Professor John Alexander McDermid
FREng
University of York , as of 2026
Fellow , Elected 2002 , Greater London , Academia
Listed by the Academy’s directory under Health and Safety Executive
John A. McDermid is a computer scientist and professor at the University of York, UK, and chairman of Rapita Systems Ltd.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Expertise
- Integrated Systems
- Nuclear Safety
- Professional Development
- Research and Development
- Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Methodology
- Safety
- Safety Assessment
- Safety-Critical Systems
- System Design
- Systems
- Technology Transfer
- Transport Safety
- Accident Investigation
- Aerospace
- Aircraft Systems
- Automotive
- Avionics
- Computing
- Control Systems
- Defence
- Education and Training
- Embedded Systems
- Engineering Education
- Expert Witness
- Failure
- Fault Detection
- Hazard and Risk Analysis
- Hazard Assessment
- Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Regulation
- Healthcare
- Neural Networks
- Software Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy
- Software Engineering Research
- Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Links
Sources
- Identity
Confirmed (grade B) , the Academy’s directory lists them under University of York, and a source names them there , RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , OpenAlex , 30 Sep 2026
Why we think this is them
Wikidata , 30 Sep 2026 , records them as a Fellow of the Academy
RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , lists them under University of York
OpenAlex , 30 Sep 2026 , names them at University of York
- Directory entry, Listed under
RAEng directory , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence
- Summary
Wikipedia , 30 Sep 2026 , via API , CC BY-SA 4.0 , medium confidence