Robert Mair, Baron Mair
The Lord Mair | |
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Lord Mair's official parliamentary photo | |
| Born | 20 April 1950 |
| Known for | Jubilee Line Extension |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Centrifugal modelling of tunnel construction in soft clay (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew N. Schofield |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Geotechnical engineering Tunnel design & construction |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Institution of Civil Engineers Crossrail Laing O'Rourke Scott Wilson Group The Leys School |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 29 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Website | www |
Robert James Mair, Baron Mair (born 20 April 1950) is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is the Founding Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–2018, its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 where he has been active on matters relating to infrastructure, science and technology, and education. He was a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology for four years, and has also been a member of Select Committees on Assessment and Management of Risk, and Education and Skills; he is presently Chair of the Science and Technology Committee.