Professor James Busfield FREng

Professor of Materials and Director of Industrial Engagement, Queen Mary University of London

Professor Busfield has spent 25 years working with industrial partners to develop a wide range of innovative elastomer products and improving the performance of elastomer materials. This includes helping tyre companies such as Bridgestone improve the fuel efficiency of their tyres or oil & gas companies such as Schlumberger to create more robust deep-sea sealing systems.

All of this is coupled with a passion for preparing the next generation of graduate engineers to work in real world situations using problem-based learning approaches, for which he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2009.