Jay Smith

Jay Smith is a full-time aerospace systems engineer, designing systems for aircraft and spacecraft. He is a chartered member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and his goals are to write "high-quality books which make the subject of engineering affordable, accessible, useful, and interesting".

Jay Smith was born in the UK, achieving a first class MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering with Business Management from the University of Warwick, before undertaking postgraduate classes in Advanced Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Robotics at Warwick, and Airframe Systems Design at Wrexham Glyndŵr University.

He has for 10 years taught secondary education, further education (FE) and higher education (HE) from Key Stage 3 up to undergraduate level in mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics and engineering, holding his first role as lecturer at the age of 19 (studying during the day, and teaching community college classes at night). Afterwards, he has worked on water filtration and micro-hydroelectric power projects in Uganda, and interned in chemicals manufacturing in Suffolk. After postgraduate studies, he held the role as an aerospace engineer in both design and maintenance organisations across three countries, dedicated to the mechanical design and performance of military surveillance aircraft.

Starting at the age of 24, Jay was Programme Leader of Aerospace Engineering, shaping and delivering bachelor's degrees on behalf of Lancaster University and Blackpool & The Fylde College. His expertise has enabled him to lead a breadth of classes, including multiple semesters of electrical and electronic engineering, analytical methods, functional mathematics, undergraduate mathematics, project management, aircraft and aerospace principles, materials engineering, and aircraft propulsion, whilst pioneering flipped classroom approach to lecturing, and the use of ed-tech.

Jay is an active STEM Ambassador, having supported projects and events, and continues to inspire the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians by delivering engineering talks and events at schools, colleges and universities across the UK.