Byron Byrne

Tutor in Engineering

Byron Byrne is a tutor in engineering at St Catherine's College and also a University Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science where he specialises in Civil Engineering and more specifically geotechnical engineering. He read undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Commerce at the University of Western Australia before moving to Oxford in 1996 as a Rhodes Scholar. He then took a doctorate as a member of Balliol College before transferring to Magdalen College as a Fellow by Examination and 1851 Research Fellow. Prior to taking up his current appointment in 2005 he was a Departmental Lecturer in Engineering and an Official Fellow at Magdalen College.

His current research is on the mechanics of soil and applications associated with offshore engineering. Within this broad area he has been concentrating on two topics both relating to soil structure interaction. The first topic is foundations for offshore structures and most recently he has been concentrating on applications for offshore wind turbines. The second topic is related to the behaviour of buried subsea pipelines. Outside of academia he is interested in cricket and played for Oxford whilst a student gaining four Blues (1997 to 2000). He is currently a playing member of the MCC.