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James G A Croll

Department of civil engineering
University college london
Gower street
London
WCL E6BT
Email: j.croll@ucl.ac.uk

Web: james-croll.co.uk

Qualifications:
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers
Fellow of the Institute for mathematics and its Applications
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts
Chartered Engineer
Bachelor of Engineering (1st class honours), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Experience includes:
40 years as lecturer (1967-83) Professor and Head of Department of Civil Engng at UCL (1983-present), more than 200 books and research publications; specialist consultancies services to around 35 UK and other International companies; court experience at public enquiries; forensic work for structural collapses; visiting professorships in 9 countries; considerable professional committee work - most recent as Chair of the Joint Board of Moderators responsible for the accreditation of civil and structural engineering degrees in the UK and abroad.

Structural engineering interests have covered most materials but especially those constructed from: concrete, steel, composite steel/concrete, timber, advanced composites including fibre reinforced polymer.

Consultancy, teaching and research has covered: concrete roof shells, concrete cooling tower shells, steel and concrete water tanks, oil storage tanks, silos, pressure vessels, steel and concrete offshore platforms, bouyancy tanks, submarine hulls, ship hulls, onshore and subsea pipelines, lightweight roof systems, cable net roofs, spaceframe roofs, trusses, arches, box girder bridges, cable stayed bridges, suspesion bridges, buildings.

Research interests also include: stability and buckling of structures, vibrations and dynamic response of structures, behaviour of concrete and asphalt pavements, thermal buckling of structures, ice mechanics, soil structure interatcion.