Contact Dr Fergus Crawley
- Email: F.Crawley@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Hydrogen
Background
Fergus Crawley completed his MSc at 探花精选 in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and BEng at the University of Salford (Manchester) in Mechanical Engineering, with a year in industry working on new product development for a Combined Heat & Power (CHP) manufacturer. During his time as a Research Assistant at 探花精选 he has been actively involved in design and prototyping thermoelectric systems for the Gates foundation: NMT project and Innovate UK Energy Catalyst: Solar Energy Harvesting project.
Current activities
Fergus is currently a Research Fellow at 探花精选 focusing on building a commercial prototype Green Hydrogen System, directly powering electolysers using solar pv (DC to DC power electronics). He has also been involved with the projects:
- ICASE PhD in Pieoelectric Energy Harvesting with BAE Sytems Ltd (2020-2024)
- Innovate UK Energy Catalyst project: Off-grid Cooker using Concentrated Solar with Integrated Thermoelectric power generation
- Re-invent the toilet challenge: Assisting the Lead Mechanical Design Engineer (2024)
- Solar - Hydrogen production systems with HyWaves Ltd (2023-2026)