Professor Sir John Bernard Pethica
FREng FRS
Chief Scientific Adviser, National Physical Laboratory , as of Oct 2026
Fellow , Elected 2013 , Greater London , Government
Works on adhesion, advanced materials and climate change. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013.
Summary generated from the sources below
Expertise
- Adhesion
- Advanced Materials
- Climate Change
- Composite Structures
- Electron Microscopy
- Electronic Devices
- Electronic Materials
- Extrusion
- Friction
- Instrumentation
- Intellectual Property
- International Company
- Lubrication
- Mechanical Testing
- Mechanics
- Metal Fatigue
- Metallurgy
- Metals
- Microstrain
- Microstructure
- Nanoengineering
- Nanomanufacturing
- Nanomaterials
- Nanosystem
- Nanotechnology
- Nanotubes
- Particle Technology
- Physical Metallurgy
- Physics
- Piezoelectric Devices
- Residual Stress
- Resonant Tunnelling Devices
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Semiconductor Devices
- Sensor
- Shear
- Silicon
- Sintering
- Smart Material
- SMEs
- Standards
- Surface
- Surface Coating
- Surface Engineering
- System-on-Chip
- Tribology
- Materials Research
- MEMs
- Micromachine
- nanoindentation
Sources
- Identity
Confirmed (grade B) , the Academy’s directory lists them under National Physical Laboratory, and a source names them there , RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026
Why we think this is them
RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , lists them under National Physical Laboratory
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , names them at National Physical Laboratory , states they are a Fellow
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , announces their election in 2013
- Directory entry
RAEng directory , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence
- Role, Organisation
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence , as of 2013
- Sector
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , inferred from the organisation , facts , high confidence , as of 2013
- Summary
RAEng directory , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , low confidence
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , high confidence
- Topics
royalsociety.org , 11 Oct 2026 , extracted by a language model , facts , low confidence