James Busfield
James Busfield is a Queen Mary University of London professor, and head of the United Kingdom's largest research group in the area of Soft Matter.
Education[edit]
Busfield completed an MA in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford in 1989. In 2000, he completed a doctoral degree in materials science at Queen Mary University of London under advisor Alan G. Thomas.[1] He made influential studies of ceramic foams[2] and of the electrical and mechanical behavior of filled rubbers.[3]
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2009 - National Teaching Fellowship[4][5]
- 2009 - Colwyn Medal from the IOM3[6]
- 2010 - Sparks–Thomas award from the ACS Rubber Division.[7]
- 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2021 - George Stafford Whitby Award by the ACS Rubber Division[8]
Notable students[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Prof James Busfield FREng, MA, PhD, CEng, FIMMM, FHEA". sems.qmul.ac.uk. QMUL. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ Peng, H. X.; Fan, Z.; Evans, J. R. G; Busfield, J. J. C. (2000). "Microstructure of ceramic foams". Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 20 (7): 807–813. doi:10.1016/S0955-2219(99)00229-0.
- ^ Yamaguchi, K.; Busfield, J. J. C.; Thomas, A. G. (2003). "Electrical and mechanical behavior of filled elastomers. I. The effect of strain". Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 41 (17): 2079–2089. doi:10.1002/polb.10571.
- ^ "New Fellows 2020". aeng.org.uk. Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Professor James Busfield". advance-he.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Colwyn Medal". iom3.org. IOM3. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "James Busfield awarded the Sparks-Thomas Prize of the American Chemical Society for 2010". QMUL. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Schunk, Andrew (6 October 2021). "Industry movers and shakers receive Science and Technology Awards". Rubber News. Crain. Retrieved 25 April 2023.