What is Scott W. Sloan?
[[File:Laureate Professor Scott William Sloan FRS.jpg|thumb|190px|Sloan in July 2015]] '''Scott William Sloan''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AO]]}} (2 July 1954 – 23 April 2019) was an [[Australia]]n [[Civil engineering|civil engineer]] and [[academic]]. He was noted for his work in the fields of [[geotechnical engineering]] and [[Geomechanics|computational geomechanics]]. He was [[Professor]] of Civil Engineering at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]]. In July 2015, he was named as a [[Fellow of the Royal Society|Fellow]] of the [[Royal Society]]. In January 2018, Sloan was made an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]]. He was born in [[Mildura]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Sloan died on 23 April 2019, at the age of 64.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishgeotech.org/news/2019/04/professor-scott-sloan|title=Professor Scott Sloan|publisher=British Geotechnical Association|date=April 2019|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloan, Scott W.}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Australian academics]] [[Category:Australian engineers]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:Civil engineers]] {{Bio-stub}}