Somnath Basu, PhD, PE, BCEE

Somnath Basu is a technology and policy advisor in environment and energy. His practice areas are industrial water and wastewater treatment, nutrient control, renewable energy and water-energy nexus. He was a Science & Technology Policy Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the US Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC till 2023. His prior affiliations were with Headworks International, Houston, TX where he served as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the Water & Utility division of Shell Oil Company where he was a member of the Shell Global Solutions team, Siemens Water Technologies, and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Somnath is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He is a Fellow of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the current chair of the Editorial and Publications subcommittee of the Industrial Water Committee (IWC) of WEF. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). He has over 40 years of experience and published and presented extensively in his areas of practice and research.

Andrew Shaw PhD, PE, BCEE, ENV SP

Andrew is a Global Practice & Technology Leader in Wastewater and Sustainability for Black & Veatch, based in their Houston office.

Andrew is the current chair of the Technical Practice Committee for the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and he serves on the board of trustees for the American Association for Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). He is a past board member for the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision review board.

He has 30 years of wastewater treatment experience from 4 continents including operations, design, and research.

Mudumbai Venkatesh

Mr. Venkatesh is an engineering consultant with more than 45 years of experience in the oil and chemical industry. This includes oil refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants both in the United States and aroundthe world.

His experience includes plant design of oil refineries and petrochemical plants as well as extensive experience in the design of environmental systems including wastewater treatment plants at these facilities. He has managed multidisciplinary teams in the execution of projects in order to achieve the goals and objectives of projects.  He is also experienced in equipment design, operations support and research and development in the oil and petrochemical industries. He has co-authored the preparation of plant design standards for a major US oil company and also authored a manual addressing Best Practices for water use in oil refineries for a major trade organization in the United Kingdom.

He has a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering and previously worked as the Vice President and Practice leader of Environmental Process Engineering for ENSR and AECOM (ENSR was acquired by AECOM) and as the Manager for Environmental Process Engineeringat Badger Engineers Ltd prior to his affiliation with AECOM.