Kevin Mawdesley / Red Wharf Systems - Academic Research Supported

 

University of London / Royal Geographical Society / His Majesty's Government, Nepal - Royal Geographical Society/Nepal National Agricultural Research Centre. Project studying Soil Erosion and Soil Fertility in Nepal. Project Manager of this UK government (Department for International Development) sponsored project. Domicile in rural Nepal, full responsibility for project budget, management of more than 20 staff and for the collection and analysis of data from 8 locations in western and central Nepal during 3 field seasons. From an IT perspective, the project required daily measurement of extensive environmental processes in over 350 experiment sites. Good management and analysis of the huge volume of data generated was vital and I was solely responsible for the collection and collation of the data and the design, production and implementation of the Access database and the Access, Visual Basic and Excel tools by which these were analysed.

More Research Projects in Nepal - 1992 to 2000 >>>>>

 

IMAGIN: An InterReg funded collaboration betwen Geoscience Wales and the Marine Institute in Ireland to instigated the marine aggregate potential of The Irish Sea. Designed and development of a computer based mathematical model to calculate the commercial viability of aggregate dredging operations.

Welsh Institute for Natural Resources: Design and development of an electronic data capture system to record data from 15 questionnaires directly to laptop computers, analysis the data and to output it in the form of a 50 page report.

Wild Mushroom Inventory in Liwonde Forest Reserve, Malawi: Collation and initial analysis of field data from an extensive trial into the efficiency of mushroom production in the Liwonde Forest Reserve, Malawi, using Access, Excel and the JMP IN statistical software package. For Wild Resources Ltd

Wild Mushroom Inventory in Liwonde Forest Reserve, Malawi: Development of a training database, based on the above project, to illustrate best practice for data capture and management in field trials. For Wild Resources Ltd

Bracken Survey, Hampshire: Field and Laboratory Assistance, development of basic IT tools for data capture and analysis.

Tourism Survey, Mid Wales - Survey Design and Application: Contract to assist in the design, application and analysis of results of a tourism survey in a mid Wales town.

The Mapping Company: Design and development of a database to track sales, returns and stock of maps and to control invoice production.

North Wales Research and Development Support Service: Re-Modeling of Activity Reporting Database.

Geoscience Wales Ltd: Organisation and Presentation of Workshop - Data Management for Small Businesses and Research Groups

King's College, London. BSc in Geography (as a mature student). During this time, on an ad-hoc basis, I provided assistance with field research, designing of IT infrastructure, data analysis and editorial aid to several projects based at Kings', including in Norway and Nepal. Awarded Head of Department’s annual prize for this contribution.

PhD Research - Computerised Model of Surface Hillslope Hydrology of Rice Terraces During Monsoon Storms: Kevin Mawdesley is at the writing up stage of a PhD, developing a computerised mathematical model to describe the surface hydrology of Nepalese rice terraces during monsoon storms.