Crestwood
Autumn 2013 Newsletter
environmental
New Staff Members
Crestwood Environmental Ltd (CEL) are happy to announce new team members who have recently joined us:
Danen Appasamy joined CEL
in October 2013 as an
Environmental Scientist. He
holds a Bsc Degree with
Honours in environmental
management & geography
and a PhD in environmental
management & remediation.
He has joined CEL as part of a Knowledge
Transfer Partnership in collaboration with the
University of Wolverhampton on a project
dealing with modelling of odours and
bioaerosols. Prior to joining the team, he was
appointed by the Canal & River Trust to assist the
national water quality scientist and the
environmental team in their daily work, including
collating and analysing data and writing reports.
He has also worked as an advisor to the Ministry
of environment in Mauritius where he helped set
up a GIS team and produced a national hazardous
material spill contingency plan by cabinet
request. He also has experience in lecturing both
at undergraduate and postgraduate level in a
wide range of subjects ranging from soil science
to environmental forensics and ecotoxicology.
His PhD research investigated the physical and
geo-chemical characterisation of dredged canal
sediments and their potential remediation using
zeolites.
Dan is currently working on bioaerosols sampling
and analysis and on odour modelling. He aims to
join the Institution of Environmental Sciences and
the Chartered Institute of Water and
Environmental Sciences this year and aiming to
achieve C.Env status in the near future.
CEL is proud to be a part of the STEP program,
launched by the University of Wolverhampton
earlier this year. STEP provides short-term
professional work experience programs for
university students / recent graduates. After our
previous positive experience working with the
program we have taken on 2 new team members:
Xia Liu (Sheldon) joined CEL
through the STEP Programme
as a CAD and Visualisation
Technician.
He holds a BArch in
Architectural Design from
Shenzhen University before
completing a Masters in CAD
and Construction at the University of
Wolverhampton.
Sheldon worked as an Architect/Architectural
Assistant for 3 years at SADI (Shenzhen General
Institute of Architectural Design and Research)
and has experience working on a variety of
architectural projects, particularly in residential
development.
Sarah Harris has also CEL
through the STEP program as
an
Assistant
Landscape
Architect after graduating
from the University of
Sheffield.
She holds a BA with Honours
in Landscape Architecture
with Planning and is looking forward to gaining
experience with a focus on Landscape and
Visual Impact Assessments in the profession
before working towards a Masters in Landscape
Architecture and taking the Pathway to
Chartership with the Landscape Institute.
Previously, Sarah has gained experience working
at the Greater London Authority assisting with
the Mayor’s Pocket Parks and Greenstreets
schemes.
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