Rate My Professor Robert Melchers

Melchers specializes in structural reliability analysis and prediction, probabilistic risk assessment of engineering systems, and corrosion and deterioration modeling, with emphasis on long-term marine immersion corrosion of mild and low-alloy steels, maximum pit depth statistics, microbiologically influenced corrosion under anoxic conditions, corrosion of mooring chains and wire ropes for offshore platforms, concrete sewer pipe loss, and cast iron water pipe external corrosion. He has authored over 420 refereed journal articles, supervised 28 PhD completions, and secured more than $16 million in research funding. Key books include Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction (John Wiley & Sons, second edition 1999), Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Engineering Systems (Chapman & Hall, 1997, co-authored), Condition Assessment of Aged Structures (Woodhead Publishing, 2008, co-edited), and Eco-efficient Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Infrastructures (Woodhead Publishing, 2014 and later editions). He has served as Associate Editor of Ships and Offshore Structures since 2005, Foundation Editor of Australian Journal of Structural Engineering from 1998 to 2013, President of the International Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association from 1999 to 2011, and Executive Committee member of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability from 1985 to 2012.