I first met Ewan eight years ago when I arrived at Glasgow University and immediately was struck by his enormous enthusiasm for all aspects of his role in the School. He absolutely loved working with all aspects of CAD and was constantly learning about every new tool and plug in that was available. He thrived as a teacher, passing his knowledge, skills and passion for the subject to hundreds of students every year and he supported many colleagues across the School with a wide range of diverse and cutting edge research projects.
He wanted our Engineering students to gain the best CAD training they could and to be leading in the field and spent hundreds of hours researching and then delivering wonderful courses on a range of topics including Revit, Formit, Fusion 360 etc. His teaching methods were enthusiastic, pragmatic and clearly articulated and the students really enjoyed learning all the fantastic new skills that he taught them. He was always wanting to be at the forefront in CAD expertise and as a Lecturer he was kind, supportive and patient with all the students. He was therefore incredibly well liked and highly regarded by all the students.
As a colleague, he was simply fantastic in every way. He was kind, enthusiastic, hard working and always 100% committed to supporting all of his colleagues and the students. He was an absolute pleasure to work with and was always smiling and joking. I absolutely loved working with him on a range of activities including three Structural Design projects every year for the last eight years. He was an incredibly special person and it’s hard to comprehend that we won’t see him around anymore. He leaves an enormous gulf and will be hugely missed by all of his colleagues across the JWSE. It is incredibly difficult to believe that this has happened to Ewan but I hope that his family and friends can gain some solace from the fact that he was simply loved by everyone at Glasgow University. I will miss him hugely – he was simply the best in every possibly way. Fiona Bradley x