John Bridgwater is a retired Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering

Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering

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 at the University of Cambridge

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Bridgwater gained a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in chemical engineering

Chemical engineering

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 at the University of Cambridge in 1959, an MSE

MSE

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 in chemical engineering at Princeton University

Princeton University

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 in 1961. He then worked for Courtaulds

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  before returning to Cambridge, obtaining a Phd in 1973 and a lectureship.
In 1980 he took up a post as professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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, becoming Head of Department from 1983 to 1989, and Dean of the Faculty from 1989-1992 In 1993 he took up the position of Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, which he held until his retirement in 2004, being also Head of Department from 1993 to 1998. Upon his retirement a symposium was held to celebrate his achievements, particularly in research into particle science, where he had authored some 200 papers.

Bridgwater was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering

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 from 1987 and President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

Institution of Chemical Engineers

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for 1997-8.