Robert Anthony Ainsworth

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Robert Anthony Ainsworth
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Robert Anthony Ainsworth is a British material scientist, and Assessment Technology Group Head, at British Energy Generation. [1] He is a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London. [2] In 2006, he won the James Clayton Prize, from IMechE. [3]

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References

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  2. PJGILL. "Imperial celebrates three new Royal Society Fellows". Imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. "List of prize winners recipients of the James Clayton Prize". Institute of Mechanical Engineers. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.