Engineering Engineer
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David Peter GILES
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School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Burnaby Building, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3QL
Email: aboxy3@r.postjobfree.com
Principal Lecturer in Engineering Geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth
Education
1980-1983 Portsmouth Polytechnic:
BSc (Honours) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
Second Class Honours (Lower Division)1979-1980 St Albans College of Further Education (PT)
1972-1979 Verulam School, St Albans:
A-levels: Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Ten O-levels, one alternative O-level
Professional Awards
2001 Geological Society Engineering Group Award for Services to Engineering Geology
Professional Status
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Chartered Engineer (Institution of Mining and Metallurgy)
Fellow of the Geological Society
Secretary of the International Association for Engineering Geology Commission 22: Landscape Evolution and Engineering Geology
Committee Member of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society
Field Work Co-ordinator of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society
Chair of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party on Geohazards
Chair of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party on the Training of Engineering Geologists
Member of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Steering Group on Glacial and Periglacial Engineering Geology
Member of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party on Glacial and Periglacial Engineering Geology
Member of the Geologists Association
Member of the Quaternary Research Association
Former Committee Member of the Geological Remote Sensing Group
Member of the Organising Committee (Geoscientific Programme Sub-Committee) for the 10th Congress of the international Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), Nottingham, UK.
Technical Convenor of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Forum: Quaternary Engineering Geology, Royal Geographical Society, 2011.
Training and Experience
1991 - PresentUniversity of Portsmouth
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1997 - PresentPrincipal Lecturer
in Engineering Geology
19942009Applied Geoscience Programme Manager
1991 - 1997 Senior Lecturer in Engineering Geology
Course Leader BEng (Hons) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
Course Leader MSc Engineering Geology
Course Leader MSc Contaminated Land
Principal lecturing and research areas include Quaternary Geology and engineering geomorphology, landslides and slope stability, contaminated land, risk analysis and assessment, geohazard management and remediation, spatial data modelling, geostatistical techniques, geographical information systems and geoscience databases, remote sensing and image analysis.
Responsible for co-ordinating and running fieldwork programmes to North Norfolk (Quaternary geology and engineering geomorphology), Malverns (engineering rock and soil assessment), Broadway, Cotswolds (engineering geomorphology), Villerville, Normandy, (geohazard assessment), Portland, Lyme Regis and Dorset (geohazard assessment), Kent (landslides and slope instability), French Alps, Provence and the Massif Central (geological hazards and engineering geology study tour).
As Applied Geoscience Programme Manager was responsible for the BEng (Hons) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics and BSc (Hons) Geological Hazards pathways. Chaired of the Applied Geoscience Board of Examiners, Applied Geoscience Board of Studies and Applied Geoscience Unit Assessment Boards. Acted as the Applied Geoscience Admissions Tutor.
Active involvement in the University Widening Participation Project.
1989-1991Mott MacDonald Group:
Chartered Engineer (Grade E4)
Foundations and Geotechnics Division.
Principal duties included the application of computing techniques to engineering geology and geotechnical problems. Specific experience in the analysis of spatial data via geostatistical methods, earth science databases and the use and potential of geographical information systems.
1987-1989Natural Environmental Research Council Computer Services (British Geological Survey):
Senior Site Officer
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Senior site officer responsible for on-site computer systems management and as the senior local support officer responsible for comprehensive computer support to the Survey's geologists and geochemists. Responsible for computer training courses and software and hardware support.
1984-1987Scott Pickford and Associates:
Computer Mapping Geologist/Special Projects Analyst.
Computer mapping geologist and special projects analyst responsible for seismic exploration database management, computer mapping, sub-surface modelling and volumetric studies. Responsible for the documentation, in-house and external training of the company's geophysical database management system. Made a considerable contribution to Scott Pickford's involvement in an Equity forum with Shell UK to carry out the complex mapping aspects of the Dunlin field redetermination.
1983Norwest Holst Soils Engineering Ltd:
TemporaryGeotechnical Engineer.
Experience gained in the detailed logging of site investigation borehole and trial pit samples and of the processing of geotechnical laboratory test data. Experience of large scale groundwater pumping tests and of ground investigation techniques.
2006 The Training of Engineering Geologists. Working Party Report of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society.
