CURRICULUM VITA NAME: YORAM COHEN Date of Birth ...
CURRICULUM VITA NAME: YORAM COHEN Date of Birth ...
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December 19, 2008<br />
Recognition for Community Service for the Protection <strong>of</strong> Publ ic Health:<br />
• County <strong>of</strong> Los Angeles Commendation, 2008 in recognition <strong>of</strong> dedicated service to Los<br />
Angeles County<br />
• State <strong>of</strong> California senate Certificate <strong>of</strong> Recognition for contributing to legislation to protect<br />
public health (April, 2008)<br />
• Certificate <strong>of</strong> Special Congressional Recognition (US) for service to the community (April<br />
2008)<br />
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:<br />
-1991- present Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - University <strong>of</strong> California, Los Angele<br />
2005- present Director, Water Technology Research Center<br />
2008-present<br />
Adjunct Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Zuckerberg Water Institute/Desert Research Institute,<br />
Ben-Gurion University (2008-present)<br />
10/2006 Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor – Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain)<br />
1995 – 2005 Director - Center for Environmental Risk Reduction<br />
11/06-12/06 Distinguished Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Victoria University (Australia)<br />
1987-1994 Director - UCLA/EPA National Center for Intermedia Transport Research<br />
1995-1996 Vice-Chair - Chemical Engineering Department, UCLA<br />
1996 - present Adjunct Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Catalunya, Spain<br />
1995- present Multimedia Enviros<strong>of</strong>t Corporation<br />
8/94-12/94 Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalunya, Spain<br />
1986-1990 Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - University <strong>of</strong> California, Los Angeles<br />
10/87-6/88 Visiting Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - Technion, Israel<br />
1981-1985 Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor - University <strong>of</strong> California Los Angeles<br />
1981-present<br />
Frequent service as advisor and consultant to industry<br />
on multimedia assessment and separation processes<br />
5/76-8/77 Research Associate, Department <strong>of</strong> Chemical Engineering,<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Toronto, Canada<br />
5/75-8/75 Emery Industries (Canada) Ltd., Toronto<br />
5/74-8/74 (Polyurethanes and catalytic hydrogenation)<br />
5/73-8/73 ECO-TEC Ltd., Toronto, Canada (Ion exchange)<br />
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:<br />
Period<br />
1981-<br />
present<br />
Teaching Experience<br />
University <strong>of</strong> California, Los Angeles:<br />
Undergraduate Courses<br />
Membrane science and technology, Separation Processes, Environmental<br />
Multimedia Assessment, Fluid Mechanics, Introduction to Chemical Engineering,<br />
Chemical Engineering Kinetics, Polymer Engineering, Polymer Chemistry,<br />
Thermodynamics, Mass Transfer, Computer Aided Process Design,<br />
Measurements laboratory.<br />
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