Hywel Rhys Thomas#

Present and Previous Positions

• 2012 to date Pro Vice-Chancellor (International and Engagement), Cardiff University
• 2008 to date UNESCO Chair in the Development of a Sustainable
• 2010 to 2012 Pro Vice-Chancellor (Innovation, Engagement and International Activities), Cardiff University
• 2007 to 2010 Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Innovation & Engagement),Cardiff University
• 2002 to 2010 Director, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University
• 1999 to 2002 Senior Deputy Head, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University
• 1996 to date Founder Director, Geoenvironmental Research Centre, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University
• 1995 to date Professor of Civil Engineering, Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University
• 1980 to 1995 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, School of Engineering, Cardiff University
• 1978 to 1980 Senior Research Assistant, University College, Swansea
• 1973 to 1978 Graduate engineer under professional agreement with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners, Consulting Engineers

• Transport properties of unsaturated soils
• High performance computing
• Numerical modelling and simulation of THMC behaviour of soils and rocks
• Thermo/hydraulic/mechanical/chemical (THMC) analysis of the engineering behaviour of unsaturated soils
• The development of a sustainable geoenvironment - groundwater contamination, land regeneration, landfills, pollutants
• Geological disposal of high level nuclear waste
• Ground energy problems - ground source heat
• Geoenvironmental engineering

• 2012 Fellow of the Royal Society of London
• 2011 Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
• 2005 Fellow of the Transport Research Foundation, UK
• 2003 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
• 1999 Dufton Silver Medal: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Curriculum Vitae

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