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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: dave.giles@port.ac.uk

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 - Present University of Portsmouth:

1997 - Present Principal Lecturer in Engineering Geology

1994 – 2009 Applied 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.

1989-1991 Mott 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.

1987-1989 Natural Environmental Research Council Computer Services (British Geological Survey):

Senior Site Officer.

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.

1984-1987 Scott 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.

1983 Norwest Holst Soils Engineering Ltd:

Temporary Geotechnical 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.

Supervised Ph.D Research Programmes

Humoud Helfi Zayed Al-Daihani PhD/MPhil. Cement soil stabilisation of contaminated land. 2010 –

Ben Williams PhD/MPhil. Dust dispersion monitoring and modelling. 2008 –

Stephen Bundy PhD/MPhil. The effects of pore water pressure stress history on incompetent weak rock. 2006 -

Malcolm Whitworth PhD. The Application of Airborne Multispectral Remote Sensing and Digital Terrain Modelling to the Detection and Delineation of Landslides on Clay Dominated Slopes of the Cotswolds Escarpment, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Self-funded. 1995 – 2006

David Fall PhD. Domestic Property Insurance Risks Associated with Brickearth Deposits of Southern Britain. Association of British Insurers Studentship. 1995 - 2004

Sindila Mwiya PhD. Development of a knowledge-based system methodology for designing solid waste disposal sites in arid and semi-arid environments. 2000 – 2003

Joe Mankelow PhD. GIS Techniques as an Aid to the Assessment of Earthquake Triggered Landslide Hazards. RAE. 1994 - 1998

Robert Barnes MPhil. The Application of GIS as a Data Integrator of Pre-Ground Investigation Desk Studies for Terrain Evaluation and Investigation Planning. HEFCE. 1993 - 1996

Jason Drake MPhil. The Influence of Clay Mineralogy Pore Water Composition and Pre-Consolidation Pressure on the Magnitude of Ground Surface Heave Due to Rises in Groundwater Level. PCFC. 1991 - 1996

Examined Ph.D Theses

Mason, P.J. 1998. Landslide Hazard Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Imperial College, London.

Oliver, A. 1995. A Knowledge Based System for the Interpretation of Ground Investigation Information. University of Durham.

Grants, Research Projects and Collaborations

2010 Sule

LEAR (2008) Lifelong Environment Awareness Raising by GIS. Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal.

Gibson, A.D., Marsh, S., Hobbs, P.R.N., Foster, C.F., Boon, D., Poulton, C.V., Whitworth, M.Z., Giles, D.P. (2008) Successful application for NERC Emergency flight of the Black Ven landslide complex.

Fowler, M., Whitworth, M.Z. Giles, D.P. and Dewdney, C (2007) Knowledge Transfer Partnership. University of Portsmouth – Grundon Waste Management Ltd. Commercial development and application of empirical dust propagation modelling from hazardous waste landfill, based on chemical composition. NERC. £106,000.

Giles, D.P. (2007) ERASMUS Bilateral Agreement Professor Benjamin van Wyk de Vries, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France.

Montero, José Chacón, Universidad De Granada and Whitworth, M.Z., Giles, D.P. and Koor, N. (2006) Proyecto CGL2005-03332 (BTE). Elaboration of predictive maps of slope movements in static and dynamic conditions on a scale detailed by means of databases and remote sensing: Application to sector Centro-Oriental of Andalusia. (2006-2009). £~5000.

Koor, N., Whitworth, M.Z. and Giles, D.P. (2006) PUNCH - Projections of unstable natural slopes affected by climate change and their impacts on urban and infrastructure assets. EPSRC bid in preparation with various partners including Loughborough University, Kingston University, Transport Research Laboratory and the British Geological Survey.

Whitworth, M.Z. and Giles, D.P. (2006) Application of airborne remote sensing to the study of complex landslide terrains associated with the Quaternary glaciolacustrine deposits of southeast France (Successful 11 July 2005). (Grade Alpha 4). £tbc.

Giles, D.P., Whitworth, M.Z. and Poulsom, A.J. (2005) GEES Subject Centre Small-Scale Project Funding Proposal: 2005-06 Bringing the 'Real World' into the GEES Student Learning Experience: The Development of Fieldwork Problem-Based Learning in the Applied Geosciences. £3000.

Publications

Key Pathfinder Papers

Giles, D.P. (1998). A digital data standard for the interchange of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data. In A. Buccianti, G. Nardi & R. Potenza (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, (pp. 683-687). Ischia, Italy.

Giles, D.P., Morgan, A. & Darlow, P. (1996, December). On Contaminated Ground. GIS Europe, 20-22.

