Senior Lecturer (T&S), GTA Co-ordinator
Email: david.pearce@york.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dajp1
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 2390
Areas of Expertise: Internet Protocols, Wireless Systems, Analogue and Digital Design, Laboratory Teaching, Pedagogy in Higher Education
Dave Pearce graduated from Cambridge University in 1985 and started his career working in fibre-optic communications at Plessey Research Roke Manor in 1985, then in 1990 joined Madge Networks where he was responsible for the design of 802.5 token ring network hubs, switches and bridges, as well as for the physical layer implementation on a network interface card that sold over one million units. During this time he played a leading role on the IEEE 802.5 standardisation committee. From 1996 to 1998 he researched into fixed wireless access systems at the University of York. He was appointed a lecturer in 1998 and became a teaching fellow in 2011, specialising in laboratory teaching and practical skills.
He has an active interest in engineering education research, in particular the use of new technologies in teaching. He was a member of the Special Interest Group on education research in the HEFCE Engineering Subject Centre.
He is the author of over 40 conference and journal papers in the field of communications engineering and education, and is a named inventor on twelve patents.