1. - CV: Amin Nawahda
Assistant Professor
Civil/ Environmental Engineering
Al-Bierh, Ramallah, Palestine
Tel.: (+970) 2-2950798
Mobile: (+970) 59 5076528
E-mail: amin.nawahdah@gmail.com
RG:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amin_Nawahda
Education:
Degree University, Department
PhD Kyoto University, Civil Engineering; 2001 – 2005, Japan.
MSc Birzeit University, Water Engineering; 1997 – 1999, Palestine.
BSc Birzeit University, Mechanical Engineering; 1992 – 1997, Palestine.
Work Experience:
Title Period Place Country
Asst. Prof. Feb, 2016 – Aug, 2016 Chemical and Mechanical
Departments,Faculty of
Engineering, Sohar
University.
Oman
Asst. Prof Jan, 2013 – Jan, 2016 Environmental Research
Center (ERC), Sohar
University.
Oman
Researcher Nov,2009- Nov,2012 Asia Center for Air Pollution
Research (ACAP).
Japan
Coordinator Jul, 2007- Dec,2009 Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Palestine
Postdoctor
Researcher
Jun, 2005 - Jun, 2007 Research Center for Chemical
Risk Management, Advanced
Industrial Science &
Technology (AIST).
Japan
Research
Collaborator
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2005 Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature
(RIHN),Kyoto University.
Japan
Research
Assistant
Jun, 2004 - Mar, 2005 Kyoto University, Disaster
Prevention Research Institute
(DPRI).
Japan
Researcher
and Part-Time
Instructor
Apr, 2000 - Aug, 2001 Birzeit University, Faculty of
Engineering and Master
Program in Water
Engineering.
Palestine
Trainer/Instru
ctor
Sep, 1998 - Sep, 1999 Lutheran World Federation
Vocational Institute.
Palestine

2. Mechanical
Engineer
Jul, 1997- Aug, 1998 ITQAN Engineering Office. Palestine
Publications:
I- Papers:
- Martins I., Nawahda A., Eran E., Real-time vehicle type recognition and counting
system using HOG, HOG SURF points and region features. International Journal
of Computer Vision & Signal Processing. (Accepted).
- Nawahda A., The association between the annual increase of surface
ozone levels in Japan and the industrial emission from China from 2000
to 2009. Int J Earth Environ Sci 2016, 1: 105,
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/ijees/2016/105.
- Nawahda A., An assessment of adding value of traffic information and other
attributes as part of its classifiers in a data mining tool set for predicting
surface ozone levels. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 99, 149–158.
2106. DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2015.11.004.
- Nawahda A., Ozone monitoring using Differential Optical Absorption
Spectroscopy (DOAS) and UV photometry instruments in Sohar, Oman.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(8):485. 2015. DOI:
10.1007/s10661-015-4706-0.
- Nawahda A., Monitoring the temporal variations of PM2.5 and gases close to
the highway in Sohar, Oman. International Journal of Environmental Studies.
2015. 72 (4), 685-695 .DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2015.1057963
- Nawahda A., Effect of ozone on the relative yield of rice crop in Japan
evaluated based on monitored concentrations. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution.
225:1797, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1797-5.
- Nawahda A., et al., Premature mortality in Japan due to ozone. Atmospheric
Environment. 81, 538–545. 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.049
- Nawahda A., The association of PM2.5 and surface ozone with asthma
prevalence among school children in Japan: 2006-2009. Health, 5 (10B), 1-7.
2013. DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510A2001
- Nawahda A. et al., Evaluation of the effect of surface ozone on main crops in
East Asia: 2000, 2005, 2020. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 224 (5). 2013. DOI:
10.1007/s11270-013-1537-x.
- Nawahda A., Reductions of PM2.5 Air Concentrations and Possible Effects on
Premature Mortality in Japan. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 224 (4). 2013. DOI:
10.1007/s11270-013-1508-2.
- Nawahda A., Comments on " Global crop yield reductions due to surface ozone
exposure: 1.year 2000 potential crop production losses and economic damage

3. under two scenarios of O3 pollution " and " Global crop yield reductions due
to surface ozone exposure: 1.year 2030 potential crop production losses and
economic damage under two scenarios of O3 pollution. By Shiri Avnery,
Denise L. Mauzerall, Junfeng Liu, Lary W. Horowitz" [Atmospheric
Environment, 45, 2284-2296 and Atmospheric Environment, 45, 2297-2309.].
Atmospheric Environment. 71(2013), 408-409.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.045.
- Nawahda A. and Yamashita K., The effects of ground level ozone on
vegetation: case of spatial variability of crops in China. International Journal
of Society Systems Science (IJSSS). 5(1), 2013.
- Nawahda A. et al., Evaluation of premature mortality caused by exposure to
PM2.5 and ozone in East Asia: 2000, 2005, 2020. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution.
223 (6), 3445-3459, 2012. DOI 10.1007/s11270-012-1123-7.
- Nawahda A. and Shanti S., Sustainable water resources development in the
thirsty lands: water resource development in the lowest place in the world;
Jericho. Plurimondi .IV, 7, 147-155, 2010.
- Yamashita k., Nawahda A., Ohara T., Kurokawa J., Research on science-policy
interaction in the atmospheric environmental management in East Asia.
Society for Risk Analysis Japan (SRA), 34, 17. 2010. (in Japanese).
- Nawahda A., Comments on 'A distributed surface flow model for watersheds
with large water bodies and channel loops’ [Qiang Luo, J. Hydrol. 337 (2007)
172 186]. Journal of Hydrology, 346, Issue 3-4, 169-170. 2008.
- Nawahda A., Tokai A., Estimation of antimony concentration in riverine system
for ecological risk assessment. Environ. Technol. 28(10), 1187-94. 2007.
- Nawahda A., Kojiri T., Kaihotsu I., Distributed Runoff Model Linking Surface
with Groundwater Processes Using Integrated HBEAM, Japan Society of
Hydrology and Water Resources. 18(3), 293-305. 2005.
- Nawahda A., Kojiri T., Ikebutchi Kaihatsu S., Distributed Runoff Model Linking
Surface with Groundwater Processes, Annuals of Disas. Prev. Res. Inst., Kyoto
Univ., No. 47 C, 2004.
Books:
-Review on the state of air pollution in East Asia. Acid Deposition Monitoring
Network in East Asia (EANET). Contribution in Chapter 3, 2015.

4. Conferences:
- Nawahda A., Comparison between Open-Path and Point Air Quality
Monitoring: the Case of Ozone Monitoring by a DOAS Instrument. Annual
Conference on Engineering and Technology, Nov 4-6, 2015, Nagoya, Japan.
- Nawahda A., Characterization of summertime highway gas emissions with
DOAS system in Sohar City, Oman. The 4th International Congress on
Engineering and Information (ICEAI 2015), May 07-09, 2015, Kyoto, Japan.
- Nawahda A., The Application of Machine Learning for Predicting the
Concentration of Ozone across Sohar Highway in Oman, Tokyo International
Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences (TICEAS 2014) , Tokyo, Japan.
December 16-19, 2014.
- Nawahda A., Annual increase in surface ozone concentration in prefectures
near the Sea of Japan. The International Congress on Chemical, Biological and
Environmental Sciences (ICCBES 2014), Kyoto, Japan, May 7-9, 2014.
(Environmental session chair).
- Nawahda A., Yamashita K., et al., The burden of premature mortality in East
Asia due to PM2.5 and ozone. 54th Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment
(JSAE) Annual Meeting. Niigata, Japan (2013).
- F. Chen, K. Yamashita, A. Nawahda, T. Oharac, J. Kurokawa , K. Yamaji.
Premature mortality and economic loss analysis for surface ozone and PM2.5
in East Asia. Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality (ASAAQ)
conference. 3~5 June 2013 in Seoul, Korea.
- Nawahda A., Yamashita K., et al. Surface ozone caused excess mortality analysis
based on monitored and simulated concentrations in Japan. Air Pollution 2012,
Spain, 2012.
- Nawahda A. et al. Evaluation of premature mortality caused by exposure to
PM2.5 and ozone in East Asia: 2000, 2005, 2020. International Workshop on
Strengthening the International Cooperation Framework and Science-Policy
Interface to Promote Air Pollution Control in East Asia. Yokohama, Japan, 2012.
- Nawahda A. and Yamashita K., Variation of Monitored Ground Level Ozone in
Urban and Remote Sites: Correlations with Chemical Species and
Meteorological Parameters. Air Quality VIII Conference, Virginia, US, 2011.
- Nawahda A., and Yamashita K., Effect of ground level zone and PM2.5 on
human health in East Asia: 2000, 2005, 2020. Acid Rain 2011 International
Conference, China, 2011.
- Yamashita K., and Nawahda A., Impact of ozone and aerosols on human health
and crops in East Asia: 2000,2005, 2020. International Experts Workshop on

5. International Framework and Co-benefits Approach to Promote Air Pollution
Control in East Asia 2011. Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES),
Japan, 2011.
- Nawahda A. and Shanti S., Future challenge for wood utilization in sustainable
environmental planning. The 177th Symposium on Sustainable Human sphere
Wood Culture and Science Kyoto 2011(WCS Kyoto2011) Kyoto University, Japan,
2011.
- Shanti S., Nawahda A., Wood Lattice Work in Islamic Architecture
“moucharaby”. The 177th Symposium on Sustainable Human sphere Wood
Culture and Science Kyoto 2011(WCS Kyoto2011) Kyoto University, Japan, 2011.
- Nawahda A., S7-3-3: Study on the effective /efficient policies based on science
on the atmospheric management in East Asia (Inter-linkage of science and
policy): A study on target of reduction for air pollutants. Japan Ministry of
Environment- Institute of Global Environmental Studies (IGES)-International
Expert Workshop. Japan, 2010.
- Nawahda A., The impact of routing techniques in distributed hydrological
modelling, 2nd International Conference on Water values and rights, Palestine,
2009 1:9.
- Shanti S., Nawahda A., Impacts of urban decay on the environment: The case of
Qalqilia City, 2nd International Conference on the Palestinian Environment,
Alnajah University. Palestine, 2009.
- Nawahda A., Assessment of semi-aerobic solid waste treatment in Jericho-
Fukuoka Method, Solid waste management in Palestine. Palestine University of
Polytechnic, Palestine, 2009.
- Nawahda A., Tokai A., Integration of ecoinformatics and hydroinformatics in
spatial and temporal hydrological modelling (STHM). International
Multidisciplinary Conference on: Hydrology and Ecology: The Groundwater/
Ecology Connection, Carlsbad, Czech, 11-14, September 2006.
- Nawahda A., Kojiri T., Integrated hydrological watershed modeling including
spatiotemporal hydrological parameterization, 6th International Conference on
Hydroinformatics. Vol. 2, pp. 1019-1026, Singapore, 2004.
- Fujinawa K., Nawahda A., Kojiri T., An integrated surface runoff-groundwater
model to predict the impact of global climate change on water resources,
Proceedings of the Kick-Off Workshop for the Research Project (ICCAP),
University of Cukurova. Turkey, 2002.
- Al-Sae’d R., Zimmo M., Mahmud N., Mimi Z., Nawahda A., Hashlamoun W.,
New developments in decentralized sanitation systems for Palestinian rural
communities, Inco-Med Water Conference, Jordan, 2001.
- Nawahda A., Al-Sae’d R., Process performance enhancement of Jericho Water
Treatment Plant in Palestine, Innovations in Conventional and Advanced Water
Treatment Processes Conference, The Netherlands, 2000.

