curriculum vitae
Eur Geol Eur Ing Professor F.C. Brassington BSc MSc CGeol FGS CEng MICE FCIWEM
Rick Brassington is a hydrogeologist with more than forty years of
professional experience. He was employed in the UK public sector water
industry from 1967 to 1991 when he entered consultancy. Rick has held
director-level posts with Hydrotechnica, Southern Science and Stanger
Science & Environment before establishing his own independent consultancy
practice in 1998. He is the author of some 30 technical papers and
scientific articles and two books on small water sources and field
techniques in hydrogeology. He has experience of working in all
parts of the UK and overseas experience in the Middle East, Germany,
Cyprus and the Falkland Islands. He also teaches at graduate and
post-graduate level at several universities. He is currently
Visiting Professor of Hydrogeology in the School of Civil
Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University. He was a
Visiting Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool from 1989 to
2000 and was awarded the Aberconway Medal by the Institution of
Geologists in 1987 and a Publications Prize by the Chartered
Institution of Water and Environment Management in 1989
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS
- BSc Geology, University of Liverpool, 1967; (Visiting Senior Fellow, 1989 - 2002)
- MSc Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, 1974
- Visiting Professor of Hydrogeology in the School of Civil Engineering &
Geosciences (From 2007)
- Fellow of the Geological Society, 1968; Chartered Geologist, 1990;
(Member of Council, 1991 - 94, Vice-President 1993 - 95; chairman,
Organisation Review Working Group, 1994; chairman of Governance
Working Group; 1996/7)
- Fellow of the Institution of Geologists, 1985 (Member, 1978; Member
of Council, 1978 - 83; Honorary Secretary, 1980 - 83; Founding Fellow, 1985;
Aberconway Medallist, 1987)
- Chartered Civil Engineer, 1990; Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1990
- Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management,
1989 (Member, 1975; member of Editorial Panel 1987 -1997; Chairman, 1992 - 94;
Publication Award, 1989)
- Chartered Water and Environmental Manger (2002)
- European Engineer (Eur Ing), 1992 European Geologist (Eur Geol), 1996
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