{"id":7906,"date":"2022-08-31T17:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7906"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:52:53","slug":"clara-coombes","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/clara-coombes\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Coombes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7906\" class=\"elementor elementor-7906\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34c020db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"72275\" data-id=\"34c020db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a1bef88\" data-eae-slider=\"41112\" data-id=\"6a1bef88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c115bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73c115bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clara is originally from Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto with a 1st class undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering. Her academic interests include energy systems and different methods of power generation, as well as their wider impacts such as safety, environmental risks, and economic issues.<\/p><p>After her undergraduate degree, Clara moved to the UK to begin a MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University. She continued to pursue her interest in energy generation and policy, completing her Master&#8217;s course with a thesis exploring various scenarios by which small floating nuclear power plants might be used to provide civil power for the UK.<\/p><p>Following on from her Master\u2019s degree, Clara began a PhD in Nuclear &amp; Civil Engineering at Cambridge University. Her PhD research focussed on the modular manufacture and construction of small nuclear reactors. In her thesis, Clara developed models to estimate the build times and costs associated with different levels of offsite construction for factory-built, modular nuclear reactors. Clara\u2019s PhD was industry sponsored and allowed her to complete a short secondment in Derby with the nuclear team at Rolls-Royce. This enabled her research to investigate some of the key industry questions pertaining to small modular nuclear reactor development in the UK.<\/p><p>Clara is an Associate based in our Cambridge Office.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clara is originally from Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto with a 1st class undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering. Her academic interests include energy systems and different methods of power generation, as well as their wider impacts such as safety, environmental risks, and economic issues. After her undergraduate degree, Clara moved to the UK to begin a MPhil in Advanced Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University. She continued to pursue her interest in energy generation and policy, completing her Master&#8217;s course with a thesis exploring various scenarios by which small floating nuclear power plants might be used to provide civil power for the UK. Following on from her Master\u2019s degree, Clara began a PhD in Nuclear &amp; Civil Engineering at Cambridge University. Her PhD research focussed on the modular manufacture and construction of small nuclear reactors. In her thesis, Clara developed models to estimate the build times and costs associated with different levels of offsite construction for factory-built, modular nuclear reactors. Clara\u2019s PhD was industry sponsored and allowed her to complete a short secondment in Derby with the nuclear team at Rolls-Royce. 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