Yasser Hassan

Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor in Transportation Engineering

• B.Sc., M.Sc. (Cairo University, Egypt), Ph.D. (Carleton University), P.Eng.
• 3434 Mackenzie, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• yasser.hassan@carleton.ca
• 613-520-2600 ext 3393

Prof. Hassan’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Teaching Assignment 2024-2025

• ECOR 3800 Engineering Economics

Previous Teaching Assignments

• CIVE 3304 Transportation Engineering and Planning
• CIVE 4209 Highway Engineering
• CIVE 4303 Urban Planning
• CIVE 4400 Construction/Project Management
• CIVE 4918 Design Project
• CIVE 5308 Highway Geometric Design
• ECOR 2606 Numerical Methods
• ECOR 3800 Engineering Economics

Research Interests

Modelling of roadway alignments; interaction of highway infrastructure and connected, autonomous vehicles; effects of driver perception and behaviour; reducing collision risk; design consistency & traffic safety; probabilistic highway design.

Link to Researcher Profile – Scopus

Link to Researcher Profile – ORCID

Link to Researcher Profile – Web of Science

Professional Activities

• Member, Editorial Board:
  • International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, 2004-present.
• Associate Editor:
  • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2012-present.
• Guest Editor:
  • Special Issue: Vehicle Safe Motion in Mixed Vehicle Technologies Environment, World Electric Vehicle Journal (in progress).
  • Special Issue: Machine Learning in Transportation, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2019.
• Member:
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB, Committee on Performance Effects of Geometric Design (AKD10), 2020-present.
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB, Committee on Geometric Design (AFB10), 2018-2020.
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB, Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics (AHB65), 2007-2016.
  • Chief Engineers Council (Transportation Association of Canada), CEC, 2006-2008.
  • Professional Engineers Ontario, PEO, 2003-present.
• Chair:
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB, Subcommittee on Emerging and Crosscutting Topics – Effects of Geometric Design (AKD10(2)), 2020-present.
  • Transportation Division (Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE), 2006-2008.
  • Transportation Research Board, TRB, Subcommittee on Speed Effects (AHB65[2]), 2007-2009.

Honours and Awards

• 2022 Best Paper Award, 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, Transportation Research Board
• 2003 – 2004 Research Achievement Award, Carleton University
• 1997 Honourable Mention for the Keefer Medal for best paper, CSCE
• 1996 The Keefer Medal for best paper, CSCE (Canadian Society for Civil Engineering)
• 1994 The Earl Kee Award for best technical presentation by new authors in the 1994 annual conference of the CTAA (Canadian Technical Asphalt Association)