Scott W. Sloan
Scott William Sloan AO (born July 2, 1954 in Mildura , Victoria (Australia) ; † April 23, 2019 ) was an Australian civil engineer who worked in geotechnical engineering and was a professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia.
Sloan studied at Monash University (Master of Engineering) and received his PhD from Cambridge University (where he was a Rouse Ball Fellow at Trinity College in 1981).
He dealt with numerical modeling in geotechnics (non-linear finite element methods , plasticity theory including shakedown analysis and limit analysis (load-bearing method ), contact mechanics), with applications on slope stability, earth dams, tunnels, ground anchors, construction pits and retaining walls. He also looked at partially saturated soils and the spread of contaminants in soils.
In 2015 Sloan was elected to the Royal Society . In 2011 he was a Rankine lecturer . In 2007 he became a member of the Australian Academy of Science and in 2000 of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He received the ASCE Middlebrook Award in 2005, the Desai Medal in 2005, the Telford Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2000 and the Booker Medal in 2008. In 2003 he received the Australian Prime Minister's Centenary Medal.
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| SURNAME | Sloan, Scott W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sloan, Scott William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mildura |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 2019 |