I am an academically and professionally qualified performance-driven Senior Academic & Chartered Civil Structural Engineer (Fellow of ICE, FIStructE and Concrete Society) with many years unique multi-sector national / international, technical / managerial & industrial / academic experience comprising HEIs (Edinburgh Napier University, University of Portsmouth, Kingston University London), Consulting Engineering (Greece, Nigeria, UK incl. Scotland) and Trade Organizations (The Concrete Centre UK, Greek Association of Insurers); developing, managing and leading Professional Practice, Teaching & Learning and Research in Civil Structural Engineering with an outstanding track record of success.
My experience in Education and Industry is summarised below:
Since joining Kingston in 2009, I have been PG Course Director (2009-15), led two successful JBM accreditations (2014 & 2018), being promoted to Professor in Structural Engineering Practice (2013) and Head of Department (tenure 2015-18) with many achievements (see Leadership and Management)
My academic standing includes the following:
Visiting Professor, member of IAB of the School of Engineering & Design, Brunel University
External Examiner of MSc programmes in Civil Structural Engineering for Sheffield University and MSc Timber Engineering for Napier University Edinburgh. External Examiner of UG programmes for Plymouth University
External Panel Member for 5yr Internal Subject Review of Civil Engineering Provision at Southbank University London and Plymouth University; External Evaluator for CE PG provision of the University of Nicosia for Cyprus QAA
Peer Reviewer under areas of expertise (concrete, sustainability and earthquakes) of research proposals submitted to EPSRC and Peer Reviewer of Standards for IFA (Institute for Apprenticeships).
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Chair in Structural Engineering Practice