Senior Experimental Officer Email Fergus.Cuthill@ed.ac.uk Telephone +44(0)131 6508708 Location 2.2403 James Clerk Maxwell Building Research Institutes Materials and Processes Research Publications Biography Dr. Fergus Cuthill is FastBlade Manager and Senior Experimental Officer for the FastBlade Structural Composites Research Facility at The University of Edinburgh. He runs the day-to-day operations, testing and planning for the facility. Working with researchers to design experiments, managing the team of researchers and students working at FastBlade and supervising students. His main areas of research interest are advanced sensors, measurement systems and experimental mechanics.Prior to his present post, he was an experimental officer for FastBlade, designing the facility, and developing the LabVIEW Control and data logging system.His background is in materials testing, having completed a PDRA within the Institute for Materials and Processes, working on two Wave Energy Scotland (WES) funded projects (ELASTO & ROTOHYBRID). His role focused on the mechanical testing, analysis and classification of novel materials for the potential use in wave energy devices with the aim of the research being a step change in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE).He completed his PhD "The Influence of Snow Microstructure and Properties on the Grip of Winter Tyres" in collaboration with Michelin and supervised by Dr. Jane Blackford and Prof. Vasileios Koutsos in 2017. Academic Qualifications PhD Mechanical Engineering (Snow Mechanics), The University of Edinburgh, 2017 MEng Mechanical Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, 2013 Professional Qualifications and Memberships Chartered Member of The Institute of Mechanical Engineers
