Dr Craig Lawson
Lecturer in Airframe Systems Design
Location: Building 83
E: C.P.Lawson@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1234 754686
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Current activities
Craig’s current teaching responsibilities include lecturing Airframe Systems Design, and Aircraft Performance. He also supervises design and research projects in the field of Aircraft Systems.
His current research interests include technology and systems integration for the more electric aircraft, airframe systems technologies for uninhabited air vehicles, and electrically powered ice protection systems for UAVs. He is also currently researching advanced actuation systems for morphing structures.
Background
Following the completion of a BEng (Hons.) in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, he came to Cranfield in 1999 to research a Ph.D. in Gas Turbine Instrumentation. On completion of the Ph.D. in 2003 he then joined the Aerospace Engineering Group at Cranfield University to work in Airframe Systems.
His research background includes tip timing techniques in aero-engines, where he has experience developing instrumentation and electronics for application on turbomachinery.
He has experience as the Chief Systems Engineer of the Demon UAV and the commander of successful flight trials of that vehicle.
Craig is an Associate Member of the RAeS, as well as serving as Cranfield Branch Honorary Secretary. Craig is a Member of the IET.
Selected publications
Monterzino, G.A.I., Lawson, C.P., “Development of a Pneumatic System to Enable Flight Without Conventional Control Surfaces”, Paper 444. 27th ICAS Congress, Nice, France. 19-24 Sept. 2010
Fielding, J.P., Lawson, C.P., Pires, R.M., “Development of the Demon Technology Demonstrator UAV”, Paper 271 27th ICAS Congress, Nice, France. 19-24 Sept. 2010
Fielding, J.P., Lawson, C.P., Pires, R. Yarf-Abbasi, A., “Further Development of Eclipse & Demon Demonstrator UAVs”, CEAS 2009 European Air and Space Conference, Manchester, UK, 26-29 October 2009
Lawson, C.P., Pointon, J., “Thermal Management of Electromechanical Actuation On An All-Electric Aircraft”, Paper 243. 26th ICAS Congress, Anchorage, Alaska. 14-19 Sept. 2008
Lawson, C.P., Lim K.M., “The State-Of-The-Art and The Future Of Water Management Within Fuel Tanks”, Paper 349. 26th ICAS Congress, Anchorage, Alaska. 14-19 Sept. 2008
Yarf-Abbasi, A. Clarke, C. P. Lawson & J. P. Fielding “Design and Development of the Eclipse and Demon Demonstrator UAVs”, Paper 316. 26th ICAS Congress, Anchorage, Alaska. 14-19 Sept. 2008
Lawson, C.P., “Electrically Powered Ice Protection Systems for MALE UAVs – Requirements and Integration Challenges”, Paper 363. 25th ICAS Congress, Hamburg, Germany. 3-8 Sept. 2006
Lawson, C.P., Longhurst, P.J., Ivey, P.C. “The Application of a New Research and Development Project Selection Model in SMEs”. Technovation Journal. Volume 26, Issue 2, pp. 242-250. February 2006
Lawson, C.P., Ivey, P.C. “Turbomachinery Blade Vibration Amplitude Measurement Through Tip Timing With Capacitance Tip Clearance Probes” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. Vol. 118, Issue 1, pp. 14-24. January 2005
Aircraft Environmental Control Systems. Wiley Encyclopaedia of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 8, Sec. 3. 2010
