Professional Engineer, P.Eng. Province of Ontario 2987 3015; P.E. California C053443 (during the timeframe of serving as President of CRA Engineering Inc., was a P.E. in 41 states of the US.
NSERC Panel Member (Panel 1509) from 2007 to 2011 (4 years), one year as Chair of committee
Member, Res’Eau Impact Management Committee and Theme 2 leader, Res’Eau, an NSERC National Centre of Excellence for Small Drinking Water Systems, 2013-2019
Member, National Centre of Excellent for Knowledge Mobilization, responsible for central Canada, to provide pathways for reducing vulnerability of small drinking water systems for First Nations and Non-Urban water systems, 2019-2024.
Member, Landfill Gas Industry Alliance, an assembly of Canadian Industry Stakeholders in the Landfill Gas Industry, 1997-2004
Associate Editor, American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, 1996 – 1998
Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Informatics Letters, 2018 - present
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 1979 ‑ 1987
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 1989 ‑ 1997, and 2004-2007
Associate Editor, Journal of Water Management Modeling, 2003 –present
Associate Editor, Environmental Systems Research, 2017-present
Associate Editor, Environmental Research Letters, 2018-present
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, 2017-present
Life Member, Association of Global Groundwater Scientists, 2013-present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Advances in Environmental Research, 1996 ‑ 2006
Member, Canadian Water Resources Association
Member, American Water Works Association, Member 00578670, 2003-present
Member, American Geophysical Union, 1968 to present
Member, International Water Association, 2014 to present
Member, Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, Member No. 64473
Life Member, Indian Association of Hydrologists, 1992 to present
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee and Life Member, International Geoscientists Organization, 2011 to present
Member, Board of Directors, Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research, 1993 ‑ 1996
Member, Institute for Risk Research, University of Waterloo, 1983 ‑ 2003
UNESCO/UNDP consultant in water quality modeling in India, 1984, 1993 and 1995
Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Remediation of Soil and Groundwater as a Technical, Institutional and Socio‑Economic Problem: Opportunities in Eastern Europe; Czech Republic, November 1995
International Editorial Committee, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, 1995 ‑ 1999
Member, Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE, 2009-present
Research Scientist, Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, 2013-present
Special Appointments
State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) – a member of an expert level panel working with SATEC in China, addressing issues of water security in China, 2009 –present. The report from this panel of eight was presented by McBean to Vice-Premier Mah of China, number three person in the Chinese governmental structure in 2016 and again in 2018;
Adjunct Professor, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, 2014—present
Adjunct Professor, Ton Duc Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam 2018 - present
Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2011 - present
Adjunct Professor, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China, 2014-present
Advisor for Marine Systems Engineering Center of Xiamen Ocean Vocational College, China, 2017 - present
Adjunct Professor, Ocean Vocational College, Xiamen, China, 2017 – present
Expert Member of Selection Board for Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology, for the Department of Civil Engineering at BUET, 2011 – present
Expert Referee, Peking University, for assessing promotion of faculty, Peking University, 2013-present
External Advisor on Water Security Issues for the Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology, 2009 to present
Principal Investigator on Advisory Panel for UNESCO on Desertification for the Middle Eastern Region, based out of UNESCO office in Tehran, Iran, 2009-2015
Member of International Academic Collaboration and Innovation Centre at Tianjin University, China – 2009 – 2015. Dr. McBean was extensively involved in workshops and keynote papers at Tianjin University;
Member of Panel advising State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering, China – 2010 – present. Dr. McBean has been involved in a number of key investigations in cooperation with the State Key Laboratory, culminating in a number of technical papers;
Member of Experts Panel for Gulf of Khambhat Project in Gujarat, India – Selected as one of eight international experts by the State of Gujarat, India to assess the potential for the fifteen billion dollar, 5000 MW tidal power impoundment project, being considered for the Gulf of Khambhat, India
Leader of MEDI Mission to Brazil (Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte), re Technology and Entrepreneurs, November 2013.
