Professor Stephen George Fityus

Qualifications

BE (Civil) BSc (Geology), PhD (Newcastle)

Education

• 2000
  PhD, The University of Newcastle
• 1988
  BE (Civil, Hons 1), The University of Newcastle
• 1987
  BSc (Geology), The University of Newcastle

Employment

• 2011
  Professor, University of Newcastle
• 2008
  Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
• 2004
  Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
• 2000
  Lecturer, University of Newcastle
• 1998
  Geotechnical Professional Officer, The University of Newcastle.
• 1994
  Postgraduate Student, The University of Newcastle.
• 1990
  Consulting Geotechnical Engineer, Coffey Partners International.
• 1989
  Assistant Works Engineer, Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW.
• 1984
  Cadet, Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW.

Professional Activities

• Member: Australian Geomechanics Society, 1990 to present
• Member: Railway Technological Society of Australia 2000 to present
• Committee Member: Australian Geomechanics Society, 1994 to present
• Chairman of the Newcastle Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society, 2008 and 2009
• Life Member, Newcastle University Sport
• Board Member of Newcastle University Sport Inc. 2004-present.
• Member of Academic Senate, The University of Newcastle, 2006-2010.
• Deputy President of Academic Senate, The University of Newcastle, 2009-2010.
• Head of Discipline, Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, UoN, 2008-2010.

Research Interests

• Foundations in reactive (Expansive) clay soils
• Measurements in unsaturated soils
• Coal mining geotechnics
• Engineering Geology