Reg Bott puts his success in life down to enjoying everything he does. One of his greatest pleasures is travel which he indulges in by giving courses in far-flung places like Australia, South Africa, Mauritius and Japan. It is therefore apt that he was made Grand Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator in recognition of his services to chemical engineering in Portugal.
His other honours have been the Arnold Green and Brennan Medals from the Institution of Chemical Engineering.
Reg has over 300 published papers and has played a major role as author, co author or editor of eight books.
Reg now divides his time between being a Senior Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University and being Assistant Priest at St. Faith and Lawrence, Harborne. He has a distinguished research career in many aspects of chemical engineering and is best known in recent years for his work in heat exchanger fouling with particular reference to biofouling. He sees the irony of being an hts President who is an expert in what stops heat transfer rather than what aids it! The truth is that his research is telling us both what causes fouling and hence how best to prevent it.
It is an opportune time for Reg to be our President because there are clear signs that industry now views fouling as something which should be dealt with rather than simply tolerated.
