Dr Pete Crawforth

MEng, PhD

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Technical Fellow

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p.crawforth@sheffield.ac.uk
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park

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Dr Pete Crawforth
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park
Wallis Way, Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
Profile

Professor Pete Crawforth leads the subtractive technology group which principally focuses on cross cutting low TRL (1-4) themes that bridge the gap between state-of-the-art subtractive processes and industry ready implementation strategies.  The team currently includes specialists in materials characterisation, sustainability, digital, zero defect and agile machining. 

Pete holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield. In 2014, he completed a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the same institution. His project studied the emerging subject of metallurgical analysis of machined titanium. More specifically, the mechanisms of microstructural damage were investigated in order to rationalise the formation of damaged structures.

Qualifications

MEng, PhD

Research interests

Pete’s research interests include: Developing Novel Hole Generation Strategies for Aircraft Assemblies.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Chen B, Niu C, Smith E, Bramley R, Crawforth P, Mahfouf M & Kadirkamanathan V (2025) . Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 155, 231-241.
  • Robinson GEJ, Poyraz O, Sims ND & Crawforth P (2025) . Procedia CIRP, 133, 525-530.
  • Brown M, Crawforth P & Curtis D (2024) . CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 52, 296-306.
  • Brown M, Lieder M, Crawforth P & Curtis D (2024) . Procedia CIRP, 123, 357-362.
  • Boyle H, Marshall K, Epler M, Crawforth P, Christofidou K, Norgren S & Jackson M (2024) . Procedia CIRP, 123, 310-315.
  • Childerhouse T, Levano-Blanch O, Zeng X, Taylor J, Premoli D, Crawforth P, M'Saoubi R & Jackson M (2024) . Materials Characterization, 207.
  • Childerhouse T, M’Saoubi R, Franca LFP, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2023) . Wear, 523.
  • Boyle H, Norgren S, Crawforth P, Christofidou K, Boing D & Jackson M (2023) . Wear, 523.
  • Childerhouse T, M’Saoubi R, Franca L, Weston N, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2022) . International Journal of Fatigue, 163.
  • Brown M, Crawforth P & Curtis D (2022) . NDT & E International, 131.
  • Brown M, M'saoubi R, Crawforth P, Mantle A, McGourlay J & Ghadbeigi H (2022) . Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 299.
  • Brown M, Curtis D, McKee G & Crawforth P (2022) . Procedia CIRP, 108, 7-12.
  • Graves A, Norgren S, Wan W, Singh S, Kritikos M, Xiao C, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2021) . Wear, 484-485, 203998-203998.
  • Graves A, Norgren S, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2021) . Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 2, 100043-100043.
  • Suarez Fernandez D, Wynne BP, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2021) . Materials Science and Engineering: A, 811.
  • Brown M, Pieris D, Wright D, Crawforth P, M'Saoubi R, McGourlay J, Mantle A, Patel R, Smith R & Ghadbeigi H (2021) . Materials & Design, 200.
  • Suárez Fernández D, Wynne BP, Crawforth P, Fox K & Jackson M (2021) . International Journal of Fatigue, 142.
  • Graves A, Teike M, Norgr S, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2020) . MATEC Web of Conferences, 321, 13002-13002.
  • Suárez-Fernández D, Wynne BP, Crawforth P, Fox K & Jackson M (2020) . MATEC Web of Conferences, 321, 04012-04012.
  • Suárez Fernández D, Jackson M, Crawforth P, Fox K & Wynne BP (2020) . Materialia, 13, ---.
  • Oyelola O, Jackson-Crisp A, Crawforth P, Pieris DM, Smith RJ, M’Saoubi R & Clare AT (2020) . Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 54, 240-250.
  • Brown M, Crawforth P, M'Saoubi R, Larsson T, Wynne B, Mantle A & Ghadbeigi H (2019) . Materials Science and Engineering: A, 764.
  • Oyelola O, Crawforth P, M’Saoubi R & Clare AT (2018) . Additive Manufacturing, 24, 20-29.
  • Brown M, Wright D, M'Saoubi R, McGourly J, Wallis M, Mantle A, Crawforth P & Ghadbeigi H (2018) . CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 23, 39-53.
  • Oyelola O, Crawforth P, M'Saoubi R & Clare AT (2018) . Additive Manufacturing, 19, 39-50.
  • Hatt O, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2017) . Wear, 374-375, 15-20.
  • Crawforth P, Wynne B, Turner S & Jackson M (2012) Subsurface deformation during precision turning of a near-alpha titanium alloy. Scripta Materialia.

Book chapters

  • Crawforth P, Jackson M, Turner S & Wynne BP (2016) (pp. 1649-1654). Wiley

Conference proceedings

  • Vedanthu A, Ayvar-Soberanis S, Crawforth P, Curtis D, Ouyang X & Long H (2025) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 3104(1). Munich, Germany, 7 July 2025 - 7 July 2025.
  • Ouyang X, Long H & Crawforth P (2025) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 3104. Munich, Germany, 7 July 2025 - 7 July 2025.
  • Chen B, Niu C, Smith E, Bramley R, Crawforth P, Mahfouf M & Kadirkamanathan V (2024) . 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (pp 1222-1227), 28 August 2024 - 1 September 2024.
  • Niu C, Chen B, Smith E, Bramley R, Crawforth P, Mahfouf M & Kadirkamanathan V (2024) . 2024 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (pp 1-6), 18 August 2024 - 20 August 2024.
  • Graves A, Norgren S, Crawforth P & Jackson M (2020) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 87 (pp 170-175). Mondragón, Spain, 1 June 2020 - 5 June 2020.
  • Brown M, Ghadbeigi H, Crawforth P, M’Saoubi R, Mantle A, McGourlay J & Wright D (2020) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 87 (pp 420-425). Mondragon, Spain, 1 June 2020 - 1 June 2020.
  • Taylor CM, Simpson T & Crawforth P (2020) . Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 43 (pp 463-470). Shanghai, China, 9 October 2019 - 9 October 2019.
  • Crawforth P, Taylor CM & Turner S (2016) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 45 (pp 151-154). Charlotte, NC, USA, 8 June 2016 - 8 June 2016.
  • Oyelola O, Crawforth P, M'Saoubi R & Clare AT (2016) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 45 (pp 119-122). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
  • Hatt O, Larsson H, Giuliani F, Crawforth P, Wynne B & Jackson M (2016) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 45 (pp 219-222)
  • Crawforth P, Thomas M, Wynne B, Turner S & Jackson M (2012) High performance machining of Ti-834: Mechanisms of microstructural damage. Ti 2011 Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Titanium, Vol. 2 (pp 1607-1611)
Research group

Machining