Engineering Study Manager
Dr. Luke McElroy is Engineering Study Manager at Future Energy Exports CRC.
Luke is an experienced process engineer, project lead, and industry-focused researcher, having worked for more than ten years in a range of roles in the Energy industry.
Luke is skilled in process engineering for offshore and onshore oil & gas assets such as LNG plants, having worked for Woodside Energy for four years—including two years of site support at Karratha Gas Plant.
In addition to oil & gas operations experience, Luke has had detailed involvement in front-end project development for LNG and H2 capital projects through his work with the Australian Centre for LNG Futures and Future Energy Exports CRC.
Past roles with DuPont and Arup have deepened Luke’s experience in delivering engineering services to a range of clients in industry and government.
Luke obtained his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2010 and has collaborated with industry partners on decarbonization research projects, including carbon capture and sequestration, liquid CO2 transport, and fugitive emissions management, building his expertise in these emerging areas of interest to the Energy industry.
This broad range of work was conducted in small groups, large multidisciplinary teams, and industry consortiums, adapting and expanding Luke’s knowledge and skills in many areas.
Luke’s passion is to develop and implement strong technical and regulatory solutions to decarbonize the Energy industry.