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Personal Information
College Photo Name Dyer, Mark
College Address Civil Structural & Environ Eng,
Museum Building
Main Department Civil Structural & Environ Eng
College Title Michael McNamara Chair
E-mail mark.dyer@tcd.ie
College Tel +353 1 896 3810
 
Biography
Professor Mark Dyer was appointed to the Michael McNamara Chair in Construction Innovation at Trinity College Dublin in 2008, where he leads TrinityHaus a research centre for innovation in Construction. Energy and Design comprising the McNamara Centre for Construction Innovation, GREENprint and Design Dublin. Before moving to Ireland, Mark pursued a career in both academia and the construction industry. He was the Professor in Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University between 2004 and 2008 as well as being chairman of the David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability. Prior to Strathclyde he worked for over twenty years on the design and construction of infrastructure projects including highways, power stations, offshore oil platforms, flood defences, tailing dams, landfills in Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1997 he received a Foresight Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering which lead to his appointment at Durham University for 4 years and more recently in 2008 a Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Research Fellowship. He has been appointed as a consultant for several organisations including UK Environment Agency, HR Wallingford and Studio Geotecncio Italiano and is a visiting professor at the University of Sienna, Italy and University of Karsetsat, Bangkok.
 
Professional Qualifications
Qualification Institution Class of Degree Title of Dissertation Date Conferred
BEng Civil Engineering University of Wales First   1980
DPhil University of Oxford   Observation of Stress Distribution in Crushed Glass with Application to Soil Reinforcement 1986
BSc Open University Ordinary   2003
MA Trinity College Dublin     2009
 
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
Details Date From Date To
Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1992
Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council UK 1992
 
Awards and Honours
Award Date
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2009
Engineering Foresight Award, Royal Academy of Engineering 1997
Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Research Fellowship 2008
 
Employment Details
Position Held Job Description Where Date From Date To
Professor of Civil Engineering Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of Department at the University of Strathclyde, Chairman of the David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability. University of Strathclyde, UK 2004 2008
Lecturer, Launched postgraduate modules on pollution control and waste management, geo-environmental engineering and equipped a new biogeochemical laboratory for research into contaminated land and groundwater remediation. Awarded Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering International Travel Grants for industrial and research visits to The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Singapore and Indonesia (2002 – 2003). Invited lectures given at ITS Surabaya (Indonesia), NTU (Singapore), Politecnico di Torino, Studio Geotecnico (Milano), EPFL (Switzerland). School of Engineering, University of Durham 1999 2004
Principal, Established the engineering consultancy practice Mark Dyer Associates in conjunction with Procon Project Management with a joint turnover of £650,000. The practice specialised in expertise technical advice and strategic planning for environmental studies, contaminated land remediation, flood defences and project management. The practice was awarded the Technology Foresight Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering to participate in the Dutch NOBIS programme for innovative methods for remediation of contaminated land (1997). Mark Dyer Associates 1994 1999
Technical Director, Responsible for the technical and commercial leadership of a new business centre in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology for Acer Consultants with an annual fee budget of £1.5m supported by a team of 20 engineers. Undertook site investigations and geotechnical design of earthworks for several highway and re-sewerage schemes valued in excess of £1.5 Billion. Acer Consultants Ltd 1990 1994
Senior Engineer, As part of the Research and Development Centre at TH Technology, monitored several construction projects to provide technical innovation and improve productivity including (a) construction of the Sudden Valley Sewer, Rochdale using an earth pressure balance tunnelling machine, b) prop loads for several major excavations in central London. Seconded to Cementation Piling and Foundation as an Area Engineer for the South West and Wales region. Advised clients (Consultants, Contractors and Developers) on the feasibility of using piling, ground treatment and anchor systems and the likely construction costs. Prepared tenders and supervised construction work for piling ground treatment and ground anchors schemes valued at £8 M pa. Trafalgar House Technology Ltd & Cementation Piling 1989 1990
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Publications
Peer Reviewed
Redaelli M and Dyer MR , Discussion: A methodology for regional-scale flood risk assessment, ICE Proc Water Management , (WATER-D-08-00084), 2008
Dyer MR, Utili S, and Zielinski M, Field study into fine desiccation fissuring at Thorngumbald, ICE Proc Water Management, 2008
Udomchoke V, Sunthornranun P, Homchan U, Jiwapornkupt P, Lauhachinda N, Gaines AF, Booth PH, Keenan HE and Dyer MR, The Ecological Complexity of the Thai-Laos Mekong River: Part 1, Geomorphology, Climate and Water Quality, Journal of Ecological Complexity., 2007
Keenan HE, Sakultantimetha A, Bangkedphol S, Songsasen A and Dyer MR, The Ecological Complexity of the Thai:Laos Mekong River: Part 2, Metals and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Monitoring, Modelling and Environmental Fate., Journal of Ecological Complexity., 2007
Dyer MR, Marnette E, Schuren C, van de Brink K and van Loon A, Full-scale stimulation of reductive dechlorination using the LINER technique., Journal of Engineering Geology , 85, 2006, p39 - 46
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