University of Lincoln
Today I visited Siren radio to talk my current interests and work as part of #itsoundslikespace produced by 2nd year media prod students. We talked a range of things from the Cassini spacecraft to what astrophysics students at Lincoln can get the opportunity to be involved with. It was great to meet with the students and be part of their show.
The full recording of 1st annual Edmund Weaver lecture in astronomy.
Cassini: Over a decade of discoveries. A public lecture by Dr Phil Sutton, Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Lincoln.
From 18th September I will be taking part of “I’m A Scientist, Get Me Of Here” for a few months. I took part in the space exploration zone in March 2017, which was great fun to interact with so many schools and students.
“A free online event where school students meet and interact with scientists. It’s an X Factor-style competition between scientists, where students are the judges.
Students challenge the scientists over fast-paced online text-based live CHATs. They ASK the scientists anything they want, and VOTE for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.”
This time I will be in the career zone which is aimed more at students asking about their future and scientific careers. The students get the chance to ask the experts questions but also to speak directly through live chats.
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Phil Sutton starts his new position at the University of Lincoln in the School of Mathematics and Physics as Lecturer of Astrophysics 1st September 2017. He obtained his undergraduate degree at Nottingham Trent in Physics with Astrophysics in 2006. During his undergraduate studies and up until taking a position in the physics department at Loughborough University in 2007 he also worked as mechanic building and racing cars. Experimentation with large engines in small cars (Vauxhall corsa) led to some success at national events. Winning first place in the 1/4 mile (low 12 seconds with terminal speeds of 128mph) at Santa Pod raceway at the performance Vauxhall show and placing in the finals at Ten Of The Best, a national event to find the fastest street legal cars in country.
For the ten years spent at Loughborough University as technician and more recently a technical tutor he was responsible for the…
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Dr Phil Sutton
Lincoln Astrophysics Team 