SERVICE

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

Committee Assignments:  

 University:

         Rackham Awards Committee (2011)

  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

 

  Service to Government and Professional Organizations:  

 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 Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, (2003-2006). 

  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, Cornell University (2016).

  College of Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2016).

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Patras (2013).

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (2005).

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin (2005).

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (2004).

  Department of Civil  Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (2004).

         Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia   Polytechnic Institute (2003).

 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).