Ahmed Hassan
Professor Ahmed Hassan has been teaching a wide range of topics in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering to students at all levels of their undergraduate studies since 2020. Ahmed’s teaching philosophy is built on the belief that students inherently want to learn, and an instructor’s role is to remove what he defines as learning hurdles. He aims to do this through 4 avenues: sparking student curiosity through well defined and designed learning objectives and assessments, through humanizing the student-teacher interaction, through a process of continuous pedagogical improvement based on feedback and using technology to overcome logistical challenges.
During his time at Carleton, Ahmed has led multiple technology-based teaching innovation initiatives including the use of Mobius for online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the use of Assign2 for digital assessment of in-person paper-based exams. Outside the classroom, Ahmed is very heavily involved with student experience initiatives and activities such as supervision of design competition teams, overseeing the department’s first year internship program, and overseeing the department’s student experience committee.
Through his efforts and initiatives, Ahmed has won the New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Future Learning Innovation Fellowship, and the Professional Achievement Award for Instructor Employees.