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Prof. Yasser Hassan, Prof. Liam O’Brien, and Prof. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison Among the World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scholars

Published on November 7, 2025

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Congratulations to Professors Liam O’Brien, Yasser Hassan, and Ian Beausoleil-Morrison for being among the world’s top 2% most cited-scholars.

Prof. Yasser Hassan, a Transportation Engineering Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is a top researcher for Logistics & Transportation topics. Prof. Hassan’s research interests include:
鈥� Modelling of roadway alignments;
鈥� Interaction of highway infrastructure and connected
鈥� Autonomous vehicles;
鈥� Effects of driver perception and behaviour;
鈥� Reducing collision risk;
鈥� Design consistency & traffic safety;
鈥� Probabilistic highway design.

Prof. Liam O’Brien, a Building Engineering Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is a top researcher for Building & Construction topic. Prof. O’Brien’s research interests include:
鈥� Design for building occupants and behaviour
鈥� Building performance 鈥� comfort and energy
鈥� Smart buildings and big data
鈥� Building field studies and post-occupancy evaluations
鈥� Building simulation, design, and data visualization
鈥� High performance solar buildings
鈥� Building automation systems
鈥� Daylighting and solar control
鈥� Urban form and solar energy access
鈥� Facilities management

Prof. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, is a cross-listed with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prof. Beausoleil-Morrison’s research interests include:
鈥� Solar housing,
鈥� Micro-cogeneration,
鈥� Seasonal storage of solar thermal energy,
鈥� Understanding and controlling for occupant behaviour

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