Boards, Councils, Panels, Committes and Administrative Service

Board of Directors

Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, 2009-present.

Member

Committee on Chemical Engineering and Environment, Fonds Québecois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies, 2009.

NRC Committee,for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials, 2008.

Scientific Advisory Board Member

European Center for Geosciences and Environment, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2003-present.

Foresight Advisory Board

Suez-Environnement, Paris, France, 2004-present.

Gubernatorial Appointee

Texas Council on Environmental Technology, 2000 – 2004.

Rapporteur

French Ministry of Research and Education, 2002.

Consultant

USEPA Science Advisory Board, 1999.

Scientific Advisory Board Member

International Center for Water, Nancy, France, 1996-present.

U.S. Director

European Union/United States University Consortium on Environmental Engineering Education, 1993-present.

Advisory Committee member

Universidad Nacional de Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1998.

Chair

Technical Review Panel of Life Support Systems for Station and Exploration, NASA, 1998.

Panel member

U.S.E.P.A. Blue Ribbon Panel on evaluating costs of Federal environmental regulations, 1996.

Committee member

Environmental Engineering Education Task Group, International Association on Water Quality 1994- 1998.

Founding Chair

American Water Works Association, Research Committee on Membrane Technology, 1988-1992.

Chair

American Water Work Association, Publications Award Committee, 1995-1997.

Panel member

Science panel of the Houston Environmental Foresight Committee, 1995.

Advisor

Terrorist task force for Houston Public Works Department