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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-05-28 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006394b.htm person Sloan Scott William AO FAA FRS FTSE FREng AACR2 2 July 1954 23 April 2019 Place of Birth Mildura, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Geotechnical Engineer Scott Sloan was a geomechanical engineer whose expertise was in the prediction of maximum load capacity in geostructures such as tunnels, dams, highways and foundations. His innovative models and numerical methods have been applied world-wide. Sloan was Laureate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle from 2009 and inaugural Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering. 1978 1981 Award - External Research Scholarship, University of Cambridge 1981 1981 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1981 1982 Award - Senior Rouse Ball Scholarship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge 1982 1984 Award - W. W. Spooner Research Fellowship, New College, University of Oxford 1984 1984 Career position - Visiting Research Fellow, School of Civil and Mining Engineering, University of Sydney 1984 1989 Career position - Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle 1988 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Engineering computations 1988 Career position - Member of Committee, Newcastle Branch, Australian Geomechanics Society 1988 1988 Career position - Visiting Fellow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford 1989 1993 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle 1998 1998 Career position - Visiting Professor, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 1998 2001 Career position - Member, Engineering, Earth and Applied Sciences Panel, Australian Research Council 1998 2008 Career position - Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle 1999 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Computers and structures 1999 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Engineering optimization 2000 2000 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2000 2000 Award - Telford Gold Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, London - for paper: "Rigorous plasticity solutions for the bearing capacity of two-layered clays" [with R S Merifield, and H S Yu] 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in civil and geotechnical engineering 2002 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Computational Mechanics 2002 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, International Journal for Numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics 2002 Career position - Editor, Computers and Geotechnics 2002 2002 Career position - Visiting Professor, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 2003 2003 Award - E. H. Davis Lecturer, Australian Geomechanics Society 2004 2004 Award - ARC Federation Fellowship 2005 2005 Award - Desai Medal, Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2005 2005 Award - Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers 2007 Career position - President, Australian Association of Computational Mechanics 2007 Career position - Director, Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling, University of Newcastle 2007 2007 Award - Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 2007 2019 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2008 2009 Career position - Member, Expert Advisory Committee on Engineering and Environment, Australian Research Council 2011 2011 Award - Rankine Lecturer, British Geotechnical Association 2011 2019 Career position - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering 2015 2015 Award - New South Wales Scientist of the Year, New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science 2015 2019 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 2015 2019 Award - Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom (FREng) 2016 2019 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science 2018 2018 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For distinguished service to education, particularly in the field of geotechnical engineering, as an academic and researcher, to professional associations, and as a mentor of young engineers The University of Newcastle (1965 - )

Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering 1990 - 2008; Laureate Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Surveying and Environmental Engineering 2009 - 2019; Director, Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical and Materials Modelling 2007 - 2019

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 2000

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 2007 - 2019; Member of Council 2016 - 2019

 New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science (2015 - )

New South Wales Scientist of the Year 2015

 'Sloan, Scott William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sloan, Scott William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Scott William Sloan 1954 - 2019 Carter, John P.; Potts, David M.; and Gens, Antonio Scott William Sloan 1954 - 2019 2022 Historical Records of Australian Science 33 1 64-71 Journal Article: Scott William Sloan AO FTSE: geotechnical engineer made the world safer Anon Scott William Sloan AO FTSE: geotechnical engineer made the world safer 2019 Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 209 67 Journal Article: Professor Scott Sloan AO FAA FREng FRS FTSE 2 July 1954 to 23 April 2019 Anon Professor Scott Sloan AO FAA FREng FRS FTSE 2 July 1954 to 23 April 2019 2019 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 126 16 Journal Article: Australia's top 100 most influential engineers [2015] Kannegieter, Tim Australia's top 100 most influential engineers [2015] Crows Nest, NSW Engineers Media 2015 Engineers Australia: Civil Edition 87 5 39-42, 44-69 Resource: Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2018] Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2018] Canberra Governor General's Office 2018 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2019 Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor Who's who in Australia 2019 55th Southbank, Vic. AAP Directories 2018