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.