Peter Bonfield (engineer)
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| birth_name = Peter William Bonfield
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| residence = London, UK
| profession = University Vice Chancellor
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| fields = Materials engineering
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| alma_mater = Loughborough University, England
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Peter William Bonfield {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FREng}} is Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster, UK.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Peter Bonfield, Vice Chancellor, University of Westminster, UK |url=https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/senior-management/dr-peter-bonfield }} A materials engineer, he was President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2019-2020.{{Cite news |title=New IET president pledges to champion professionalism, 2019 |url=https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/10/new-iet-president-s-pledge-to-champion-professionalism/ |website=E&T|date=24 October 2019 }}
Early life
Bonfield received a master's degree in polymer science from Loughborough University, in 1985.{{Cite web |title=News from the BRE Group, 2014 |url=https://www.bre.co.uk/news/Peter-Bonfield-receives-Honorary-Doctor-of-Science-award-from-Loughborough-University-998.html |website=BRE}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Speaker Profile of Peter Bonfield |url=https://www.hertfordshirelep.com/media/5636/mmc__speaker-biogs.pdf |website=Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership}} Earlier on, he was a research officer at the University of Bath, UK.{{Cite web |title=Profile of Dr. Peter Bonfield, EPSRC UK |url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/people/peterbonfield/ |website=Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council}}
Award
Bonfield has received a number of awards. He received an honorary doctor of engineering from the University of Bath{{Cite web |title=Honorary graduates, 2010 to present, University of Bath, UK |url=https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/honorary-graduates-2010-to-present/}} and Hertfordshire University. He also received an honorary doctor of science from Loughborough University{{Cite web |title=Honorary degrees to be awarded at summer graduation ceremonies, Loughborough University, UK 2014 |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/news/2014/july/honorary-degrees.html}} and Napier University. 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, UK.
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Category:Alumni of Loughborough University
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of Westminster
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