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1. Co-developed the Number-Concentration Structure Factors for metal alloys, now referenced for all types of mixtures as the 'Bhatia-Thornton Structure Factors' (Google 'Bhatia-Thornton Theory').2. Developed most of the algorithms used in North America for heat flow calculations related to buried and above-ground utility pipes.3. Initiator, planner, first Project Manager, and final Chair of the international Management Committee for the 4-year, $20-million, international Baffin Island Oil Spill Project.4. Founding Chairman of the Canada-USA Spill Countermeasures Technology Committee, involving federal environmental and resource-management Departments and oil & chemical industry National Associations to oversee international R&D.5. Leader of the Federal Preparedness & Response Teams developing the federal input to the Public Review Panel on Tanker Safety & Oil Spill Response Capability appointed in 1990 by the Prime Minister in reaction to the Exxon Valdez and Nestucca oil spills.6. Founder and first Chairman of the Environment Canada Laboratory Managers' Committee.7. Federal Co-chair of the federal-provincial Development Committee for the Canada-wide Standard for Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil under the Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment, and co-author of the National Standard.8. Oversaw the scientific aspects of selection, development and implementation of the Limit of Quantitation for regulatory control of toxic chemicals under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.9. Oversaw the federal-provincial National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) Network consisting of about 1,000 air monitoring instruments at over 300 sampling stations in over 150 municipalities.10. Proposed, drafted and led implementation of the MOU between Canada and USA concerning cooperation in R&D on Environmental Protection.11. Led the formation and was for 21 years Director of Canada's Environmental Technology Centre with a facility/equipment replacement value over $100 million employing about 200 staff and contractors/visiting researchers, and an annual budget of about $10 million. Through joint-project agreements, the work was supplemented annually by about $15-20 million.