Laureate Professor Scott Sloan

Qualifications

BE, MEngSci (Monash), MPhil, PhD (Cantab), CPEng, FIEAust, MASCE, FAA, FTSE

Education

• 1982
  PhD, University of Cambridge
• 1982
  MPhil, University of Cambridge
• 1978
  MEngSci, Monash University
• 1975
  BE (Hons I), Monash University

Awards

• 2011
  Editor’s Choice, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, for paper Stability of a single tunnel in cohesive–frictional soil subjected to surcharge loading
• 2011
  51st Rankine Lecture, Institution of Civil Engineers London
• 2010
  Fellow, International Association of Computational Mechanics
• 2009
  Laureate Fellow, Australian Research Council
• 2008
  Booker Medal, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
• 2008
  Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle
• 2007
  Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers London
• 2007
  Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
• 2005
  Desai Medal, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
• 2005
  Thomas A Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers
• 2005
  Alumnus of the Year, Monash University Civil Engineering Department
• 2004
  Federation Fellow, Australian Research Council
• 2003
  Centenary Medal, Prime Minister, Australia
• 2003
  E H Davis Lecture, Australian Geomechanics Society
• 2000
  Telford Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers London
• 2000
  Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australia
• 1994
  Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
• 1982
  W. W. Spooner Research Fellow, New College, Oxford
• 1981
  Senior Rouse Ball Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge

Employment

• 2011
  Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, 7 yrs
• 2009
  Laureate Fellow, Australian Research Council, 5yrs
• 2008
  Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle
• 2007
  Director, Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling, Newcastle
• 2004
  Federation Fellow, Australian Research Council, 5 yrs
• 1998
  Professor, University of Newcastle
• 1993
  Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
• 1989
  Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
• 1984
  Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Editorial Boards of International Journals

• Computers and Geotechnics, Co-Editor (handling ~ 250 papers per annum), Elsevier
• Computers & Structures, Editorial Board, Elsevier
• Computational Mechanics, Editorial Board, Springer
• Int. Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Editorial Board, Wiley
• Engineering Computations, Editorial Board, Emerald
• Optimization and Engineering, Editorial Board, Springer

Research Interests

• Geotechnical aspects of energy and transport infrastructure
• Prediction of geotechnical failure using limit and shakedown analysis
• Nonlinear finite element analysis
• Contact mechanics in geotechnical analysis
• Unsaturated soil mechanics