Robert Mair, Baron Mair
| The Right Honourable The Lord Mair CBE |
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Robert Mair delivering a lecture in Cambridge, February 2013
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| Born | 20 April 1950 [1] |
| Fields | Geotechnical engineering Tunnel design & construction |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Institution of Civil Engineers Crossrail Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG) Laing O'Rourke Scott Wilson Group The Leys School |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Centrifugal modelling of tunnel construction in soft clay (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew N. Schofield |
| Known for | Jubilee Line Extension[2] |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
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Robert James Mair, Baron Mair, CBE, FRS, FICE, FREng, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (born 20 April 1950) is a geotechnical engineer and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is the Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering. He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 2001 to 2011 and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2001.[3][4][5] In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is proposed to be the Institution's President for 2017-18, its two hundredth anniversary year.[6] On 13 October 2015 his appointment to be a peer in the House of Lords was announced. He sits as a Crossbencher.[7]
Education
Mair was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge[1] and went on to study Engineering at Clare College, Cambridge gaining a MA degree in 1975[1] and a PhD degree in 1979.[8]
Honours and awards
Mair was elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) in 1990, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 1992,[9] and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2007.[10] Mair delivered the 46th Rankine Lecture of the British Geotechnical Association and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[11] Mair has been awarded numerous research grants by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[12]
On 29 October 2015, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Mair, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire.[13]
Personal
Robert is the son of the late William Austyn Mair, Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Cambridge 1952–1983.
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61399. p. 21622. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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| Preceded by | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 2001–2011 |
Succeeded by Ian White |
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