Professor Mark Cassidy is Dean of the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne.
The Melbourne School of Engineering comprises over 800 academic and professional staff serving over 11,000 students.
It is renowned internationally for its impactful teaching and research in engineering and information technology.
Mark graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Queensland, and as a Rhodes Scholar, attained a doctorate in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. Prior to his appointment in Melbourne he was an Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow, Director of the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS), Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (ARC CoE CGSE) and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chair of Offshore Foundations at the University of Western Australia.
Mark’s research interests are in offshore geotechnics and engineering, predominantly in developing models for the analysis of oil and gas platforms, mobile drilling rigs, renewable wave and wind turbines, anchors and pipelines. Mark has published over 300 refereed journal and conference papers and jointly holds three international patents with Singaporean mobile jack-up builders Keppel Offshore and Marine and with Korean shipbuilders DSME. He has supervised over twenty-five PhD students. Mark has been an active consultant within the offshore engineering industry.
Mark is the 2015 Western Australian Scientist of the Year and is the 2007 recipient of the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year – one of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. He is a three-time recipient of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) David Hislop Award for the best paper on offshore engineering (2003, 2014 and 2017), as well as the 2012 recipient of the ICE’s Geotechnical Research Medal for the best paper on geotechnical engineering.
He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (FTSE) and of Engineers Australia (FIEAust).
As the inaugural Warden of the Forrest Research Foundation in Western Australia, Mark stewarded the foundation as it established its budget, selection procedures, enrolled its first PhD Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows, and started construction of its residential Forrest Hall. Mark continues to serve as a Governor on the Forrest Research Foundation Board.
Mark is passionate about safe and sustainable engineering in the ocean, though he still is failing in teaching himself to surf.
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Volumetric Particle Size Distribution and Variable Granular Density Soils
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Knowledge Nation 100
Hsue-Shen Tsien Professorship for Engineering Science Lecture
David Hislop Award, best paper in offshore engineering
Western Australian Scientist of the Year
David Hislop Award, best paper in offshore engineering
13th Zheng Guo-Xi Lecture
Geotechnical Research Medal, best paper on geotechnical engineering
Best Paper Award, 44th Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, USA
most prestigious award for geotechnical engineering within Australia (national tour supported by Engineers Australia)
Invited Professor
Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Visiting Professor
Early Career Achievement in Science, Western Australia
Included in list of Australia’s Most Influential Engineers Top 100 in category of Top 10 Young Engineers
David Hislop Award
New College Travel Award
Rhodes Scholarship
Hawken Memorial Scholarship
University Medal
Christensen Fellow, Visiting Professor, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (3 months)
FARC - Fellow of the Australian Research Council
Vincent Fairfax Fellow, Centre for Ethical Leadership, University of Melbourne
Research Fellowship, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway (5 months)
FIEAUST - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia
FARC - Fellow of the Australian Research Council
FTSE - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Research Fellowship, International Centre for Geohazards, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Credentials
Positions
Batterham Medal Selection Committee
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Committee Member (Elected 5 Year Term)
Lloyd’s Register Offshore Technology
Hon Secretary, Western Australia Chapter
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
External Expert On Research Committee Member
Board of the Western Australia Marine Science
International Advisory Committee
3rd International Symposium on Frontiers of Offshore
Panel Monitoring The Implementation Of This New Iso Guideline To Industry Practice
International Oil and Gas Producers Association (OGP)
National Committee For Mechanical Sciences
Australian Academy of Science
Chair Of Engineering, Mathematics And Informatics Panel
Australia Research Council, College of Experts
Management Committee Member
2nd International Symposium on Frontiers of Offshore Geotechnics
Hon Secretary, Western Australia Chapter
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Technical Oversight Committee Member
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Management Committee Member
Society of Underwater Technology (SUT Perth Chapter)
Western Australia
Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
British Geotechnical Association, International Scientific Committee Member
International Symposium on Frontiers of Offshore Geotechnics
Member
Australian Geomechanics Society
(Iso, Tc67, Sc7, Wg7)
International Standards Organisation panel
Member
Engineers Australia (2011- FIEAust, 2000-2011 MIEAust, 1995-1999 GradIEAust)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Oxford
Bachelor of Engineering, 1st Class Honours and University Medal
The University of Queensland