J. E. Gordon

He worked for a time in the Clyde shipyards, and graduated with a degree in naval architecture from the University of Glasgow.He designed the rescue dinghies for most bomber aircraft used by British forces in the war, and studied the strength and behaviour of reinforcement fibres made of glass, carbon, boron and other materials.[1][2] After the war he worked at Tube Investments (TI) at the Group Research Laboratory, Hinxton Hall, near Cambridge.[3] From 1962 he was head of a new branch at the Explosives Research and Development Establishment (ERDE), Waltham Abbey dealing with completely new structural materials.[4] In 1968, Gordon was appointed as Professor of Materials Technology at the University of Reading, where he collaborated with Dr John Landels to provide a joint degree in Classics and Engineering.
KendalUniversity of GlasgowGriffith MedalBritish Silver Medal of the Royal Aeronautical SocietyMaterials scienceBiomechanical engineeringUniversity of ReadingRoyal Aircraft EstablishmentTube Investmentsmaterials scientistbiomechanical engineerbiomechanicsCumbrianaval architectureWorld War IIHome Guardcomposite materialsplasticsbomber aircraftcarbonExplosives Research and Development Establishment (ERDE), Waltham Abbeyfibre-reinforced parts for aircraft and rocketsClassicsIndustrial Fellow CommonerUniversity of CambridgeChurchill College, CambridgeRoyal Aeronautical SocietyScientific American LibraryCambridge University PressUniversity of StrathclydeDepartment of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge