!!Hywel Rhys Thomas - Curriculum Vitae
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__ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS__
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*DSc University of Wales, 1994\\
*PhD Civil Engineering, University College, Swansea, 1980\\
*DIC Soil Mechanics, Imperial College, 1973\\
*MSc Soil Mechanics, Imperial College, University of London, 1973\\
*BSc(Hons) Civil Engineering, University College, Swansea, First Class Honours, 1972\\
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__PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS__
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*Fellow of the Geological Society of London, 2002\\
*Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 2000\\
*Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1977\\
*Chartered Engineer, 1977
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__PRIZES__
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*Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers : 1999\\
*International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics: 1997\\
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__APPOINTMENTS__\\
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''Intergovernmental organisations''\\
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*United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).  Chair, Technical Committee “Building Confidence in the *Geological Disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste”, 2007 to date; Invited Member. 2001 to 2007  \\
*United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). Development of research strategy for tackling the issue of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) remediation worldwide.\\
*Commonwealth Science Council.  Leader Commonwealth Science Council (Science and Technology Division) task force to  India and  Bangladesh, 1999.
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''International organisations''\\
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*International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.  Chair, International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Cardiff, 2006. Member Technical Committee 5, Environmental Geotechnics, 2001 to 2006.  President’s International Touring Lecture Series – 2007, 2008.\\
*ALERT: a pan-European organisation consisting of a number of University Departments and Research Centres conducting research in Geotechnical Engineering.  Member, 1998 to date.\\
*International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.  Member, Board of Directors, 1998 to date.
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''National organisations''\\
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EPSRC.  Technical Opportunities Panel (TOP), 2006-2008; Built Environment College, 1999 to date; \\
Royal Academy of Engineering.  Standing Committee for Research and Secondment, 2005 to 2008;  International Activities, 2007 to 2010; Education and Learning, 2012 to 2015.\\
Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions. UK Audit of Contaminated Land Research, 2000-2001.