Giles, D.P. (1995). The integration of GIS and geostatistical modelling for a tunnelling geohazard study. In Proceedings of the 1st Joint European Conference on Geographical Information, JEC-GI, Vol. 1. (pp. 421-426). Basel, Switzerland.

Duncumb, R., Giles, D., Holehouse, R., Hutchinson, R., Perry, P., Swales, J., Threadgold, L., Walthall, S. & Zytynski (1994). Electronic transfer of geotechnical data from ground investigations (2nd Edition). Association of Geotechnical Specialists, London, UK.

Giles, D.P. (1994). Geostatistical surface modelling utilising geostatistical algorithms for tunnelling window delineation - a case study from the London Water Ring Main. In R. Oliveira, L.F. Rodrigues, A.G. Coelho & A.P. Cunha, A.P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology, VI, (pp. 4581-4589). Lisbon, Portugal.

Giles, D.P. (1994). A digital data standard for the electronic transfer of geotechnical data from ground investigations. In R. Oliveira, L.F. Rodrigues, A.G. Coelho & A.P. Cunha, A.P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology, VI, (pp. 4563-4568). Lisbon, Portugal

Giles, D.P. (1994). A geographical information system for geotechnical and ground investigation data management and analysis. In Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information Systems, EGIS, (pp. 766-778). Paris, France.

Giles, D.P. (1993). Geostatistical interpolation techniques for geotechnical data modelling and ground condition risk and reliability assessment. In B.O. Skipp (Ed.), Risk and Reliability in Ground Engineering (pp. 202-214). Thomas Telford, London, UK.

Duncumb, R., Giles, D., Holehouse, R., Hutchinson, R., Perry, P., Threadgold, L., Walthall, S. & Zytynski (1992). Electronic transfer of geotechnical data from ground investigations (1st Edition). Association of Geotechnical Specialists, London, UK.

Giles, D.P. (1992). The geotechnical computer workstation: The link between the geotechnical database and the geographical information system. In Proceedings of the Colloque International: Géotechnique et Infomatique (pp. 685-690. Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France.

Publications from Supervised PhD’s

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D. P. & Anderson, I. (2006). Landslide imaging techniques for urban geoscience reconnaissance. In: M. G. Culshaw, H. J. Reeves, I. Jefferson & T. W. Spink, (Eds.), Engineering Geology for Tomorrow’s Cities. Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 22, Paper No. 245.

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D. P. & Anderson, I. (2006). Terrestrial laser scanning for applied geoscience and landslide studies in the urban environment. In: M. G. Culshaw, H. J. Reeves, I. Jefferson & T. W. Spink, (Eds.), Engineering Geology for Tomorrow’s Cities. Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 22, Paper No. 252.

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D. P. & Murphy, W. (2005). Airborne remote sensing for landslide hazard assessment: a case study on the Jurassic escarpment slopes of Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 38(3), 285-300.

Whitworth, M., Giles, D., Murphy, W., Teeuw, R. and Gibson, A. (2005). Application of Airborne Remote Sensing and Digital Topographic Data to Identification of Landslides on Jurassic Escarpments of Central United Kingdom. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Baltimore. (CD-ROM).

Mwiya, S., Hughes, D.J. & Giles, D. (2004). Strategies for identifying and designing safe, economic municipal solid waste disposal sites in the arid zones of Southern Africa. In Proceedings of Waste 2004: Integrated Waste Management and Pollution Control: Policy and Practice, Research and Solutions (pp. 253-264). Warwick, UK.

Mwiya, S. & Giles, D. (2004). A knowledge-based approach to municipal solid waste disposal site development in the Kartsified Dolomitic terrain around the town of Tsumeb in North Central Namibia. Communications Geological Survey of Namibia, 13, 9-21.

Whitworth, M., Giles, D., & Murphy, W, (2002). Landslides of the Cotswolds escarpment, Broadway, Worcestershire, UK. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club, XLII(2), 118-127.

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D. P., & Murphy, W. (2001). Identification of landslides in clay terrains using Airborne Thematic Mapper (ATM) multispectral imagery. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, 4545 (pp. 216-224). SPIE, Toulouse, France.

Whitworth, M.C.Z., Giles, D.P., Murphy, W, & Petley, D.N. (2000). Spectral properties of active, suspended and relict landslides derived from Airborne Thematic Mapper imagery. In E. Bromhead, N. Dixon & M-L. Ibsen, (Eds.), Landslides In Research, Theory and Practice (pp. 1569-1574). Thomas Telford, London, UK.

