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-
Affordable 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 -)

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 - 2018
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 -

Professional and Scholarly Societies

Water Environment Federation:

WEF 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-

National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments

Scientific Advisory Committee 2021-