Professor Dr. Brian Uy

Brian Uy commenced as Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney in November 2016. He was previously Professor of Structural Engineering and Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES) in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of New South Wales from 2013-2016 and was awarded a Scientia Professorship from 2017-2022. Brian also holds an Adjunct Professor role within the School of Engineering and Information Technology at UNSW, Canberra (Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).

He was Professor of Structural Engineering and Foundation Director of the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (IIE) at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) during 2012 and was a major contributor to the establishment of the Werrington Park Corporate Centre (a UWS, Penrith City Council and Penrith Business Alliance initiative cofounded by the Australian Government’s Suburban Jobs Program). Prior to establishing IIE he was Professor and Head of the School of Engineering and the Foundation Director of the Civionics Research Centre at UWS from 2007-2011. During this period he was a member of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans; Australian Deans of Built Environment & Design and the Global Engineering Dean’s Council (GEDC).

In 2004 Brian was appointed a Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong. Furthermore, he has also held positions at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London (EPSRC Visiting Research Fellow); National University of Singapore (Anthony Mason Fellow); Ove Arup and Partners (now ARUP); Wholohan Grill and Partners (now Worley Parsons) and Wargon Chapman and Partners (now Arcadis).

Brian has delivered over 270 conference papers in 35 countries, including over 60 keynote/invited lectures in 15 countries and has been involved in research in steel and composite structures for over 25 years. He has co-authored over 650 publications including over 180 journal articles with over 80% of these appearing in A* & A journals (Based on ERA 2010 ranking of the Australian Research Council). Much of this research has been underpinned by competitive grant funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) granting schemes and from industry totalling over $55 million Australian dollars with a success rate of over 75%. Brian was a member of the ARC College of Experts for Engineering and Environmental Sciences from 2007-2009 (serving as Deputy Chair in 2009). He was also a member of the Selection Advisory Committee for the ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships from 2011-2013 and in 2015 was appointed to the ARC Engineering & Environmental Sciences Research Evaluation Committee (REC) for the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2015 ranking exercise. Brian has been selected as a member of the ARC College of Experts for Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences for the period 2016-2018.

Brian is Chairman of the Standards Australia Committee BD32 on Composite Structures and a member of BD90 on Bridge Structures which are developing standards on Steel and Composite Structures for buildings and bridges respectively. He also serves on BD01 and BD02 for Steel and Concrete Structures respectively. He has been the Chairman of the Australia Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers since 2012 and he serves on its Council, International Interest Group, Sustainable Construction and Building Information Modelling Panel. In 2015 he was elected Chair for the Australian Group of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). Brian regularly provides higher level consulting advice and certification for major national manufacturing and infrastructure companies and for forensic/expert witness purposes for many of Australia’s leading legal practices. Brian serves on the editorial boards of fourteen international journals for structural engineering and is Chief Editor (Asia-Pacific) for Steel and Composite Structures. He is also a significant contributor to international codes of practice in steel and composite construction and currently serves on the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Task Committee 5 on Composite Construction and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Technical Committee on Composite Construction.

Brian graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Honours Class 1) and a Doctor of Philosophy from The University of New South Wales. He was installed as a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) in 2014, a Fellow of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), a Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE) and a Fellow of The Institution of Structural Engineers (FIStructE) in 2016. He is a chartered member of Engineers Australia (CPEng), American Society of Civil Engineers (PE), Engineering Council in the UK, (CEng) and an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer in Australia, (IntPE(Aus)). He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).