Prof James Busfield
FREng, MA, PhD, CEng, FIMMM, FHEA
Current Funding
- (S&E Externally Funded PhD Studentship, Commercial, 2024/25, Lab-Based, Industry-funded, Band B for 3.5y) Birla Carbon PhD Studentship #2
James Busfield
£159,453 Birla Carbon USA Inc.
01-01-2025 - 30-06-2028 - SLB PhD Studentship #7 (S&E Flexible PhD Studentship, 2024/25, Commercial, Fully External, Band C, 3.5Y)
James Busfield
£133,219 Schlumberger Technology Corporation
01-01-2025 - 30-06-2028 - Bridgestone Elastomer Research Annual Renewal #21
James Busfield
£4,000 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2024 - 30-09-2025 - EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing Call - Circular economy elastomer products
James Busfield
£401,990 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
18-07-2022 - 12-10-2025 - iCASE - Schlumberger 1 - Ageing study: Aaron Duncan
James Busfield
£30,954 Schlumberger Limited
21-09-2021 - 20-09-2025 - Aston Martin F1 - Elastomer Materials Collaboration: Optimisation of Tyre Wear Performance
James Busfield
£135,655 Aston Martin Formula One Team
20-09-2021 - 31-12-2025 - SRI - Elastomer Materials Collaboration: Evangelos Koliolios
James Busfield
£125,155 Sumitomo Corporation Europe
20-09-2021 - 19-03-2027 - iCASE - Schlumberger 2 - Filler Reinforcement: Kirsty Rutherford
James Busfield
£30,954 Schlumberger Limited
01-04-2021 - 31-12-2025
Recent Funding
- Bridgestone Elastomer Research Annual Renewal (18)
James Busfield
£4,409 Bridgestone Corporation
01-09-2023 - 31-08-2024 - 2022 Bridgestone Elastomer Research
James Busfield
£4,948 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2022 - 30-09-2023 - Bridgestone Elastomer Research (18)
James Busfield
£5,269 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2021 - 30-09-2022 - Smart rope with sensing capability using multifunctional materials (SENSING ROPE) - fellowship Dr Pengzhu Wang
Emiliano Bilotti and James Busfield
Royal Academy of Engineering
29-01-2021 - 22-01-2023 - Bridgestone Elastomer Research (17)
James Busfield
£5,982 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2020 - 30-09-2021 - RAEng Visiting Professorship for Andy Lewis
James Busfield
£30,000 Royal Academy of Engineering
01-10-2020 - 31-07-2023 - Recycle Al cans for fashion products
Haixue Yan, James Busfield and Emiliano Bilotti
£74,404 AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
08-06-2020 - 31-03-2023 - Graphene Flagship Core Project 3
James Busfield, Nicola Pugno and Yang Hao
£376,501 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-04-2020 - 30-09-2023 - Bridgestone Elastomer Research (16)
James Busfield
£6,224 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2019 - 30-09-2020 - Birla Carbon - Elastomer Materials Collaboration
James Busfield
£142,604 Birla Carbon USA Inc.
01-08-2019 - 31-01-2024 - Weir Group Half funded PhD
James Busfield and Caglar Becer
£70,000 WEIR GROUP PLC , The
01-05-2019 - 31-10-2022 - Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology (BFTT)
James Busfield
£345,900 AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
01-02-2019 - 31-05-2024 - KTP Project - Next Generation Solar Steam Technology
Jose Castrejon Pita and James Busfield
£279,773 Innovate UK
01-02-2019 - 31-01-2022 - Bridgestone Rubber Research
James Busfield
£5,768 Bridgestone Corporation
01-10-2018 - 30-09-2019 - Richard Windslow Project
James Busfield
£34,532 Schlumberger Limited
24-09-2018 - 23-03-2019 - Polymeric oil additives
James Busfield
£90,000 Infineum UK Ltd
01-09-2018 - 31-08-2021 - Eduardo Yanes - Studentship
James Busfield
£70,000 Schlumberger Limited
22-09-2017 - 31-12-2022 - Slumberger studentship for Travis Hohenberger
James Busfield
£148,000 Schlumberger Limited
22-09-2017 - 31-12-2022 - EPSRC Industrial CASE Award 2015
James Busfield
£80,670 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-10-2015 - 30-09-2020 - MICACT
James Busfield
£176,767 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-01-2015 - 31-12-2018 - Advanced dynamic rubber modelling
James Busfield and Ettore Barbieri
£105,000 Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
01-09-2014 - 31-12-2018