Prof Richard Jardine

Career: with Sir William Halcrow and Partners 1974-75, work on Thames tidal flood defences Southern Water Authy 1975-77, numerous major highways projects Kent CC 1977-81; Imperial Coll London: research asst 1981-84, lectr and reader 1984-98, prof of mechanics 1998-, head of geotechnics 2003-11, dep head of dept 2011-; assoc Geotechnical Consulting Gp 1986-; ICE Telford Premium 1985, Unwin Prize Imperial Coll London 1985, Geotechnique Award 1988, American Soc for Testing Materials Hogentogler Award 1992, Japanese Ronbun Show Award 1993, Br Geotechnical Soc Prize 1996, Royal Acad of Engrg Medal 1998, ICE Geotechnical Research Medal 2007 and 2008, ICE Manby Prize 2010; FICE 2001 (MICE 1979), FREng 2002, FCGI 2007

Books and Publications: around 200 pubns on soil mechanics, geotechnics, fndns and offshore structures