Chairman (2000-2004), Member (1999), Publications Committee, American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
Member, Awards Committee, Water Environment Federation (1994-2001); Member, H.P. Eddy Award Selection Subcommittee (1994-1999); Chair, H.P. Eddy Award Selection Subcommittee (2000-2001); Chair, J.E. McKee Award Selection Subcommittee (1996-1999).
Chair, Awards Committee, Environmental Multi-Media Council, Environmental and Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (2000-2002).
Member, Awards Committee, Environmental Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers (1997 -1999).
Member, Board of Directors (1996-1999); Treasurer (1997-1999), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
Chair, Audit Committee (2000-2004); Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee (2001-2003); Member, Ad Hoc Mission Review Committee (2004); Member, Electronic Communication and Education Committee (1995-1999); Member, Ad Hoc Syllabus Committee (1995-1996); Member, Ad Hoc Dues Review Committee (1994), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
Chair (1993-1996); Vice Chair (1990-1993), Ground Water Committee, Water Environment Federation.
Member of Editorial Board, Water Environment Research (1993-1998).
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Ground Water (1991-1993).
Conference Organization
Co-organizer, with Eric Beckman, of Engineering Sustainability 2009: Innovations that Span Boundaries, sponsored by the Mascaro Center for Sustainability Innovation, University of Pittsburgh, and the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, to be held April 19-21, 2009.
Co-organizer, with Jeanne VanBriesen, of Carnegie Mellon Workshop on Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 17, 2006.
Co-organizer, with Jeanne VanBriesen, of the Carnegie Mellon Workshop on Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, December 8, 2005.
Co-organizer, with Greg Lowry, of a symposium entitled “PCBs in Freshwater and Marine Sediments: Transport, Transformation, and Treatment,” held in conjunction with the 228th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia, August, 2004, with sponsorship of the ACS Environmental Chemistry Division.
Co-organizer, with Wayne Balta, IBM Corporation, of the Carnegie Mellon/IBM Workshop on Environmental Remediation Technology and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, July 29-30, 2003.
Co-organizer, with Robert Tilton, Stephen Garoff, et al., of the “75th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium,” held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2001, with sponsorship of the American Chemical Society. Co-organizer, with S.E. Cabaniss, of the sessions on “Interfacial Processes in the Water Environment.”
Co-organizer, with Bruce Logan et al., of the “AEESP Research Frontiers Conference,” held at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, August 1999, with sponsorship of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and the National Science Foundation.
Organizer, special session on “Cyanide Fate, Transport, and Treatment in Wastewater and Contaminated Groundwater,” Symposium on Remediation of Soil and Groundwater, WEFTEC97, Annual Conference of the Water Environment Federation, Chicago, IL, October 1997.
Co-organizer, with Caryl Fish et al., of the “1996 Summer Institute in Watershed Restoration: A Program in Field Environmental Research,” held at St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, July 1996, with sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Co-organizer, with Frederick Pohland et al., of the 1995 ASCE-CSCE Environmental Engineering Conference on “Innovative Technologies for Site Remediation and Hazardous Waste Management,” held in Pittsburgh, PA, July, 1995, with sponsorship by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.
Poster session chair, Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water, held in New Hampton, NH, June, 1994.
Co-organizer, with William Librizzi et al., of a specialty conference on “Innovative Solutions for Contaminated Site Management,” held in Miami, Florida, March, 1994, with sponsorship by the Water Environment Federation.
Co-organizer, with J.W. LaMoreaux, of a preconference workshop on “Groundwater and Hazardous Waste Issues Facing the Public Sector in the 1990s,” held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Water Environment Federation, Anaheim, CA, October, 1993, with sponsorship by the Water Environment Federation.
Co-organizer, with William Librizzi et al., of a specialty conference on “The Development of Soil, Sediment, and Groundwater Cleanup Standards for Contaminated Sites - How Clean is Clean?” held in Washington, D.C., January, 1993, with sponsorship by the Water Environment Federation.
Co-organizer, with Pierre Glynn of the U.S. Geological Survey, of a symposium entitled “Surface Precipitation and Solid Solutions at the Mineral/Water Interface,” held in conjunction with the 203rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, April, 1992, with sponsorship of the ACS Geochemistry Division.
Co-organizer, with Francis McMichael et al., of a symposium on “Advances in Solid Waste Management: Business Opportunities and Research Needs,” held in Pittsburgh, PA, May, 1991, with sponsorship by the Carnegie Mellon Center for Solid Waste Management Research and the Ben Franklin Technology Center of Western Pennsylvania.
U.S. Government Service
Member, Chartered Science
Advisory Board, EPA Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC (2007-present).
Chair, Environmental Engineering Committee, EPA Science Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (2007-present).
Member, National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, Environmental Technologies Subcommittee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (2004-2008).
Consultant, EPA Science Advisory Board, Environmental Engineering Committee, Surface Impoundments Study, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, DC (2001-2002).
Member, Expert Panel, Chlorinated Solvents Remediation Research Program Review, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (August 2001). See related overview publication: Stroo, H.F. et al., "Remediating Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones," Environmental Science and Technology, 37:225A-230A, June 1, 2003.
Member, Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, National Research Council,The National Academies, Washington, D.C. (2000 -2002). See related overview publication: Ehlers, L.J. and Luthy, R.G., “Contaminant Bioavailability in Soil and Sediment,” Environmental Science and Technology, 37:295A-302A, August 1, 2003.
Proposal review for various federal agencies (see REVIEW SERVICE)
State/ Regional Government Service
Member, Regional Water Management Task Force Technical Advisory Committee, University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics (2006-present).
Member, Stormwater Advisory Panel, Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program, Pittsburgh, PA (2002-present).
Member, Science and Technology Advisory Panel, Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program, Pittsburgh, PA (2002-2005).
Member, Local Resource Panel for NRC Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania Economy League and Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pittsburgh, PA (2002-2004).
Member, Third Party Review Committee for Alcosan Long-Term Wet Weather Control Plan, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, Pittsburgh, PA (2001-2002).
Member, Steering Committee, Southwestern Pennsylvania Water and Sewer Infrastructure Project, Pennsylvania Economy League and Allegheny Conference on Community Development (1999-2002). See related publication: Investing in Clean Water, April 2002.
Member, Allegheny County Executive Transition Committee, Transition Team for Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (1999-2000).
Member, Panel for Review of Soil Quality Criteria, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management (1995).
Nonprofit Organization Service
Member, Board of Advisors, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY (2006 - present).
Member, Advisory Council, School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA (2004-present).
Member, Monitoring Committee, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, Pittsburgh, PA (2005-2007).
Member, Selection Jury, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2005-2007).
Member, Board of Trustees, Pittsburgh Catholic (weekly newspaper for the Diocese of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, PA (2005 - 2007).
Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago (2002 - 2007).
Member, Advisory Board, NIEHS Superfund Basic Research, Southwest
Hazardous Waste Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (2004 -
2006).
Member, Advisory Board, Three Rivers Keeper Program, Friends of the Riverfront, Pittsburgh, PA (2000 - 2005).
Member, Advisory Board, Three Rivers Second Nature Project, Carnegie Mellon University (2000 - 2005).
Member, Loyalhanna Creek Mine Drainage Coalition, Monastery Run Project Technical Needs/Review Committee, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA (1993 - 2004).
Member of Environmental Studies Planning and Advisory Board; Chair, Wetlands Subcommittee, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA (1990 - 1996).
Member, Environmental Remediation Management Education Team, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX (1996 - 1997).
Member, Environmental Remediation Technology Task Force, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX (1992 - 1995).
Review Service
Reviewer of manuscripts for Addison-Wesley-Longman Publishers, American Chemical Society Publications, American Society for Testing and Materials, Aquatic Geochemistry, Cambridge University Press, Chemical Eng. Communications, Chemical Geology, Chemosphere, Colloids and Surfaces, Computers and Geosciences, Environmental Engineering Science, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Geochemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Ground Water, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Harper Collins Publishers, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, IUPAC, J. American Water Works Association, J. Colloid and Interface Science, J. Computing in Civil Engineering, J. Contaminant Hydrology, J. Environmental Engineering, J. Environmental Quality, J. Hazardous Materials, J. Hydrology, J. Soil and Sediment Contamination, J. Soil Science Society of America, J. Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua, Kuwait J. Science and Engineering, Langmuir, McGraw Hill Company, National Research Council, Resource Conservation and Recycling, Separation Science and Technology, Vadose Zone J., Water Environment Research, Water Research, Water Resources Research, Waste Management and Research.
Reviewer of research proposals
for American Chemical Society (Petroleum Research Fund), Los Alamos National
Laboratory, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Croucher Foundation,
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Netherlands Organization for
Scientific Research, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, South Carolina NASA/EPSCoR
Research Program, Stanford Synchotron Radiation Laboratory, Rice University, Swiss
National Science Foundation, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of State (Civilian
Research and Development Foundation), National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, National Institute for Water Research.
