Prof Dick Godwin

Prof Dick Godwin's Biography

Forename(s)
Richard John (Dick)
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
20/4/1947
Foretitle(s)
Prof
Surname
GODWIN
Style
Prof Dick Godwin
Recreations
gardening, walking, DIY, photography

Prof Dick Godwin's Professional Career

Career
res and teaching asst Dept of Agric Engrg Univ of Illinois 1968-70; Cranfield Univ at Silsoe (formerly Nat Coll of Agric Engrg and Silsoe Coll): res scholar 1970-73, res offr 1974-76, lectr in applied soil mechanics 1977-81, sr lectr in soil dynamics 1981-85, asst dir of R&D 1979-84, dir of res 1984-99, prof and head of agric and environmental engrg 1985-96, dean Faculty of Agric Engrg, Food Prodn and Rural Land Use 1990-93, prof and head of agric and biosystems engrg 1996-99, prof and head Inst of AgriTechnology 1999-2001, prof and ldr Engrg Gp Nat Soil Resources Inst 2001-, dir of postgrad res 2001-07; pro-vice-chllr Cranfield Univ 1993-96; external examiner: Univ of the W Indies 1987-91, Harper Adams Agric Coll 1994-97, UC Dublin 1996-2000, Univ of Aberdeen, Univ of Newcastle upon Tyne, Univ of SA, Asian Inst of Technol; referee and memb Editorial Bd Jl of Agric Engrg Res 1984-; assoc ed: Jl of Terramechanics, Soil Use and Management; visiting prof Harpur Adams Univ Coll; pres IAgrE 1994-96; chm Douglas Bomford Tst 2008- (tstee 1994-2008), memb Bd of Tstees Claas Fndn 1999-2008; hon prof Czech Univ of Life Sciences; Award of Merit IAgrE; Dr (hc) Slovak Univ of Agriculture 2008; fell American Soc of Agric Engrs 1994 (int dir 1992-94, John Deere Medal 2005); CEng (IAgrE), CEnv, Hon FIAgrE 2000, FREng 2001, FRAgS 2009, Hon FRASE

Prof Dick Godwin's Publications

Books and Publications
numerous articles and papers in learned jls

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