Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1990) (Convenor of the Mathematics section; Convenor of the Electronics and Electrical Engineeering Section; various committees, Enterprise Mentor, Adviser Scottish Parliament on Nanotechnology).
Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society (1991).
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (1999)
Affiliate member of the Institute of Physics.
Vice-President (since 2014) and Council Member (2010-2013) of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow .
Member and Treasurer of the Nomads Club, Glasgow (since 2006).
Chairman of Alderman Callow Community College Association (1972-7), Vice-Chairman of Governing Body of Alderman Callow Community School, Coventry.