Campbell Middleton

Laing O’Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering and Head of Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge; Director, Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology

Professor Campbell Middleton is the Founding Director of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology at the University of Cambridge. A bridge engineer, his career has focused on educating industry leaders, implementing new technologies, supporting policy, and promoting collaboration between academia, industry and government.

In addition to creating and leading the world-acclaimed construction engineering master’s degree at Cambridge, Cam is recognised as an expert in bridge engineering, a field in which he is widely published and has won prestigious academic prizes, including the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Telford Gold Medal.

He is known internationally for his innovative work on structural analysis and structural health monitoring.