Whitworth, M., Murphy, W., Giles, D.P. & Petley D.N. (2000). Historical constraints on slope movement age: a case study at Broadway, United Kingdom. The Geographical Journal, 166(2), 139-155.

Plunkett, J.S., Walton, N., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N. (1999). Risk assessment revisited: A review of contaminated land risk assessment using data from a known contaminated site in Portsmouth, UK. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference on Risk Analysis: Facing the New Millenium, Rotterdam.

Mankelow, J., Giles, D.P. & Murphy, W. (1998). Probability density function modelling for earthquake-triggered landslide hazard assessments. In A. Buccianti, G. Nardi & R. Potenza (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, (pp. 241-246). Ischia, Italy.

Plunkett, J.S., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. (1998). A brief review of the use of risk assessment software for the characterization of contaminated land. Proceedings of the 6th International TNO/BMFT Conference on Contaminated Soil: Consoil 98 (pp. 1027-1028). Thomas Telford, London, UK.

Fall, D., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. (1996). GIS for the modelling and analysis of domestic property insurance risk associated with potentially collapsible soils of southern Britain. Proceedings of the 2nd Joint European Conference on Geographical Information, JEC, (pp. 338-341). IOS Press, Netherlands.

Drake, J.J., Giles, D.P., Murphy, W. & Walton, N.R.G. (1994). Rising groundwater levels at Fawley, Hants. In R. Oliveira, L.F. Rodrigues, A.G. Coelho & A.P. Cunha, A.P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology, IV, (pp. 2895-2903). Lisbon, Portugal.

Pedagogic Contributions

Giles, D.P. (in press). A Field Guide to the Engineering Geology of the French Alps, Grenoble. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.

Giles, D. P., Whitworth, M. C. Z. & Poulsom, A.J. (2008). The development of fieldwork problem-based exercises in the Applied Geosciences. Planet, (20), 37-40.

Wheeler, S., Chilton, S., Hodgson, I., Giles, D. & Whitworth, M. (2008). The Geological Society training guide for engineering geologists. Engineering Group of the Geological Society, London.
Website: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/cgeol

Giles, D. P. & Whitworth, M. C. Z. (2006). Training and education of engineering geologists for the new urban challenges in applied geosciences. In: M. G. Culshaw, H. J. Reeves, I. Jefferson & T. W. Spink, (Eds.), Engineering Geology for Tomorrow’s Cities. Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 22, Paper No. 244.

Moran, J.A. Langdon, N.J. & Giles, D. P. (1997). Can Site Investigation be taught? Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering, (120), 111-118, Paper 11118.

Moran, J.A. Langdon, N.J. & Giles, D. P. (1997, November). Can Site Investigation be taught? Civil Engineer International, 29-36.

Moran, J.A. Langdon, N.J. & Giles, D. P. (1997). Computer Aided Learning for realistic undergraduate professional experience in site investigation. Proceedings of the 2nd Working Conference on Engineering Education: Professional Standards and Quality in Engineering Education, Sheffield Hallam University.

Whalley, J.S. & Giles, D.P. (1996). A spreadsheet-based, problem-orientated approach to computing for earth scientists. In: D.A.V. Stow & G.J.H. McCall (Eds.). Geoscience education and training: In schools and universities, for industry and public awareness. Joint Special Publication of the Commission on Geoscience Education and Training of the International Union of Geological Sciences and the Association of Geoscientists for International Development, AGID Special Publication Series, 19. 537-542.

Giles, D.P. & Whalley, J.S. (1994). Computer-based activities in engineering geology training. In R. Oliveira, L.F. Rodrigues, A.G. Coelho & A.P. Cunha, A.P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology, VI, (pp. 4845-4851). Lisbon, Portugal.

Encyclopaedia Entries

Giles, D. (2012). Intensity Scales. In: Bobrowsky, P. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards, (Vol. ,pp. xx). Springer. (In press).

Giles, D. (2012). Magnitude Measures. In: Bobrowsky, P. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards, (Vol. ,pp. xx). Springer. (In press).

Giles, D.P. (2004). Geotechnical Engineering. In R.C. Selley, L.R.M. Cocks & I.R. Plimer, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Geology, (Vol. 3, pp. 100-105). Elsevier.

International Collaborations, Technical Authorship and Support

Mrabet, Z. & Giles, D. (2002). Probabilistic risk assessment: The tool for uncertainty reduction in geotechnical engineering. In C.A. Brebbia (Ed.), Risk Analysis III, Transactions of the Wessex Institute of Technology, Ecology and the Environment, (Vol 100, pp. 3-13). Wessex Institute of Technology Press, Ashurst, UK.

