
Chief Investigator
Emeritus Professor John Carter
Chief Investigator
Qualifications
BE, PhD, DEng, AM, FAA, FTSE, FIEAust, MASCE, CPEng, GAICDEducation
- 2009
Australian Institute of Company Directors Company Directors Course Diploma
- 2003
Doctor of Engineering, 28 November 2003, The University of Sydney. Thesis entitled: "Numerical Modelling in Geomechanics".
- 1978
Doctor of Philosophy, 6 February 1978, The University of Sydney. Thesis entitled: "Finite Deformation Theory and its Application to Elastoplastic Soils".
- 1973
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Hons I), 12 May 1973, The University of Sydney
Education
- 2003
DEng, University of Sydney
- 1977
PhD, University of Sydney
- 1973
BE (Hons I), University of Sydney
Awards and Honours
- 2010
Engineers Australia 100 Most Influential Engineers
- 2009
Elected as a Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, March 2009.
- 2006
Appointed by the Governor General of Australia as a Member in the Order of Australia, "for contributions to civil engineering through research into soil and rock mechanics and as an adviser".
- 2006
Best Paper Award, International Society for Lowland Technology (ISLT2006)
- 2005
E.H. Davis Lecturer, Australian Geomechanics Society.
- 2005
Prize for Outstanding Contributions, awarded by the International Association For Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, in June 2005, "for sustained contributions to the advancement and implementation of numerical modelling in geomechanics, and especially constitutive modelling of geomaterials".
- 2004
Cross-Canada Lecturer, Canadian Geotechnical Society, April 2004.
- 2003
Elected as a Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, November 2003.
- 2001
Chandra Desai Medal, awarded by the International Association For Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, in January 2001, "for outstanding and sustained contributions to the solution of a wide range of geotechnical problems including development and application of large deformation analyses, effects of pile installation, interpretation of in situ tests, analysis of jointed rock masses, linear and non-linear problems in porous media including their thermomechanical response, foundations for offshore structures, development of constitutive relations, particularly for structured soils, and for the analysis of cyclic loading".
- 1998
Szeto-Wai Fellowship, University of Hong Kong.
- 1996
Visiting Fellowship, Technical University Graz.
- 1994
Prize for Outstanding Paper, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.
- 1990
Prize for Best Paper Presentation, 3rd International Symposium on Pressuremeters, Oxford, UK.
- 1989
Engineering Foundation Fellowship, University of Western Australia.
- 1989
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia.
- 1986
Visiting Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, USA.
- 1986
Engineering Foundation Fellowship, University of Western Australia.
- 1977
British Council Travel Grant, awarded for post-doctoral research at Cambridge University.
- 1974
Eleanor Sophia Wood Travelling Scholarship, awarded by The University of Sydney for graduate research work at Kings’ College, University of London.
- 1973
Awarded the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Prize for the best undergraduate thesis in civil engineering.
- 1971
Awarded the Association of Consulting Structural Engineers of NSW Prize No. 1 (3rd year civil engineering design).
Appointments
- 2001-present
Director and, since 2011, Chairman, UoN Singapore Pte Ltd.
- 2008-present
Director, Newcastle Port Corporation.
- 2006-present
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle.
- 2004-2005
Chair, Academic Board, The University of Sydney.
- 2003-2005
Chair, Research Committee, The University of Sydney.
- 2003
Deputy Chair, Academic Board, The University of Sydney.
- 2003-2004
Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney.
- 2002-2004
Chair, Engineering and Environmental Sciences Expert Advisory Committee, Australian Research Council.
- 2000-2002
External Examiner, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Hong Kong.
- 1999-2005
Challis Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1997-2005
Senior Researcher and Leader of the Foundations Research Strand, ARC Special Research Centre for Offshore Foundations, University of Western Australia and University of Sydney.
- 1997-2000
Director, Benthic GeoTech Pty Ltd (BGT).
- 1997
Acting Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (4 months).
- 1996-present
Consultant Director, Advanced Geomechanics, Perth, WA.
- 1995-2005
Deputy Director, Civil Engineering Foundation, University of Sydney.
- 1995-1999
Head, Department of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1990-1999
Professor, School of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (subsequently Department of Civil Engineering).
- 1989-2005
Director, Centre for Geotechnical Research, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1988-1990
Reader, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1986
Visiting Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, USA.
- 1985-1988
Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1982-1984
Lecturer, School of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1982
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia.
- 1979-1981
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia.
- 1977-1979
Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK.
- 1974-1975
Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Kings' College, University of London, UK.
- 1973-1976
Research Student, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
- 1969-1973
Trainee and graduate engineer, Electricity Commission, NSW.
Editorial Boards of International Journals
- 2005-present
Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Editorial Board
- 2000-present
International Journal of Geomechanics, Co-editor
- 1997-2000
Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, Editorial Board
- 1994-2000
Int. Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Editorial Board
- 1993-2005
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Editorial Board
- 1992-2009
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Associate Editor
- 1988-1995
Computers and Geotechnics, Editorial Board
- 1982-1985
Australian Geomechanics News, Editorial Board