Dr James Busfield MA, PhD, FHEA, FIMMM, CEng

Position:	Reader in Materials and Director of External Relations
Tel:	+44 (0)20 7882 8866
Location:	Mile End, Eng, 301A
Email:	j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk
Websites:	» Soft Matter Group » Rubber In Engineering Group of the IoM3
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Research Keywords:	Rubber Research Group, finite element analysis, polymer materials
Affiliations:	National Teaching Fellow Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Chartered Engineer

Dr Busfield has been the Head of the Soft Matter Group in the Department of Materials at QMUL since 1994. The group has investigated the strength and fatigue life of elastomer components, investigated the friction and abrasion of elastomers, the dynamic behaviour of elastomers, the reinforcing effect of carbon blacks, clays and silica filler in elastomers, dielectric elastomer actuators and other smart rubber materials.