GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's

PROFESSIONAL

President, Engineering Institute of Canada, 2006 -
President, Canadian Geotechnical Society, 2001 & 2002
Chairman, Standards Council of Canada (SCC) International Subcommittee on Geotextiles and Geomembranes - 1989 to 2000
Vice President, North American Geosynthetics Society, 1987 to 1991
Editor, International Geosynthetics Society Newsletter - 1986 to 1990
President, International Geosynthetics Society, 1990 to 1994
Immediate Past President, International Geosynthetics Society, 1994-1998
Vice President - Technical, Canadian Geotechnical Society, 1997 & 1998
Founding Chair, London District Section of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and Canadian Geotechnical Society, 1993-1996
Vice-Chair, Ontario Regional Council, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 1996-1998
Member, NSERC Civil Engineering Grant Selection Committee, 1996-1999
Chair, NSERC Civil Engineering Grant Selection Committee, 1998-1999
Technical Chairman, 6th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Atlanta, March 1998
President, Canadian Geotechnical Society, 2001& 2002
Co-Chair of the Awards Committee of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 1999-Present
Technical Chairman, 6th Canadian Environmental Engineering Conference, London, June 2000

MEMBER

Canadian Geotechnical Society Committee on Geotextiles, Geogrids and Geomembranes 1982 to Present
Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Geotextiles 1982 to Present
SCC International Subcommittee on Geotextiles and Geomembranes 1984 to Present
International Standardization Organization Working Group on Physical Properties of Geotextiles 1986 to Present
International Geotextile Society Technical Committee on Publications and Education 1984 to 1988
Soil Properties Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986 to 1995
Governing Council of the International Geotextile Society, 1988 to 1998
Groundwater Quality Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994 to Present

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP

International Journal for Geotextiles & Geomembranes, 1990 to Present
Editor: 1997 to Present
Canadian Geotechnical Journal 1983 to Present
Associate Editor 1983 to Present
Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986 to 1995
International Journal on Computers and Geotechnics, 1988 to Present
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 1987 to Present
Associate Editor – 1997 to Present
Geosynthetics International, 1994 to Present
Soils & Foundations: Journal of Japanese Geotechnical Society, 1997 to Present
Italian Geotechnical Journal, 1997 to Present
Lowland Technology International, 1999 to Present
Geotechnique (Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K.), 2000 to Present
Geotechnical Engineering (Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K.), 1998-
Transport in Porous Media, 2000 to Present
International Journal of Geomechanics, Co-Editor, 2001 to Present
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 2001-
Waste Management, 2002-

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

Interuniversity Super Computer Advisory Board 1986 - 1989
Interuniversity Super Computer Advisory Board (Chair) 1989
Management Board OCLSC - University of Toronto 1989
Canadian Geotechnical Society 1997-1998
Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technology (CRESTech) 2000-2002
- Member, Executive Committee 2001-2002
- Member, Audit Committee 2001-2002
- Member, Environmental Advisory Committee 2001-2002
- Member, Selection Committee for CEO 2001-2002
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPVCL) 2000-
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPVCL)(Chair) 2000-2002
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC) 2000-
PARTEQ Innovations Inc (Chair) 2000-
Canadian Geotechnical Society 2000 - 2003
CANARIE Inc. 2003-