Scott William Sloan 1954–2019

Scott Sloan (1954–2019) was a leader of academic engineering in Australia and beyond, as evidenced by his numerous professional accolades important research achievements, which have had significant impact on chosen profession geotechnical engineering. Educated the United Kingdom, he returned to 1984 developed large active group at University Newcastle, tackled wide range problems civil mining These include development computational methods predict mechanical behaviour soil rock masses, pioneering collapse states structures made of, on, in, earth materials, allowing engineers design cheaper safer infrastructure around globe. established long-standing international collaborations awarded many honours for achievements. He also keen skilful fisherman more than competent blues guitar player.