Mrabet, Z. & Giles, D. (2002). Reliability analysis of earth fills using stochastic methods. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability: Methodology and Practice (pp. 469-472). Trondheim, Norway.

Mrabet, Z. & Giles, D. (2001). Modelling uncertainties in the stationary seepage problem. In C.A. Brebbia, P. Anagnostopoulos & K.L. Katsifarakis (Eds.), Water Resources Management, Progress in Water Resources, (Vol 4, pp. 311-320). Wessex Institute of Technology Press, Ashurst, UK.

Other Published Contributions

Griffiths, J.S., Stokes, M., Stead, D. & Giles, D. (2010). Report on IAEG Commission 22: Landscape evolution and engineering geology. In A.L. Williams, G.M. Pinches, C.Y. Chin, T.J. McMorran, C.I. Massey (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th IAEG Congress: Geologically Active, Auckland, New Zealand, (pp.1885-1893). Taylor & Francis.

Moran, J., Langdon, N.J., Giles, D.P. (1996). Geotechnical Computer Assisted Learning, Strand 3, Site Investigation. Teaching and Learning Technology Programme.

Selected Abstracts

Whitworth, M., Giles, D. & Murphy, W. (2002). A combined texture-principal component image classification technique for landslide identification using airborne multispectral imagery. European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly, Nice, April 2002. Abstract 6791.

Fall, D.A., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. (1998). Geotechnical characterisation of some Brickearths of Southern Britain. Abstracts, Geoscience 98, Keele, Geological Society, pp 176.

Giles, D.P. & Whitworth, M.C.Z. (1997). Periglacial geohazard prediction utilising remotely sensed imagery, geomorphology and piezometry. Abstracts, 4th International Conference on Geomorphology, Bologna. - Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, Suppl. III, vol 1, pp 177-178.

Whitworth, M.C.Z., Giles, D.P. & Murphy, W. (1996). GIS integration of remotely sensed imagery, geomorphological maps and piezometric data for periglacial geohazard assessment. Abstracts, Applied Geoscience, Warwick, Geological Society, pp 39.

Whalley, J.S. & Giles, D.P. (1994). The integration of spatial analysis software into undergraduate earth science teaching. Program with abstracts, Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, p A118, Waterloo, Ontario.

Morgan, A., Darlow, P., Giles, D.P. & Walton, N.R.G. (1995). GIS for Contaminated Land Assessment and Modelling. Euroconference GIS, Union Europeenne, Projet Capital Humain et Mobilite, DG XII, ENSG, St. Mande, France.

Barnes, R.C., Giles, D.P., Johnson, P.B. & Langdon, N.J. (1995). Geographical Information Systems as Data Integrators for Pre-Ground Investigation Studies in the Urban Environment. Euroconference GIS, Union Europeenne, Projet Capital Humain et Mobilite, DG XII, ENSG, St. Mande, France

Presentations at Specialist Meetings and Seminars

Giles, D. 2011 Problematic Ground Conditions in the UK. Erasmus Seminar, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France.

Giles, D. 2011 The Geology of Newlands Corner, Surrey, South East Regional Group Meeting of the Geological Society Field Meeting.

Giles, D. 2009 Post Glacial Landslides in the French Alps, South East Regional Group Meeting of the Geological Society, Godstone, Surrey.

Giles, D.P. 2009 Introductory talk on the engineering geology and geological hazards of the French Alps, Engineering Group Field Meeting, Grenoble, France.

Giles, D. 2009 Quaternary Engineering Geology: Education and training, a Portsmouth experience. 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.

Mwiya, S., Hughes, D.J. & Giles, D. 2004 Strategies for identifying and designing safe, economic municipal solid waste disposal sites in the arid zones of Southern Africa. Proc. Waste 2004: Integrated Waste Management and Pollution Control: Policy and Practice, Research and Solutions, Warwick.

M. C. Z. Whitworth, A. D. Gibson, A. F. Forster, D. P. Giles, Poulton, C., Rowlands, K. & Jones, L. J. 2003 The use of terrestrial laser scanning and digital terrain models for landslide hazard assessment. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology. Predictive Modelling of Geotechnical/Landslide Hazards. University of Portsmouth, 7-12th September 2003.

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D.P. and Murphy, W. 2002. A combined texture-principal component classification technique for landslide identification using airborne multispectral imagery. Presentation at the XXVII General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society. Nice, France. 21 - 26 April 2002.

Giles, D.P. 2000. Education of Engineering Geologists: The Future, The Portsmouth Perspective. Education of Engineering Geologists: The Future? Engineering Group Meeting, Geological Society, London.

