Peter R Rushforth

Loughborough Plasma & Pulsed Power Group

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Co-Founder at SJPI
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    SJP Innovation is a family founded company focussed on developing and licensing technology.

  • Doctoral Student, Pulsed Power Goup at Loughborough University
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    PhD on the application of pulsed power for hydrogen production by electrolysis. Thesis shows that pulsed alkaline electrolysis can exceed the performance of the DC equivalent under certain conditions depending on rise time, polarity, and oxide activity. Equivalent circuit modelling in CASTLE verifies cell response with SEM/XPS analysis of in-situ nickel hydroxide formation.

  • Underwater Systems Scientist at Dstl
    Nov 2015 - Jan 2024 · 8 yrs 3 mos

    Underwater Systems Engineer. Support to Operations. Innovator of the year 2019. CSA Commendation for Excellent Science 2020. Presented to the Queen 2020. Inventor and co-inventor of 4 patents. Commissioned the underwater test range in the Holman Test Mine, Cornwall.

  • Co-Founder at Rise Resound Rebuild CIC
    May 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Rise Resound Rebuild CIC was a campaign to reopen the Grosvenor House Youth Centre in Salisbury as a self-sustainable youth centre and community hub, housing several existing local social enterprises and providing a team of youth workers from overseas social worker graduates. The campaign was not successful in winning the bid for the property from Wiltshire Council.

  • Diagnosis Engineer at Spire Payments
    Feb 2013 - Jan 2015 · 2 yrs