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ProfessorDerek Warner

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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  • Professor
    Civil and Environmental Engineering
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BIO

Derek Warner joined the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury in 2023. Prior to this, he was a Professor at Cornell University where he directed the Cornell Fracture Group and served as the Interim Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Derek’s academic training consisted of a postdoc in the Solid Mechanics Group at Brown University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. During the 2013 and 2020 academic years, Derek was a Visiting Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    University of Canterbury, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering1 Sep 2023 - present

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
    Saint Francis University, Loretto, United States2002
  • Master of Science in Engineering
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States2004
  • Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States2006

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Brown University, United States2006 - 2007

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FIELDS OF RESEARCH