Season 2 - 016 - On Air Traffic Management Education - Marina Efthymiou - Dublin City University

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The guest of this episode is Marina Efthymiou , an Assistant Professor in Aviation Management at the Dublin City University. We discussed the following:

• Background and expertise, including research and papers, teaching and education activities
• Aviation Management course at DCU, part of which relates to ATM, audience, key topics / subjects, prospects of future career
• Technical & managerial leadership
• Most important skills for a fresh graduate student (technical, managerial or else)
• How are aviation students are encouraged and prepared to think about sustainability
• Thinking outside the box for aviation related topics (new technologies and concepts like UTM, optimization)
• Future jobs in aviation / ATM, skills / knowledge needed, skill sets which will become obsolete (i.e. operational / technical)
• Current important directions of research and development activities in ATM
• Education and university studies in ATM and aviation in the next 5 and 50 years