Rate My Professor John Moore

John Moore, PhD, is affiliated with the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, Australia, within the field of civil engineering. He completed a Master of Resource Science in 2009 and a PhD in Civil Engineering in 2013, both at UNE. His PhD research commenced in 2010 and focused on structural health monitoring of timber structures. Prior to his advanced degrees, Moore served briefly as a high school mathematics teacher. He possesses extensive industry experience spanning 38 years as an Electronics Design Engineer, during which he researched and commercialized communication, measurement, and control systems. His employers included the General Electric Company in the UK, Australasian Training Aids in Albury, New South Wales, the Centre for Electronics in Agriculture at UNE, and Advanced Measurement and Control in Armidale, New South Wales.

Moore's research specialization is structural health monitoring, with particular emphasis on timber beam bridges. He is the primary author of the article 'Structural Health Monitoring of Older Timber Bridge Girders Using Laser-Based Techniques,' published in 2013 in the Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering. This publication earned the team—consisting of John Moore, Dr. Saeed Mahini (lecturer in Civil Engineering at UNE), Mr. Rex Glencross-Grant (Technical Services Manager, MidCoast Council), and Dr. Robert Patterson (Technical Director, ForestWorks)—the 2015 R.W. Chapman Medal, awarded by the College of Structural Engineers, Engineers Australia, for the best academic journal article. The project leveraged Moore's prior engineering expertise. In addition, on April 2, 2014, he presented the webinar 'The Structural Health Monitoring of Timber Bridge Beams' for Forest & Wood Products Australia, sharing insights on assessment techniques for aging timber infrastructure.