Curran Crawford is the Executive Director and Research Lead of ACET, a multi-partner initiative accelerating the global push for resilient and equitable clean energy solutions through local, community-based collaborations. His research develops and applies computational tools to optimize renewable energy system designs and operations. Application areas include offshore wind and tidal energy, electrified transportation, e-fuels production and carbon capture and sequestration, in partnership with communities and industry, and together with researchers outside engineering.