
Chief Investigator
Professor Mark Randolph
Chief Investigator
Qualifications
FAA, FREng, FRS, FTSE, FIEAust (CPEng)Education
- 1994
FIEAust
- 1987
Chartered Practising Engineer, CPEng
- 1978
PhD, Cambridge University
- 1978
MA, Oxford University
- 1973
BA (1st Class Hons, Engineering Science), Oxford University
Awards and Honours
- 2013
WA Scientist of the Year
- 2013
Australian Gas Technology Innovation Award
- 2013
2nd McClelland Lecturer, (Offshore Geotechnics) Int. Soc. for Soil Mech. and Found. Eng.
- 2012
The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Oration, Australia
- 2011
Fellow, Royal Society of London
- 2011
David Hislop award, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
- 2010
ASCE OTC Hall of Fame award
- 2008
William Mong Distinguished Lecturer, University of Hong Kong
- 2005
Poulos Lecture, Sydney Chapter of Australian Geomechanics Society
- 2005
British Geotechnical Association Prize (Institution of Civil Engineers, UK)
- 2005
John Booker Medal, Int. Assoc. for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics
- 2005
Federation Fellowship, Australian Research Council
- 2004
Geotechnical Research Medal (Institution of Civil Engineers, UK)
- 2003
1st C W Lovell Lecture, Purdue University
- 2003
Centenary Medal, Australia
- 2003
Rankine Lecture, British Geotechnical Association
- 2002
Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
- 2001
Gabriel Kassiff Memorial Lecture, Technion, Israel
- 2000
XVII Manuel Rocha Lecture, Portugese Geotechnical Society
- 2000
John Henry Garrood King Medal (Institution of Civil Engineers, UK)
- 2000
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- 1999
Distinguished Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore
- 1998
Mathis Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1997
E H Davis Lecturer, Australian Geomechanics Society
- 1996
ARC Special Research Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, 1997 -
- 1993
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1982
British Geotechnical Society Prize (Institution of Civil Engineers, UK)
- 1977
Research Fellowship, St. John's College, Cambridge
- 1975
Cooling Prize for young engineers (British Geotechnical Society, UK)
- 1973
Maurice Lubbock Memorial Prize (Oxford University)
- 1973
Institution of Civil Engineers Prize (Oxford University)
Employment
- 2010
Fugro Chair in Geotechnics, University of Western Australia
- 2005
ARC Federation Fellow, University of Western Australia (to 2010)
- 1997
Director, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia (to 2005))
- 1994
Director, Advanced Geomechanics, Perth (continuing)
- 1990
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Western Australia (continuing)
- 1989
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Western Australia (to 1990)
- 1986
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Western Australia (to 1989)
- 1978
Assistant (78-83) Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University (to 1986)
- 1977
Research (1977-8) then Teaching Fellow, St John’s College, Cambridge University (to 1986)
- 1973
Higher (1975) Scientific Officer, Geotechnics , Building Research Establishment (to 1977)
Editorial Boards of International Journals
- International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Co-Editor
- Chief, ICE Publishing (2001-5)
- International Journal for Numerical & Analalytical Methods
- Geomechanics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (1984-)
- Geotechnique, ICE Publishing (1996-2002, 2012-)
- Computers & Geotechnics, Elsevier (1998-)
- International Journal for Geomechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (2001-)
- Soils and Foundations, Japanese Geotechnical Society (2000-)
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC Research Press (2002-5)
- Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (2003-8)
- Italian Geotechnical Journal, Patron Editore (1998-2010)
Research Interests
- Analytical and design of pile foundations
- Offshore foundation design
- Physical testing
- Anchors and pipelines
- Novel in situ testing tools based on T-bar and ball penetrometers
- Plasticity theory applied to geotechnical design