Dr. Bachmann has more than 25 years of international management experience and consulting practice in the area of soil and groundwater remediation as well as environmental risk and efficiency engineering. In 1989 he joined the Sandoz group (today Novartis) as head region Europe of its construction chemicals and environment division MBT. Since July 1995 he was chairman and chief executive officer of BMG Engineering Ltd, the legal successor of MBT Environmental. Since July 2012, Dr. Bachmann acts as the chairman of BMG, now a member of the ARCADIS Group, the leading pure play global engineering and consulting firm. He served as a member and president of the advisory board of EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) and currently serves on the advisory board of the department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).
A Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability; Regents' Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering; and Director, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute Dr. Rittmann's research is aimed at developing microbiological systems that capture renewable resources and also minimize environmental pollution. His work combines engineering with microbiology, biochemistry, geochemistry and microbial ecology to address important fundamental and applied issues in enivornmental engineering and science.
Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, WEF Fellow, Dr. Kavanaugh has more than 35 years of consulting experience in the areas of water quality, water treatment, and groundwater remediation. He has served a highly diverse group of private and public sector clients directly, through industry associations, and through attorneys. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Environmental Law Institute and as the chair of the National Research Council¡¯s Committee on Future Options for the Nation¡¯s Subsurface Remediation Efforts. He served as chair of the Science Advisory Board for EPA¡¯s Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center, based at Stanford and Oregon State University and is currently the co chair of the Science Advisory Board for the ReNUWIt (Re-inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure) a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center of which Stanford is a part.
Dr. O’Riordan is the Vice President of Physics Resources at the American Institute of Physics (AIP). In that role she oversees all of AIP’s outreach activities including Physics Today magazine and media, education, and history programs. An ocean scientist with broad experience in program management, O'Riordan came to AIP from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, DC, where she directed ocean research and education programs including U.S. participation in an international program of basic research in marine geosciences. She formerly served as the manager of public affairs and other programs at the American Geophysical Union, a member society of AIP. Before working at AGU, O'Riordan conducted research with French and European colleagues on the physics and biogeochemistry of the marine environment along the coast of France.
The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research with The University of Texas System, Professor Charbeneau is also Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and an Administrative Judge (technical), Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. His research interests include subsurface fate and transport of hazardous and radioactive materials, site assessment and remedy evaluation for petroleum-contaminated sites, stormwater management and hydraulics, and radiological assessments.
One of the EWS Program founders Bob's research focuses on geophysical fluid motions. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993) and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2004). He has served as civil and environmental engineering department chair, associate dean of engineering, and vice provost and dean and vice president in the university. Though retired, he still remains active, including advising EFMH doctoral students.