Members

Dr Luofeng Huang

Reader, Group Leader

Dr Luofeng Huang leads the Marine AI and Process Laboratory for Energy (MAPLE) and serves as a Deputy Editor of Elsevier’s Ocean Engineering. He was named to the Forbes Europe 30 Under 30 list in 2023. Dr Huang has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and has been leading research programmes with a combined value of more than £8 million. His portfolio includes coordinating a €4.5 million EU Horizon flagship project, as well as more than ten projects supported by UKRI and the Industry. In addition, Dr Huang commits to supporting early career researchers, and the GESDI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) in Engineering.

Mr Aditya Nair

PhD Researcher, Lab Monitoring Officer

Mr Aditya Nair graduated from Cranfield University and now studies PhD in the field of CFD modelling of floating solar farms. He is an expert of OpenFOAM, specialising in wave-structure interactions of multibody and deformable-body problems.

Mr Leonardo Mendoza Corvera

Research Assistant

Ms Xue Er Ng

PhD Researcher

Dr Blanca Pena

Senior Consultant

Mr Chenhao Mi

PhD Researcher, Lab Monitoring Officer

Mr Chenhao Mi graduated from University of Liverpool and now at Cranfield studies PhD in the field of experimental tests of floating solar farms. He is an expert of the Cranfield Ocean Systems Laboratory, and has scarce experience of conducting field trials in Indonesia. In addition, Chenhao is the PhD representative of the Energy department, regularly organising events. He also won the Championship of the Cranfield “3 minute thesis” competition.

Mr Binjian Ou

PhD Researcher, Research Assistant

Mr Binjian Ou graduated from Newcastle University and is now conducting a PhD in CFD modelling of floating solar farms. Mr Ou is an expect in CAD and STAR-CCM+.

Ms Xinyue Chen

PhD Researcher

Mr Khalifa Ibrahim

Consultant

Mr Khalifa Ibrahim is an expert in electrical engineering and large language models. He is the main designer of our automated wireless charging system for electric vessels.

Mr Mohammad Izzuddin

PhD Researcher

Mr Mohammad Izzuddin is a visiting PhD researcher from ITS Indonesia. Izzuddin is an expert in Marine Hydrodynamics.

Mr Chengyi Zhou

PhD Researcher

Mr Chenyi Zhou graduated from University College London and is now conducting a PhD in Digital Twins (Ocean Energy) at Cranfield University.

Dr Qing Qin

Investigator

Dr Qing Qin is a co-investigator on multiple projects, such as designing a floating solar charging station for Port of Dover, ReCell, and ReEarth. Dr Qing is an expert of aerospace engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering, batteries, liquid cooling, and digital twins.

Ms Adriana Crawley

Senior Technician

Mr Xiangcheng Lyu

PhD Researcher, Research Assistant

Mr Xiangcheng Lyu graduated from Cranfield University and is now conducting a PhD in Machine Learning (Ocean Engineering) at Cranfield University.

Ms Xiaomei Hu

PhD Researcher

Ms Xiaomei Hu graduated from Imperial College London and is now conducting a PhD in Digital Twins (Wind) at Cranfield University.

Mr Zizhan Jiang

PhD Researcher

Mr Zizhan Jiang graduated from Bath University and is now conducting a PhD in Machine Learning (Solar) at Cranfield University.

Dr Danlei Yang

Lecturer, former Postdoc

Dr Danlei Yang is a Lecturer at City St George's, University of London

Mr Chen Luo

Master by Research / MPhil

Chen is the first author on paper "Energy Efficiency Analysis of a Deformable Wave Energy Converter Using Fully Coupled Dynamic Simulations", published by Oceans

Mr Zhang Chen

Master by Research / MPhil

Zhang is the first author on papers "Energy-efficient cooling beyond M–cycle: development and evaluation of a two-stage dew-point evaporative cooler" and "A first-of-its-kind two-stage dew-point evaporative cooler with high energy efficiency and compact design"

Dr Yifeng Yang

Professor, former Postdoc

Dr Yifeng Yang is a Professor at The South China University of Technology

Mr Duo Xu

Master by Research / MPhil

Mr Stan Collins

Retired, Former Technical Officer

Dr Ruitian He

Researcher, Former Postdoc

Dr Karthik Kumar Channamallaiah

Former PhD Researcher

Mr Detai Zou

Master by Research / MPhil

Detai is the first author on paper "Effects of a breakwater on a floating solar farm in heading and oblique waves", published by Physics of Fluids

Ms Shengnan Chu

Master by Research / MPhil

Ms Ángela Olábarri Candela

Graduate

Ms Ángela Olábarri Candela was honoured as the best overall student of the year 2023 on the MSc Renewable Energy programme, and she is the co-first author on the journal paper "Floating PV systems as an alternative power source: Case study on three representative islands of Indonesia".

Mr Idris Gobindram

Entrepreneur, Former Apprentice

Idris was an apprentice in the lab and developed own products to start a business.

Dr Yading Wang

Engineer, Former Postdoc

Dr Yujia Wei

Engineer, former Postdoc

Dr Ali Marjan

Engineer, former PhD Researcher and Research Assistant

Mr Timothé Le Maréchal

Graduate

Mr Timothé Le Maréchal was awarded Best Thesis Project on the MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering programme, which was partially published in the Energy Conversion and Management journal: Floating solar wireless power transfer system for electric ships: Design and laboratory tests

Dr Amir Chahardehi

Guest Lecturer, Co-supervisor