ProfessorFrank Collins

Engineers Australia: Fellow (FIEAust) and Chartered Professional Engineer (NPER CPEng )

Concrete Institute of Australia: Former Victorian President (1998-1999), Vice President (1997-1998), and Victorian Committee Member (1992-1993 & 1996-2006), member of the Concrete Institute Concrete Durability Committee

American Concrete Institute (ACI): Member since 1988. Member of ACI Technical Committees 365 Service Life Prediction of Concrete Structures, 222 Corrosion of Metals in Concrete, 506 Shotcrete for Underground Support, and 207 Mass Concrete

Member:

RILEM (Reunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Materiaux, systemes de construction et ouvrages)

Australasian Corrosion Association

2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

2013 Vice-Chancellor University Recognition of Teaching Excellence, Monash University

2010 Deans Teaching Excellence Award, Monash University

2004 Australian Concrete Repair Association (ACRA) Innovation Design Award

2002 Australian Concrete Repair Association (ACRA) Award for Technical Innovation

2001 International Concrete Repair Institute Award for Excellence for the Repair of a Transportation Structure

1999 Award of Excellence for Research, Concrete Institute of Australia Biennial Conference, Sydney, Australia

1995 PIANC Young Author Award (World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure)

1983 ARC Engineering Prize for Excellence in Reinforced Concrete Studies

1983 Bradfield Memorial Prize for First Class Honours in Civil Engineering

1983 D G Walkom Prize for First Class Honours in Civil Engineering

Professional Appointments

Professor of Infrastructure Engineering Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, and Director of ACID (Australian Centre for Infrastructure Durability)

Nov 2011 to June 2015: Associate Professor and Head of Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

2007-11: Senior Lecturer and Head of Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

1999 to 2002: Principal Engineer AECOM Ltd (formerly Maunsell Australia P/L), Melbourne

1997-99: PhD Postgraduate Research Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne

1995-96: Project Manager (ODA-funded Aid Project: Bridge Rehabilitation Vietnam), Taywood Engineering Ltd (seconded to Ministry of Transport, Hanoi, Vietnam)

1990-95: Regional Manager (Southern Australia) Taywood Engineering Ltd, Melbourne