Contribution to Science and Engineering

1. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing committee member, Washington D.C., USA.
   Haran’s contributions are: reviewing research papers, identifying new technologies in pavement areas, international practices, networking with colleagues and establishing professional relationships with individuals from other geographical areas and disciplines to broaden knowledge and perspective. Further, contributing to the broader transportation community by sharing information about our organisation’s research results and practice and gaining early awareness of international new research findings as well as the opportunity to encourage new research addressing our problems and advancing new technologies in our practice and finding out others current practice.
2. Committee member: Strength and deformation characteristic of pavements (AFD 80), TRB
3. Friend:
   1. Standing committee Highway safety performance (ANB23,TRB)
   2. Standing committee Highway safety workforce development (ANB25, TRB)
   3. Flexible pavement design (AFD60, TRB)
4. Scientific Committee for the Bearing Capacity of Roads Railways and Airfields held in June 2013 in Trondheim, Norway.
5. International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Technical committee, UK: Geo-Mechanics (member and New Zealand representative).
6. Member of the International Advisory Committee for the International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro,  1-3 September 2014, Cambridge, UK
7. Member of New Zealand Geotechnical Socitety inc.
8. Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand, local branch committee member
9. IPENZ Transportation group member
10. University of Canterbury Alumni society