Ahmed Hassan
Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Ahmed Hassan has been teaching a wide range of undergraduate courses in聽the聽Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering聽at 杏吧原创 University聽since 2020. His teaching philosophy is grounded in the belief that students want to learn and that instructors play聽an important role聽in removing the barriers that make learning difficult.聽
Hassan鈥檚聽approach focuses on four key areas: fostering curiosity through clear learning聽objectives聽and assessments, humanizing the student-teacher relationship, continuously improving teaching practices through feedback聽and using technology to address logistical challenges. Hassan has led聽a number of聽technology-based teaching innovations, including the implementation of M枚bius for online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of Assign2 for the digital assessment of in-person paper-based exams.聽
Beyond the classroom, he is deeply engaged in student experience initiatives. His contributions include supervising design competition teams, overseeing the department鈥檚 first-year internship program and leading the department鈥檚 student experience committee.
Through his commitment to teaching innovation, student engagement and experiential learning opportunities, Hassan brings a strong student-centred perspective to initiatives focused on enhancing the聽student聽experience.