Dr Joshua Omer

About

I am : (i) an acting Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Built Environment & Geography and (ii) a departmental Exams and Assessment Tutor. I have 30 years of experience in lecturing and professional practice in UK and overseas. I am a previous winner of: (a) a Royal Society Industry Fellowship, (b) an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Research and Development award, (c) the David Douglas Prize and Lecture (South Wales Institute of Engineers, UK), and (d) an Association of Commonwealth Universities doctoral scholarship. I have been: (1) a visiting Scholar at Covenant University, Nigeria, (2) member of the Pearson BTEC HE/FE Panel for Construction (curriculum development), and (3) External examiner for the University of Nairobi.

I am the Editor of the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312) Special Issue: Offshore Geotechnics & Foundations and Soil-Structure Interaction. I serve in the editorial boards of 2 journals: (a) the Journal of Geo-engineering Case studies of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and (b) the Journal of Geological Resource & Engineering. I am a member of: (i) the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Technical Committee on Drilled Shafts, and (ii) the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), which I represent in Technical Committees TC107 and TC212 of the ISSMGE. 

I have delivered CPD lectures to Institution of Structural Engineers and ASRANet UK, authored circa 50 publications in journals and conferences, supervised several PhD students, and served as external examiner for PhD and MPhil/MRes in UK and overseas universities. I have been a book reviewer for CRC Press-Taylor Francis and peer reviewer for reputable journals including the ICE Geotechnique, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, ICE Proceedings, Applied Clay Science Journal.

I collaborate with researchers and engineers from the UK, USA, India and China in scholarly activities.

Academic responsibilities

School Director of Learning & Teaching; Senior lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering

Qualifications

  • PhD in Geotechnical Engineering
  • MSc in Structural Engineering
  • BSc (1st Class honours) in Civil Engineering
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK
  • Member of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
  • Member of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), USA

Teaching and learning

Research

Business, knowledge transfer and international

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Leadership and management