Professional Resume & Expert Witness Expertise

2000 – present: Consulting civil engineer, working mainly out of the South-West, though active across the continent. Originally part of a start-up engineering company specializing in applying geophysical techniques to civil engineering problems, with responsibility for unusual projects in civil, geologic and geotechnical engineering.

1985 – 1999 on the faculty of engineering, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas as a professor of civil engineering.

1995 – 1996 visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, and senior Fulbright fellow to the Technical University of Dresden, Republic of Germany.

1980 – 1985 Consulting engineer, Steffen Robertson & Kirsten Inc, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1979 – 1980 Assistant professor of engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1976 – 1979 Research student, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Cambridge, England.

1974 – 1976 Civil Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners, London, England.

Professional Memberships

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Testing & Materials

Canadian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Civil Engineers (U.K.)

Formal Education

Bachelors in Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1974

Masters in Engineering University of Cambridge, 1978

Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 1979

Professional Licences

Registered as a P.E. in the U.S.A. in California, Colorado, Texas & Oklahoma.

Registered as a P.Eng. in Canada in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.

Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (U.K.).

Professional Memberships

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Testing & Materials

Canadian Geotechnical Society, Institution of Civil Engineers (U.K.)

Awards

1995 Fulbright Senior Fellowship, Washington, for travel & research in Europe.

1991 Brown & Root Research Award, Houston, for offshore engineering.

1984 Exxon New Professional Development Award, Texas A&M University

1978 British Geotechnical Society research paper award,(“Cooling Prize”)

1977 John Wimbolt graduate student prize, Cambridge University.

1971 Open scholarship in science, St. John’s College, Cambridge University

1966 Crerar scholar, Fettes College, Edinburgh (by Crerar foundation, Ottawa)

1998/99 Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

Publications

Over 60 significant publications and technical reports in the fields of civil and geotechnical engineering