Professor Mark Jason Cassidy

Qualifications

BE, DPhil, FIEAust, FTSE

Education

• 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