
Deputy Director
Laureate Professor Mark Jason Cassidy
Director
Qualifications
BE, DPhil, FIEAust, FTSEEducation
- 1999
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
- 1994
Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Hons, University Medal), University of Queensland
Awards
- 2015
Western Australian Scientist of the Year
- 2015
Christensen Fellow, Visiting Professor, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford (2 months)
- 2014-18
Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow
- 2014
David Hislop Award, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE in the UK)
- 2012-13
Vincent Fairfax Fellow, Centre for Ethical Leadership, University of Melbourne
- 2013
13th Zheng Guo-Xi Lecture, Zhejiang University, PR China
- 2012
E.H. Davis Lecturer of the Australian Geomechanics Society
- 2012
Research Fellowship, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway (5 months)
- 2012
Geotechnical Research Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE in the UK)
- 2012
American Society of Civil Engineers Best Paper Award, 44th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, UWA
- 2011
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust)
- 2011
Invited Professor, Keppel Offshore and Marine Technology Centre, Singapore (2 weeks)
- 2008
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 2007
Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. Prime Minister’s Awards for Science
- 2007
Cluster Leader, CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship Cluster on Subsea Pipelines
- 2006
Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Early Career Achievement in Science
- 2006
Visiting Professor, University of Queensland (appointed 2006-10)
- 2006
Included in list of 'Australia’s Most Influential Engineers Top 100' in category of 'Top 10 Young Engineers', Institute of Engineers, Australia.
- 2006
Research Fellowship, ICG, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway (6 months)
- 2003
David Hislop Award, 'Best offshore engineering paper', Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
- 1999
New College Travel Award, University of Oxford
- 1995
Rhodes Scholarship (Queensland and New College, 1995)
- 1994
University Medal, University of Queensland
- 1994
Hawken Memorial Scholarship, University of Queensland
- 1992
Arups Engineering Award, Kenneth A. Thiess Prize, Sir Thomas McIlwraith Engineering Scholarship, Metal Building Products Manufacturers Association Prize, Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia (Tertiary Award), University of Queensland
Editorial Boards of International Journals
- 2015
Associate Editor: Ocean Engineering, Elsevier
- 2015
Associate Editor: Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier
- 2015
Associate Editor: Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME
- 2013
Associate Editor: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE
- 2013
Editor: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Elsevier
- 2012
Associate Editor: Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier
Employment
- 2014
Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow
- 2011
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering
- 2011
The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Chair of Offshore Foundations
- 2010
ARC Future Fellow (Level 3), 4 yrs
- 2006
Winthrop Professor of Civil Engineering, UWA
- 2006
Director, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS), UWA
- 2005
Professorial Fellow (Research), COFS, UWA
- 2000
Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Research Associate, COFS, UWA
- 1999
Intern, World Commission on Dams, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1998
Stipendiary Lecturer, Brasenose College, University of Oxford
- 1995
Engineer, Ove Arup and Partners, Brisbane
Professional Activities
- 2014
Interim Warden and Committee of Governors, Forrest Research Foundation (appointed to steward the foundation, established with a $65 million donation by Andrew and Nicola Forrest, as it establishes its selection procedures, enrols its first Forrest PhD Scholars in WA’s five Universities and builds a new residential experience in Forrest Hall)
- 2014
Awards Committee for Go8 – DAAD Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme
- 2013-15
Mentor: Leadership Development for Women Program, UWA
- 2014-15
Australian Laureate Fellowship Selection Advisory Committee, ARC (Chair in 2015)
- 2012-14
National Committee for Mechanical and Engineering Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
- 2011-13
College of Experts, ARC (Chair of Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics Panel in 2012)
- 2012
International Oil and Gas Producers Association (OGP) panel monitoring the implementation of this new ISO 19905-1 guideline to industry practice
- 2012-14
Technical Oversight Committee (TOC), International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering – peak body with >18,000 members, 13 person TOC charged with technical oversight
- 2010
Technical Oversight Committee, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- 2010
Chair, Academic Promotions Committee, UWA
- 2009
Board of St George’s College, UWA
- 2007
Principal Consultant, Advanced Geomechanics, specialist geotechnical consultancy
- 2006
Management Committee, Society of Underwater Technology (SUT), Australasia Branch
- 2005
Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Western Australia
- 2002
International Standards Organisational Panel (ISP, TC67, SC7, WG7): Panel 4 on assessment of mobile jack-up units
Research Interests
- Offshore geotechnics and offshore engineering
- Geotechnical centrifuge modelling
- Analysis of offshore 'jack-up' platforms
- Integrated wave-structure-soil interaction
- Geotechnical risk analysis