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Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae

Robert James "Roy" Crawford

CNZM (1948 or 1949 – 23 June 2016) was a university administrator and mechanical engineering academic, whose primary research interest has been in the mechanical properties and processing behaviour of plastics.[1]

From 1989 to 1999, he was Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the School of Mechanical and Process Engineering at the

rotational moulding of plastics, which he also established. From 1999 to 2001, he was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland
in New Zealand.

From 2001 to 2004, Crawford was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Queen's University Belfast. From January 2005 until December 2014, he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Waikato in New Zealand.[2][3]

Crawford published nine books and about 300 papers,

rotational moulding of plastics, and gave keynote lectures, courses and seminars on this subject all over the world. During his tenure at Queen's in the 1990s, his school improved its rating in the RAE
(Research Assessment Exercise) from Grade 3 in the 1992 RAE to the top Grade of 5* in 1996. He was a member of the 2001 RAE Panel for assessing Mechanical Engineering in all universities in the United Kingdom.

Crawford was born in Northern Ireland, and gained a

PhD and DSc from Queen's University.[2][3] In 1998, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and in 2005 he was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Only 227 Fellows have been elected worldwide to this Society since it was established in 1946. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Crawford was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tertiary education.[4]

A British national and permanent resident of New Zealand, Crawford was married with three children. He died on 23 June 2016, aged 67 years.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-56676-553-4
    . Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Former Waikato University vice chancellor Roy Crawford has died". Stuff.co.nz. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Former vice-chancellors of the University of Waikato". University of Waikato Calendar. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Robert James Crawford death notice". New Zealand Herald. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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2005–2014 		Succeeded by
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