Prof. EmeritusMark Richardson

Professor Emeritus Mark G. Richardson served successive terms in a leadership role in University College Dublin (UCD) including Deputy Vice-President for Global Engagement, Vice-Principal of the College of Engineering and Architecture, and Head of Department / Head of School of Civil Engineering. He commenced his civil engineering professional career with Arup Consulting Engineers, before joining the academic staff of UCD full-time in the late 1980's, lecturing to engineering and architecture students. His research interest is the durability of concrete. He has authored 3 books and over 130 journal and conference papers. Awards include the President's Teaching Award at UCD, Engineers Ireland Smith Testimonial, Irish Cement Limited Bursary, 'Distinction' award from the Institute of Concrete Technology in respect of the advanced concrete technology qualification and the CERAI Lifetime Achievement Award. He has served in a number of officership and directorship posts on behalf of professional organisations, including Chairman of the Structures and Construction Division of Engineers Ireland, Managing Director of Irish Concrete Society Ltd. (a voluntary learned body), Chairman of the Concrete Consultative Committee of the National Standards Authority of Ireland and Chairman of the Irish Concrete Society. He has served as a university sector representative with the National Council for Curriculum Assessment and has advised the Teaching Council of Ireland. He was chairman of the UCD Academic Council Committee on Quality and of the Academic Council Committee on Academic Centres and is frequently assigned to assure quality in third and fourth level education through extern examining, accreditation of professional engineering programmes, programmatic and unit reviews. He has conducted over 50 such reviews in Ireland, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Singapore and Sri Lanka, typically as chair of the review group.