Gordon Blair

Dr. Gordon P. Blair is a world-renowned expert on the design and development of two-stroke engines. Since 1997, he is Professor Emeritus at The Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB), where he has taught a couple of generations of students and has singlemindedly carried out research into the internal combustion engine. This book reveals that a much greater proportion of that research than is generally appreciated was into four-stroke engines. Professor Blair began his academic career by holding the post of Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University from 1962—1964 and then returned to Belfast. Apart from holding the Chair of Mechanical Engineering at QUB for some twenty years, Professor Blair has served the University as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and as Pro-Vice Chancellor. In addition, Professor Blair has been a consultant for many well-known companies, such as Ford, General Motors, Mercury Marine, Volvo, and Yamaha, and international sporting bodies such as the Union Intemationale Motonautique and the Federation Internationale Motocycliste. He has been named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Blair has been recognized by Her Majesty The Queen by the award of a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).