Miss Ceri Llewellyn

Project Officer
Location: Building 37, Cranfield campus
E: c.a.llewellyn@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2791
Environmental Science and Technology

Current activities

Miss Ceri Llewellyn’s current activities include student support, teaching, research and consultancy. Teaching on both long and short courses is concentrated on practical training in field and laboratory techniques for measuring soil textural, structural and mechanical properties and on the appropriateness of the methods in different situations. Her research and consultancy experience has included; the use and the manipulation of vegetative covers for erosion control in established Mediterranean perennial cropping systems (ProTerra), collaboration in the development of a Visual Soil Assessment for Mediterranean viticulture, assessment of sports turf conditioners on plant and soil physical and microbiological characteristics and assessment of soil physical properties in support of the Off-Road Dynamics and Sports Surfaces teams within Cranfield University. Ceri has provided technical support for a number of MSc, PhD and EngD students on the topics of soil erosion and conservation and on soil mechanics and is currently providing support for an EPSRC funded project.

Clients

Adidas
BBSRC
DSTL
EPSRC
EU LIFE Environment Programme
Greenmaster
Land Rover
Michelin
Scania
Syngenta
Turf Growers Association
QinetiQ

Background

Ceri Llewellyn has ten years of experience in the measurement of soil physical properties and erosion monitoring techniques. Her background is in soil erosion and conservation and she has specialised in working with the agricultural community, regulators and pesticide manufacturers to develop practical soil management methods which help keep land in production and reduce erosion. Ceri has worked in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the UK on a number of demonstration, research and consultancy projects; her involvement ranging from experimental design to equipment construction and installation, data collection, analysis and project management. In 2006, she gained her MPhil in practical soil protection and stabilisation in Mediterranean viticulture, whilst working for the National Soil Resources Institute. Much of the experience and knowledge gained has been applied to subsequent projects and passed on in her teaching. It also led to her attaining Chartered Environmentalist status with the Institute of Agricultural Engineers in 2007. Work on soil stabilisation triggered an interest in soil mechanics and much of her research is currently focussed in this area. Ceri is also a member of the British Society of Soil Science.