Matthew Clarke

For More Information

• Laboratory for Electric Aircraft Design and Sustainability Research Group

Education

• Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2022, Thesis title: "Towards a Regional and Urban Air Mobility Future: The Development of Computational Approaches for Quantifying Trade-offs in Electric Aircraft Design", Thesis advisor: Juan Alonso
• M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2018
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, 2016

Professional Registrations

• Vertical Flight Society (VFS), Professional Member
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Professional Member
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Professional Member

Research Interests

• Applied Aerodynamics, Sustainable Aviation, Electric Aircraft Propulsion, Aeroacoustics, Aircraft Noise

Selected Articles in Journals

• Clarke, M., and Alonso, J.J., "Forecasting the Operational Lifetime of Battery-Powered Electric Aircraft". Journal of Aircraft, (2022), pp.1-9.
• Clarke, M., and Alonso. J. J., "Lithium-Ion Battery Modeling for Aerospace Applications" Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 58, No. 6 (2021), pp. 1323-1335
• Zhao, C., Clarke, M., Kellermann, H., & Verstraete, D. (2023). Liquid Cooling Systems for Batteries of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft, 1-17.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Shekar, S, Clarke, M, “Design and In-Flight Analysis of an Electric Aircraft’s Battery Thermal Management System” 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo, Rosemont, IL Jun. 2024
• Shekar, S, Clarke, M, “Physics-Based Approaches for Optimally Sizing Thermal Management Systems for Battery-Electric Aircraft Performing Regional Flights” AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, Las Vegas, NV Jul. 2024 AIAA 2024-4077
• Arnson, M. G., Cinar, G., Waddington, E., Ansell, P. J., Clarke, M., de Vries, R., ... & de Bock, P. (2024). System-Level Energy Pack Requirements for Sustainable Commercial Aviation. In AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024
• Clarke, M. A., Molloy, A. R., Nanjappa, N., Guerrero, Y. N., Cipriani, A., Artemyev, N.,  & Tillman, C. M. (2025). "A New Metric for Characterizing the Socioeconomic Impact of Noise Pollution from Proposed Urban Air Mobility Operations". AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. 2025. Forum
• Shekar, S. , and Clarke, M. "Optimizing Thermal Management Systems to Augment the Operational Longevity of Electric Aircraft." AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. 2025. AIAA 2025-1474
• Vegh J. M., Botero E., Clarke M., Smart J., and Alonso J.J., "Current Capabilities and Challenges of NDARC and SUAVE for eVTOL Aircraft Design and Analysis" AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Indianapolis, IN, August 2019. AIAA 2019-4505
• Clarke, M. and Alonso J.J., "Evaluating the Performance and Acoustic Footprint of Aircraft for Regional and Urban Air Mobility" AIAA Aviation Forum, Washington, DC, Jun. 2021 AIAA 2021-3205

Other Honors

• Forbes 30 Under 30 Science List (Fall 2023)

Recent Courses Taught

• AE 416 - Applied Aerodynamics
• AE 419 - Aircraft Flight Mechanics
• AE 597 MC - Independent Study