The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Alistair's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Alistair
I have more than 40 years’ experience in civil and environmental engineering. After completing my doctorate, I worked for Brown & Root (UK) Ltd, helping design the Hutton Tension Leg Platform (the World’s first vertically moored, floating oil platform for deep-water applications) which won the Queen’s Award for Technological Achievement in 1984. From 1990 to 2011, I was a Tutorial Fellow at St Edmund Hall and Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. From 2007 to 2010, I was Deputy Head of Department and organized its Centenary celebrations. From 2011-13, I was Head of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University College Cork, where I was Founding Director of the €29M SFI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland. MaREI now employs more than 200 people across Ireland, and involves more than 50 companies. I am an Emeritus Professor at The University of Edinburgh, where I was Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics from 2013-2019. I hold (or have held) adjunct professorships at seven universities in China, Ireland, and the UK. I am presently a Visiting Professor at Peking University and Visiting Distinguished Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2018-2021).
I was awarded an honorary degree by Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2016, the Gold Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2019 for lifetime contributions to Civil Engineering, and the YanYuan Friendship Award by Peking University in 2020.Employment History ...
Engineer, South West Water Authority, summers of 1976, 1977 and 1978.