Position:

• Emeritus Professor
• Senior Research Scholar

Email:

• mark.alexander@uct.ac.za

Office:

• Room 3.10; New Engineering Building; UCT Upper Campus

Qualifications:

• BSc(Eng), University of the Witwatersrand (1972)
• MSc(Eng), University of the Witwatersrand (1975)
• PhD, University of the Witwatersrand (1986)

Fellowships:

• South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
• RILEM – International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures
• University of Cape Town
• South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE)

Professional Affiliation:

• Pr Eng (Engineering Council of South Africa)

Memberships: 

• Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

Research Affiliation: 

• Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit (CoMSIRU)

Publication Profile: 

• Google Scholar

Research Interests: 

• The science and technology of cemented materials – considerable expertise and knowledge on use of construction materials in the southern African and broader contexts; emphasis on basic science and engineering of these materials; characterisation of local and regional concrete materials.
• Durability and sustainability of concrete structures in marine and other aggressive environments; durability design and specifications; deterioration; service life design; performance-based-approaches; low-carbon cements; recycled aggregates.
• Repair and rehabilitation of concrete construction.
• Forensic engineering; condition assessments of deteriorated structures.

Biographical Summary:

Mark Alexander is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering and a Senior Research Scholar in the University of Cape Town. He teaches and researches in cement and concrete materials engineering, with experience in fundamental and applied research relating to design and construction.

He is part of the leadership of CoMSIRU at UCT, where work is being done on problems of marine concrete durability and low carbon cements, amongst others. Professor Alexander has published extensively both in South Africa and abroad; he is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher (NRF-B).

Professor Alexander is a Past President of RILEM, an international organisation concerned with research in materials and structures, and past President of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa for the period 2018–2020. He acts as a specialist consultant on concrete materials and related problems.