Prof Robert J Mair, CBE, FRS, FREng

Career: asst engr (later sr engr) Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners London & Hong Kong 1971-82 (seconded to Univ of Cambridge researching tunnelling in soft ground 1976-79); dir Geotechnical Consulting Group (specialising in geotechnical engrg) 1983-; Royal Acad of Engrg visiting prof Univ of Cambridge 1997-; prof of engrg Univ of Cambridge 1998-; master Jesus Coll Cambridge 2001-11; Br Geotechnical Soc Prize 1981, ICE Unwin meml lectr 1992, Bishop Medal 1994, Sir Harold Harding meml lectr 1998, Gold medal ICE 2004; fell St John's Coll Cambridge 1998-2001; FICE 1990, FREng 1992 (sr vice-pres 2008-11), FRS 2007

Books and Publications: Pressuremeters : Methods and Interpretation (with D Muir Wood, qv, 1987); papers in jls on geotechnical engineering, particularly related to tunnelling