Service and Committees

Civil Engineering Committees

  • Purdue University Civil Engineering Advisory Council 1992-1996
  • Civil Engineering Seminars 1991-1994
  • Undergraduate Committee 1992-1994
  • Search Committee, Lee A. Rieth Chaired Professorship 1994-1995
  • Graduate Committee 1996-1997
  • Faculty Search Committee 1989-1990, 1996-1997
  • Primary Committee 1999-
  • Search Committee, School Head 2000-2001
  • Wansik Award Committee 2001-
  • Chair, Geotechnical Engineering Search Committee 2001-2002
  • Executive Committee 2003-2005
  • Environmental Engineering Group Coordinator 2003-2004
  • Search Committee (Chair), Environmental Engineering Faculty Position(s) 2005-2007
  • Graduate Committee 2006-2009
  • Faculty Governance Committee 2010-2013, 2015-2016, 2019-2020
  • Online MS Committee (Chair) 2020-

College of Engineering Committees

  • Schools of Engineering Research Advisory Committee [1996-1997].  The Dean of the Schools of Engineering selected one faculty member from each of the Schools of Engineering to examine the research environment within the Schools at Purdue University and to develop a list of recommendations for improvement in this area.
  • Academic Personnel Grievance Committee    2000-2001
  • Engineering Area Promotions Committee     2000-2004, 2015-2017
  • Committee on Tenure and Promotion Processes and Practices   2003-2004
  • Engineering Awards Committee       1999-2000
  • Implementation Committee [2005-2006] – recommended formation of Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering within the College of Engineering to encompass environmental and ecological engineering issues.

University Committees

  • Resource Management Committee [1999-2000]: Formed by the Vice President for Research, this committee is charged with evaluating the use of resources to promote research on campus.
  • Chorafas Prize Committee [2000-2001]; Committee established to identify and reward the best PhD student at Purdue University from within the Schools of Engineering, Science, and Management.
  • Seminar Committee, Center for the Environment (Chair) [2005-2006]; charged with initiation of a campus-wide seminar series for the Center.
  • Sigma Xi Executive Council (2007 -) President, Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi (2009-2010)
  • Graduate Council (2007-2010)
  • University Senate (2008-2011)
  • Leadership Team – Purdue Water Community
  • Leadership Team – Global Sustainability Initiative at Purdue University
  • Executive Committee – Purdue Center for the Environment
  • Athletic Affairs Committee (2020-2025), Chair 2024-2025

Outside Service Activities

  • Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association, Lecturer
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) 2006-2010
  • Board of Directors, Aqua Clara International, Holland, MI 2008 - 
  • Chair, Strategic Initiative on UV Applications in Aquatics Facilities, International Ultraviolet Association, 2010 - 2012
  • Conference Co-Chair, Research Frontiers Conference, 19-22 May 2015, Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology and WTC Expo/Hotel, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands   2014-2015
  • Scientific Advisory Committee, National Conference in Interstate Milk Shipments, 2020 -
  • Editorial Board, Water (MDPI), 2021 - 

Community Activities

  • Youth Soccer Coach - Greater Lafayette Recreational Soccer Alliance, 1994-1998
  • Youth Soccer Coach - Tippco Soccer Club, 1998-2006
  • Youth Basketball Coach - West Lafayette Parks & Recreation, 1998-2003
  • Instructor’s Assistant / Translator - French Club, Cumberland Elementary School, 1998-2000
  • West Lafayette Traffic Commission, 2021 -
  • West Lafayette Mobility Safety Committee, 2024 -
  • West Lafayette Safe Streets for All Steering (SS4A) Steering Committee, 2024 -

Professional and Scholarly Societies

  • Water Environment Federation: Blue-Ribbon Panel on Biological Hazards and Precautions for Wastewater Personnel 2020
    • American Society of Civil Engineers: Task Committee on Control of Microbes in Drinking Water, 1989-1994
    • Author of Chapter Entitled "Ozone Disinfection of Drinking Water"
    • Concrete Canoe Committee, Faculty Advisor, 1992-1994, 2015
    • Faculty Advisor, Purdue Student Chapter, 1999-2002, 2012-2017, 2018-
  • International Ultraviolet Association, 2010-
    • Conference Co-Chair, Research Frontiers Conference, 19-22 May 2015, Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology and WTC Expo/Hotel, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 2014-2015
    • Vice President for the Americas, 2016 -
    • Program Committee, World Congress of IUVA, 2015, 2017
    • Education Committee, 2016-2020
    • Program Committee, Americas Conference, 2020
    • Chair, Task Force on Far UVC Radiation, 2020 -
    • Planning Committee; Research Frontiers Conference, 2020 -
    • President, 2025 -
  • National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments
    • Scientific Advisory Committee, 2021 -