Peter William Bonfield is Vice Chancellor of the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

, UK. A materials engineer, he was elected President of

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in 2019.

Early life

Bonfield received a master's degree in

polymer science Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and elastomers. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines includ ...

from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

, in 1985. He completed his PhD in wind energy.

Career

Prior to joining the University of Westminster, Bonfield was CEO of BRE Group, UK. He joined BRE as a research scientist in 1992. Earlier on, he was a research officer at the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

, UK.

Award

Bonfield has received a number of awards. He received an honorary doctor of engineering from the

and Hertfordshire University. He also received an honorary doctor of science from

and

Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...

. He received an OBE from the Queen for services to research and innovation in 2012. In the same year, he was elected to the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

, UK.

References

Living people 1963 births British engineers Alumni of Loughborough University Academics of the University of Bath Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Vice-Chancellors of the University of Westminster {{England-engineer-stub