Tim Clarke

Tim Clarke is a Senior Lecturer at the University of York's School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, where he established the Master of Engineering in Avionics degree program. With a background spanning RAF service (as Air Traffic Control Officer and Electronic Warfare Specialist) and industry experience at British Aerospace, he leads the Control Systems Laboratory. His research spans avionics, bio-inspired computing, and autonomous systems.

Key research areas include:

• Modelling and control of rotary/fixed-wing aircraft
• Gas turbine engine simulation
• Wavelet applications in control engineering
• Multi-agent systems for autonomous vehicle coordination
• Distributed fault tolerance in complex systems
• Cognitive radio and wireless network optimization