Richard Yelf is an international consultant with more than 30 years experience in Applied Geotechnics and Geophysics. He received his BSc Hons from Liverpool University in 1976 and his MSc from the University College London in 1979. He has worked full time in Ground Penetrating Radar for the past 20+ years. He introduced GPR to Australia in 1984, and commenced PhD studies on Applied GPR at the University of New England in 1985. He was subsequently awarded a National Research Fellowship for his work on the Applications of GPR to Mining and Geotechnical Engineering. He has conducted a very wide range of GPR projects, including Mining, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental, Archaeological and Military applications. He has numerous publications in the GPR forum and is the editor of the SEG-J Standards Manual for GPR Testing published in 2004. In 2004 he received the Inaugural Brite Award for Innovation in the Australian Construction Industry for the development and practical application of high resolution GPR inspection methods for examining concrete structures in civil engineering. He is the founder and Managing Director of Georadar Research Pty Ltd, an Australian company which specialises in the introduction and application of new GPR methods.

Richard Yelf

412 Eastbank Rd, Coramba,

Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450

AUSTRALIA

Tel : +61 - (0)2 66 54 4162

Fax:  +61 - (0)2 66 54 4043

Mobile: 0428 662399

E-mail: georadar@bigpond.com