Professor Emeritus, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia./ Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne He completed his Ph.D. in 1986 at the University of Michigan on the topic of the transient analysis in pipelines involving column separation. His other degrees are: Master of Science in Hydrology and Water Resources (1978-1980) from Colorado State University, Colorado; Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (1971- 1974) from Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering. He has worked for 6 years (1975-1978, 1981-1983) in industry with Melbourne Water, Victoria, Australia and Harza Engineering Company in Chicago, USA. He has been at the University of Adelaide for the last 33 years since 1987 and his main research has included a focus on water distribution systems including: 1. Optimisation using evolutionary algorithms (including genetic algorithms) and Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC) for the design and operation of water distribution systems. 2. Non-invasive condition assessment of water distribution systems using the transients 3. Accounting for sustainability in the design and operation of water distribution systems by multi-objective optimization 4. Steady state analysis modeling of water distribution systems He has written more than 160 refereed journal articles and 180 conference papers.