Dr Graham Hawkes

Graham became Royal Academy Visiting Professor in Engineering at Surrey University in January 2021 working with Dr Michael Pekris as his Academic Champion.  Graham’s focus for his Visiting Professorship is supporting the development of the inclusive skills of undergraduates to complement their technical skills ready for deployment in industry. 

Within industry, he is Associate Director (Delivery) within the Energy and Infrastructure Business Unit of Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd.  Here he oversees a multi-million pound portfolio of work encompassing Frazer-Nash's support to Nuclear Energy, Non-Nuclear Energy, Central Government, Transport and Industry markets.  Until December 2024 he was Engineering Manager for the Energy Technology Department with responsibility for over 80 staff with specialism in fluid dynamics and heat transfer, nuclear physics and renewable energy systems. 

Graham has over 19 year’s experience in engineering consultancy following his doctorate in aerodynamic instrumentation at the University of Oxford.  Alongside managing his department, Graham’s current area of interest covers wind farm aerodynamic performance and he has a leading role in R&D projects within the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator and Floating Wind JIP associated with wind farm blockage effects, farm-to-farm wakes and floating wind energy yield, and has published a number of papers in this area. He has also advised investors and developers with regard to the energy yield impact of these effects for new wind farm developments and wind farm acquisitions.

In 2023 he was elected to the prestigious ONE Tech Fellows Program for 2023 a class of 12 Technical Leaders across the KBR (Frazer-Nash's parent company) business in the specialist area of Fluid Dynamics and Wind Farm Engineering.  The ONE KBR Tech Fellows Program recognizes and harnesses the capabilities of distinguished technical leaders across the business. The program aims to foster KBR's culture of innovation and knowledge sharing by providing a distinct career opportunity for top science, technology and engineering experts.   The program is meant to expand capabilities, fuel collaboration across diverse disciplines, and help attract, mentor, and inspire the next generation of talent to join KBR's team of teams.

He is a Chartered Engineer, European Engineer and Fellow of the IMechE where he is current Chair of the Renewable Power Committee, Member of the Power Industries Board and Chair of the Wind Turbine User Group Conference.