1994 Channel Tunnel Rail Link Thames Crossing and Approaches Geostatistical Analysis, Union Railways Ltd.
1993 London Water Ring Main Brixton to Honor Oak Tunnel Desk Study and Geological Risk Analysis, Mott MacDonald.
1991 London Water Ring Main Stage 5 Geological Risk Analysis, Mott MacDonald.
1990 GDMS Users Manual, Mott MacDonald.
1990 GDMS - Geotechnical Data Management System, Mott MacDonald.
1985 Seismic Data Management System Users Manual, Scott Pickford.
Conferences Attended
Planning in Engineering Geology, Engineering Group Forum, November, 2009, London, UK.
* The Engineering Geology of the Quaternary Deposits, Joint Meeting of the Thames Regional Group and the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, University of Reading.
Practical Aspects of the Engineering Geology of Weak Rock, Engineering Group Forum, November, 2007, London, UK.
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* Risk and Reliability in Ground Engineering. November 1993. London, UK.
Association for Geographic Information Annual Conference. November 1993. Birmingham, UK.
Geographical Data Handling, Royal Geographical Society. November 1993. London, UK.
Geostatistics in Civil Engineering. September 1993. Leuven, Belgium.
* Geographical Information Systems Euroconference. September 1993. Rousillon, France.
* Paper read or contribution made
Geoscience Continuing Professional Development and Training
1998 Geostatistical Simulation in Geology, International Association of Mathematical Geology Annual Conference, Ischia, Italy.
1994 Risk Analysis Workshop, Golder Associates, Risk Assessment in the Extractive Industries, Exeter University.
1994 Spatial Data Analysis for Environmental Assessment, EGIS/MARI '94 Workshop.
1993 Geostatistics in Civil Engineering, CEEC Training Course, University of Leuven, Belgium.
1992 Digital Terrain Models and GIS, EGIS '92 Workshop.
1990 DEC RdB Relational Database Management System.
Geographical Information Systems, Eurographics, Bath.
1988 SAS Processing, SAS Institute.
Geographical Information Systems, NERC Workshop.
Introduction to SAS, NERC Training Course.
1987 Introduction to Oracle, NERC Training Course.
DEC VAX/VMS Systems Management.
Image Analysis, NERC Workshop.
Unix Fundamentals and System Administration, Hewlett Packard.
Fortran 77, The Polytechnic of Central London.
1985 CPS-1 Gridding and Contouring, Radian Corporation.
Other Professional Activities
Committee and Working Party Membership
2010 2011 Technical Convenor of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society Forum: Quaternary Engineering Geology, Royal Geographical Society, London.
2010 Present Engineering Group of the Geological Society Steering Group and Working Party on Glacial and Periglacial Engineering Geology.
2009 Present Secretary of the International Association for Engineering Geology Commission 22: Landscape Evolution and Engineering Geology.
2006 Present Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party on the Training of Engineering Geologists.
2005 Present Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party on Geohazards (Committee Chair)
2005 2006 Organising Committee (Field Trip Liaison Officer) 10th International Association of Engineering Geologists Congress, Engineering Geology for Tomorrow's Cities, September 2006. Nottingham, UK.
2003 Organising Committee of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Mathematical Geology, Portsmouth, UK.
1995 - Present Geological Society Engineering Group Annual Field Meeting Convenor.
2002 - Present Committee Member of the Geological Society Engineering Group.
1995 - 1998
1993 - 1996 Committee Member of the Geological Society Remote Sensing Group.
1991 - 1996 Member of the Association of Geotechnical Specialists Working Party on the electronic transfer of geotechnical data from ground investigations.
Engineering Group Field Meetings Convened
2011 Engineering Geology of South Wales
2010 Engineering Geology of North East England
2009 Engineering Geology of the French Alps in the Area around Grenoble
2008 Engineering Geology of Bathstone Mining and the Severn Barrage
2007 Engineering Geology of Ironbridge and the Welsh Borders
2006 Engineering Geology of Dorset
2005 Engineering Geology of the Peak District
2004 Engineering Geology of the A55 North Wales
2003 Coastal Engineering Geology of the Isle Wight
2003 Engineering Geology of the Lambeth Group
2002 Landslides and Slope Stability in South Wales
2001 Engineering Geology of the M2 Widening and CTRL, Kent
2000 Engineering Geology of Scarborough
1999 Coastal Engineering Geology of Hunstanton and North Norfolk
1998 Periglacial and Proglacial Sediments and Landforms in the Area around Stoke on Trent
1997 Engineering Geology of the Chalk
July 2011
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