R. Kerry Rowe, Professional Activity

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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

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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

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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-

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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-

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