civil", the new podcast from CEGE at UCL
February 2015
My guest appearance on the first episode of "Keeping it Civil", the new podcast from CEGE at UCL.
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference 2014 Presentation: Developments in High Fidelity Surface Force Models and their Relative Effects on Orbit Prediction
August 2014
Presentation slides from the 2014 AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference on high fidelity surface force models for orbit prediction.
Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference 2014 Presentation: High Fidelity Modelling of the Photoelectric Effect on Spacecraft
June 2014
Presentation slides on high fidelity modelling of the photoelectric effect on spacecraft from the 2014 Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference.