Administrative Appointments:
President, Scientific Committee, UNESCO Chair on Conservation and Ecotourism of Riparine and Deltaic Ecosystems, 2016 - Date
President, Board of Regents, Eastern Macedonia & Thrace Institute of technology, 2012 - 2017
CEE Department Chair,
University of Michigan, 9/1/2001 -
12/31/2006
CEE Department Associate Chair,
University of Michigan,
9/1/1997 - 8/30/2001
College of Engineering - Mathematics
Liaison,
University of Michigan,
9/1/1997 -5/31/2000
University:
Rackham Dissertation Grant Committee (1988)
School of Education National Software Evaluation
Committee (1988-90)
Senate Assembly (1995-96)
College
of Engineering:
Awards Committee (1998, 2004, 2010)
Chair, Nominating
Committee (2000)
Michigan 2004
Campaign Task Force (1999)
Graduate Student
Recruiting Team (1998)
ABET 99 Working
Group (1997-99)
Task Force for the Restructuring of the Undergraduate
Curriculum (1995-96)
Curriculum Committee, 1995
Library Committee, 1988-96
Civil
and Environmental
Engineering Department:
Strategic Plan Committee
Executive Committee
Chair, Research Committee
Chair, Awards Committee
Graduate Committee
Curriculum Committee
National:
Chair, Fluids Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division, American Society of
Civil Engineers (2003-2006).
Member of Control Group, Fluids Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division,
American Society of Civil Engineers, (1992-date).
Associate
Editor, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, (1982-1996).
Co-Editor,
HYDROSOFT, Software for Hydrodynamics and Hydraulics (1987-1992).
Chair, Awards Committee, Hydraulics Division,
American Society of Civil Engineers
(1990-1993).
Chair, Task Committee on Education in Computational
Hydraulics, American Society of Civil Engineers (1991-Date).
Hans
Einstein Sedimentation Award Committee, ASCE (1992-93).
Chandler-Misener
Awards Committee, Journal of Great Lakes Research (1993-94).
Research
Planning Group, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (1992).
Member,
Committee on Hydrologic Data Collection, State of Michigan (1985-1986).
External Review Committees:
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens (2023).
Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (2018).
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, Cornell
International:
Chair, Founding Committee, School of Engineering, National University of Cyprus (2000-1).
Adviser to the National
Disaster Prevention Agency, Seoul, Korea (1999).
Visiting Research Scholar, University of Karlsruhe
(1997).
Visiting Research Scholar, University of Hannover
(1997).
Visiting Research Scholar, Delft Hydraulics Laboratory,
The Netherlands (1988-1990).
Visiting Professor, Aristotelian University, Greece
(1989).
Visiting Research Scholar, University of Hannover
(1988).
Visiting Research Scholar, Obernach Fluids Laboratory
(1988).
Visiting Research Scholar, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
(1987).
Adviser to the Storm and Flood Laboratory, National
Disaster Prevention Agency of Japan (1986).
Visiting Scientist, Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, The
Netherlands (1984).
Adviser to the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation, Cairo,
Egypt (1983).
Adviser to the National Institute of Hydraulics (INCYTH),
Buenos Aires, Argentina (1981).
Conference
Organizing:
4th
International Conference on Protection and restoration of the Environment,
Thasos, Greece, (2000)
Fifth International Conference on Coastal and Estuarine
Modeling, Alexandria, Virginia, (1997)
Two Sessions on Environmental Fluid Mechanics,
Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, ASCE, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
(1996)
Fourth International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal
Modeling, San Diego, California, (1995)
International Symposium Honoring Theodor Strelkoff,
Thessaloniki, Greece (1995)
International Conference on Environmental Issues for the
Nineties, KRIKOS 2, Patra, Greece (1994).
Panel session on Education in Computational Hydraulics,
Hydraulics National Conference, San Francisco (1993).
Computational Hydraulics Session, Hydraulics National
Conference, San Francisco (1993).
4th International Conference in Computational Methods
and Experimental Measurements, Capri, Italy (1987).
International Conference for Numerical Methods in Flow
Analysis, Okayama, Japan (1988).
3rd International Conference on River Sedimentation held
in Jackson, Mississippi (1986).
River Modeling session in the 3rd International
Conference on River Sedimentation held in Jackson, Mississippi (1986).
2nd International Conference in Computational Methods
and Experimental Measurements, Porto Karas, Greece (1985).
Modeling of Free-Surface Flow, ASCE Hydraulics
Conference, Orlando, Florida (1985).
2nd International Conference in Computational Methods
and Experimental Measurements, QE2/New York (1983).
8th International Congress of the World Irrigation
Commission in Athens, Greece (1978).
W65 workshop for Irrigation Research in the Western
United States, Davis, California (1975).