6. Teaching experience:
- Fluid mechanics
- Applied mechanics.
- Engineering drawings using AutoCAD
- Plumping and HVAC
Languages:
Arabic (mother language), English, and Japanese.
Computer skills:
Programming: FORTRAN.
Word processing: MS-Office
Applications: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Stata,SPSS, CMAQ, WRF
Memberships:
-Academic Editor of Journal of Science Research and Reports.
(http://www.sciencedomain.org/editorial-board-members.php?id=22)
-Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Ecological Science and
Environmental Engineering- American Association of Science and Technology.
(http://www.aascit.org/journal/editorial?journalId=904)
-Member of Reviewer Board of the International Journal of Earth Science and Geophysics.
(http://vibgyorpublishers.org/journals/International-Journal-of-Earth-Science-and-Geophysics.php)
-Associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Science and Toxicology (JREST).
-Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences.
(http://www.graphyonline.com/journal/journal_editorial_board.php?journalid=IJEES#).
- Member of Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Society, Japan.
- Member of Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia).
- Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).
- Member of the Association of Engineers, Jordan.
List of receivedresearchgrants:
1-Project Title: Smart System for Industrial Air Pollution, Monitoring,
Prediction and Management Framework.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Budget: around 0.8 Million US$
Period: Nov., 2012 – Nov. 2015.

7. Source of fund: The Research Council of Oman (TRC).
Grant number: ORG SU EBR 12 013
Website: https://home.trc.gov.om/tabid/40/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Awards:
- Winner of Envimets Air Quality monitoring completion.
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Scholarship: PhD
scholarship at Kyoto University, Japan, 2001-2005.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral fellowship at the National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan,2005-2007.
- The 177th Symposium on sustainable human sphere wood culture and science Kyoto
2011(WCS Kyoto2011) scholarship, Kyoto University, Japan, 2011.
Scientific researchcollaboration:
- Research collaboration with University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, Prof. James J. Schauer,
PM2.5 analysis. 2016, March –now.
- Associate Advisor, School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, Research
Higher Degree Candidates (PhD & MPhil), University of Queensland, Australia, 2014-
now.
- Associate Advisor, Loughborough University, UK, Oct., 2013 – now.
- USEPA (US-Environmental Protection Agency): effects of transboundary air pollution on
human health assessment,2010.
- Princeton University, USA: PM2.5 and ozone environmental risk assessment in East
Asia, 2010.
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria: prospective for
Asian emissions and inventory for 2030, 2010.
- Uppsala University,Sweden:approaches in environmental education, 2010.
- Stockholm-Uppsala Air Quality Management Association (KSL), Sweden: air
pollution management in Sweden, 2010.
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden: atmospheric management in Europe
and Asia, 2010.
- World Bank, Middle East and North Africa Region, Sustainable Development in West
Bank and Gaza: assessment of restrictions on Palestinian water sector development, 2009.
- GTZ-Germany, Palestine: monitoring Palestinian Water Programme Experimental Phase
2006-2009, 2009.
- JICA-Japan, Palestine: 1st Stakeholder Meeting for Environmental Impact Assessment for
the Feasibility Study on Agro-industrial Park Development in the Jordan River Rift
Valley, 2008.
Trainings:
-
Period Course Institute Country
Dec,8-10
2013
Satellite and ground
observation and modeling of
atmospheric dust, 3rd
Sultan Qabus University Oman

8. Training Course on WMO
SDS-WAS products
2011 Practicalepidemiology National Institute of Public
Health (NIPH)
Japan
2011 Statistical applications in
Epidemiology
National Institute of Public
Health (NIPH)
Japan
2011 Atmospheric modeling using
WRF/CMAQ
Asia Center for Air Pollution
Research (ACAP) and World
Meteorology Organization
(WMO)
Japan
2009 Procurement guidelines JICA Jordan
2000 GIS CDG-Germany Morocco
1999 Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA)
Engineering Association Jordan