He led the establishment of new water research programs for industry and the environment both nationally and internationally. He was co-PI with Prof Chen on a multimillion NSF funded Partnership For Innovation (PFI) for novel sensor development.  He has recently completed a number of projects with the Department of Commerce on technology transfer and translation and has research and commercialization projects proceeding on novel in situ remediation materials. The industry research liaison center at the Global Water Center Milwaukee had visits from 47 countries and hundreds of local and international visitors since its commencement in 2014.

His career has covered the full range of environmental management from water resources and pollution control through to new environmental technologies, covering all aspects of measurement, management policy and strategic analysis.  He is or has been a consultant and advisor to a number of research bodies, international prizes and water authorities throughout the world as well as having extensive industry and commercial experience.