Mankelow, J., Giles, D.P. & Murphy, W. 1998. Probability density function modelling for earthquake-triggered landslide hazard assessments. 1998 Annual Conference of the International Association of Mathematical Geology, Ischia, Italy.

Giles, D.P. 1998. A digital data standard for the interchange of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data. 1998 Annual Conference of the International Association of Mathematical Geology, Ischia, Italy.

Fall, D.A., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. 1998.Geotechnical characterisation of some Brickearths of Southern Britain. Geoscience ‘98. Keele.

Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. 1997. Meeting of the Teachers of Geotechnical Subjects, Kingston University.

Whitworth, M.Z., Giles, D.P & Murphy, W. 1996. GIS integration of remotely sensed imagery, geomorphological maps and piezometric data for periglacial geohazard assessment. Applied Geosciences, Warwick.

Giles, D.P. & Whitworth, M.Z. 1996. GIS in engineering geology: A case study. GIS in Engineering Geology, Engineering Group Meeting, Geological Society, London.

Morgan, A., Darlow, P., Giles, D.P. & Walton, N.R.G. 1995. GIS for Contaminated Land Assessment and Modelling. Euroconference Systèmes d'Information Géographique, University of Karlsruhe.

Barnes, R.C., Giles, D.P., Johnson, P.B. & Langdon, N.J. 1995. Geographical Information Systems as Data Integrators for Pre-Ground Investigation Studies in the Urban Environment. Euroconference Systèmes d'Information Géographique, University of Karlsruhe.

Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. 1994. Engineering Geology and Geotechnics at the University of Portsmouth - A Review. The Training and Education of Engineering Geologists, Engineering Group Meeting, Geological Society, London.

Giles, D.P. 1991. The Role of the Consultant and their Needs and Responsibilities in Relation to Geotechnical Data Acquisition and Analysis. The Interchange of Geotechnical Data by Electronic Means, Association of Geotechnical Specialists Seminar, Birmingham.

Giles, D.P. 1990. The Mott MacDonald Geotechnical Data Management System, an Overview. Computers in Engineering Geology. Engineering Group Meeting, Geological Society, London.

Poster Presentations

Whitworth, M. C. Z. and Giles, D. P. & Anderson, I. (2006) Landslide imaging techniques for urban geoscience reconnaissance. Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities. The Tenth IAEG Congress, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 6-10 September 2006.

Whitworth, M. C. Z., Giles, D. P. & Anderson, I. (2006) Terrestrial laser scanning for applied geoscience and landslide studies in the urban environment. Engineering geology for tomorrow's cities. The Tenth IAEG Congress, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 6-10 September 2006.

Plunkett, J.S., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. 1998. The use of risk assessment software for the characterisation of contaminated land in urban environments. Consoil >98. Edinburgh.

Giles, D.P. & Whitworth, M.C.Z. 1997. Periglacial geohazard prediction utilising remotely sensed imagery, geomorphology and piezometry. 4th International Conference on Geomorphology, Bologna.

Morgan, A., Giles, D.P. & Walton, N.R.G. 1995. Topsoil thickness modelling using GIS for the purpose of assessing risks from underlying contaminated material on Hope Cottage Allotments, Portsmouth. GIS Research U.K. Annual Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Barnes, R.C., Giles, D.P. & Langdon, N.J. 1995. Geographical Information Systems as data integrators for pre-ground investigation studies. GIS Research U.K. Annual Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Non-Published Technical Reports

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 <Geo-Graphics> 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.

* 10th International Association of Engineering Geologists Congress, Engineering Geology for Tomorrow's Cities, September 2006. Nottingham, UK.

Urban Geology in Wales. November 2005, Cardiff, UK.

Urban Geology in Wales. September 2004, Cardiff, UK.

* Annual Conference of the International Association of Mathematical Geology. September 2003. Portsmouth, UK.

* Annual Conference of the International Association of Mathematical Geology. October 1998. Ischia, Italy.

* 4th International Conference on Geomorphology. September 1997. Bologna, Italy.

* Geoscience ‘98. University of Keele. April 1997. Keele, UK.

* Applied Geoscience, University of Warwick. April 1996. Warwick, UK.

* International Union for Quaternary Research, XIV International Congress. August 1995. Berlin, Germany

* 1st Joint European Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information, JEC. April 1995. The Hague, Netherlands.

* 7th International Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology. September 1994. Lisbon, Portugal.

* 5th European Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information Systems, EGIS. April 1994. Paris, France.

Risk Assessment in the Extractive Industries. March 1994. Exeter, UK.

* Association of Geotechnical Specialists Geotechnical Data Interchange Format. January 1994. Birmingham, UK.

* 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