Professor Mark Sterling BEng, PhD, CEng, CEnv, FRMetS, MIAgrE, FICE

• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 2013
• Chartered Environmentalist, 2005
• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Birmingham, 2004
• Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2004
• Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, 2002
• Member of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, 2002
• PhD in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, 1998
• BEng in Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 1994

He has taught a variety of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, spanning a number of different subjects.

Mark Sterling has research interests in wind engineering which fall into two general areas of research, i.e., the effect of wind on plants and the effects of extreme wind events.

• Chair of the Wind Engineering Society (2014 – 2016). Also committee member (2004 – 2008; 2011 – 2015). The Wind Engineering Society is an affiliated society of the Institutions of Civil Engineers.
• A member of the international scientific advisory committee for the 7th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering, 4 – 7 July 2017, Liege, Belgium.
• A member of the scientific advisory committee for International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications. 7 – 11 June 2016, Boston.
• European-African regional representative for the International Association of Wind Engineering.
• Chair of the Wind Engineering Society.
• Member of the international scientific advisory committee for the 1st International WINERCOST conference, Ankara, 21-22 April, 2016.
• Member of the international scientific advisory committee for the 13th Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (in-vento-2014) June 22-25, Genova, Italy.
• Member of the international scientific advisory committee for the 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE-VIII), Chennai, India, 10-14 December 2013.
• A member of the Civil Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience (CESARE ’14), Amman, Jordan, 24-27 April 2014.
• Member of the International Association of Wind Engineers Executive board (2009 – 2013).
• Member of the international advisory committee and scientific committee for the seventh international colloquium on bluff body aerodynamics and applications which took place in Shanghai, China (September 2-6, 2012).
• A member of the international scientific advisory board for the 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Amsterdam (2011).
• A member of the governing committee of the Wind Engineering Society (2004-2008; 2011 – 2015). The Wind Engineering Society is an affiliated society of the Institutions of Civil Engineers.
• Member of the editorial panel of the Proceedings of Institutions of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings Journal (2008 - 2012). I have also acted as guest editor for a themed edition of the journal on Wind Engineering (April 2010).
• A member of the general assembly of the International Association of Wind Engineers, (2006-2008).