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Issam Najm, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE Page 2 of 2 <br />technologies, regulatory and permitting support for existing and new treatment plants, development of water <br />quality monitoring plans, and providing training classes to treatment plant operations staff. <br />Dr. Najm is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California and is a Board -Certified <br />Environmental Engineer with the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Najm <br />is an adjunct Associate Professor of environmental engineering at the University of California Los Angeles <br />(UCLA). His primary teaching focus is on the principles and application of water treatment technologies <br />with emphasis on physical and chemical processes. <br />RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS: <br />❑ A.P. Black Research Award — American Water Works Association — 2021 <br />❑ George Warren Fuller Award — American Water Works Association — 2017 <br />❑ Best Paper Award— AWWA Water Quality Division — 2014 <br />❑ Dr. Pankaj Parekh Research Innovation Award — Water Research Foundation — 2014 <br />❑ Best Research Paper Award —AWWA Water Science & Research Division — 2007 <br />❑ Best Publication Award —AWWA— 2007 <br />❑ Board -Certified Environmental Engineer, American Academy of Environmental Engineers <br />❑ Young Civil Engineer Achievement Award, University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, Civil & <br />Environmental Engineering Alumni Association, 1999 <br />❑ Academic Achievement Award for best doctoral dissertation, American Water Works Association, 1990 <br />MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: <br />❑ American Water Works Association (AWWA) <br />❑ American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) <br />COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP: <br />❑ Associate Editor, AWWA Water Science, AWS, American Water Works Association, 2018 — Present <br />❑ American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists, AAEES; Member of the Board of <br />Trustees; 2015 — 2017 <br />❑ AWWA CA -NV Section; SOURCE Editorial Advisory Committee, Chair; 2014— 2017 <br />❑ Disinfection By -Products Technical Action Workgroup, AWWA: 2012 — Present <br />❑ AWWA; Water Research & Science Division Trustee, 2007 — 2013 <br />❑ Journal AWWA Editorial Advisory Board, Chair; 2009 — 2013 <br />❑ Journal AWWA Editorial Advisory Board, Member —2001 to 2009 <br />❑ Peer Review Editorial Board, Journal AWWA, Chair; 2006 to 2009 <br />❑ AWWA; Inorganic Contaminants Committee: Chair; 2002 —2006 <br />❑ AWWA; Organic Contaminants Research Committee, Chair; 1998 — 2001 <br />PUBLICATIONS: <br />As of the end of 2021, Dr. Najm has published 24 peer -reviewed articles in national and international <br />technical journals, 14 peer-reviewered research reports, and has given more than 60 presentations at local, <br />regional, national, and international conferences. <br />