J.-P. Clarke

John-Paul (J.-P.) Clarke is an eminent academic and serial entrepreneur. In addition to serving as the CINO, he is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Ernest Cockrell Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at UT Austin, he was a College of Engineering Dean’s Professor at Georgia Tech, and previously on the faculty at MIT. He was Vice President of Strategic Technologies at UTC during an 18-month leave from Georgia Tech, an engineer at Boeing and NASA JPL, and co-founder of multiple startups. Prof. Clarke received his S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT.