Scott Sloan

thesis_title = Numerical analysis of incompressible and plastic solids using finite elements thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.481158 thesis_year = 1982 doctoral_advisor = academic_advisors = doctoral_students = notable_students = known_for = influences = influenced = awards = Plainlist| Fellow of the Royal Society (2015) – 23 April 2019 was laureate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle.

Education Sloan was educated at Monash University where he was awarded Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees.

Awards and honours In 2009, Sloan was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.

Sloan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:

Sloan was named as the Government of New South Wales Scientist of the Year in 2015 and gave the Rankine Lecture in 2011.

In January 2018 Sloan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for " distinguished service to education, particularly in the field of geotechnical engineering, as an academic and researcher, to professional associations, and as a mentor of young engineers".