Rate My Professor Mark Stewart

Professor Mark Stewart is an Honorary Professor in the School of Engineering, Civil Engineering, at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and affiliate with the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability (CIPAR). He obtained his B.E. (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from Monash University in 1984 and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Newcastle in 1988, with a thesis on control of human errors in structural design. His academic career at the University of Newcastle began in 1989 as Lecturer, advancing to Senior Lecturer in 1995, Associate Professor in 2001, Head of the Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering from 2001 to 2004, Professor of Civil Engineering since 2005, Assistant Dean (Research) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment from 2007 to 2008, and Director of CIPAR since 2007. He held an ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship from 2011 to 2015.

Professor Stewart specializes in risk and reliability engineering, with research interests encompassing probabilistic risk assessment of engineering systems, time-dependent reliability of deteriorating reinforced concrete structures, corrosion and damage risks from climate change, cost-benefit analysis of protective measures against terrorism and explosive blast loading, aviation security, and climate adaptation for infrastructure. He has co-authored influential books including Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Engineering Systems (1997), Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security (2011), Chasing Ghosts: The Policing of Terrorism (2016), Are We Safe Enough? Measuring and Assessing Aviation Security (2018), and Climate Adaptation Engineering: Risks and Economics (2018). Highly cited publications include Structural reliability of concrete bridges including improved chloride-induced corrosion models (2000, 1323 citations), Time-dependent reliability of deteriorating reinforced concrete bridge decks (1998, 651 citations), and Climate change impact and risks of concrete infrastructure deterioration (2011, 560 citations), contributing to over 21,000 total citations. Awards include the ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship (2011-2015), Japan Concrete Institute Award (2012), and recognition as one of Australia's top ten most cited civil engineering academics (2016). He serves as Associate Editor for Structural Safety, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, and other journals, and holds leadership roles in the International Association of Protective Structures and Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association.