WELCOME
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DR. SAID EASA
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria St.,
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Tel: (416) 979-5000 Ex. 7868
Email: seasa@torontomu.ca
HIGHLIGHTS
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Dr. Easa is internationally
recognized as a leading scholar in his field, with ScholarGPS
ranking him #3 in transportation engineering and #7 in surveying. His
research encompasses a wide range of transportation areas, including
planning, design, operation, and management.
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He has published over 470
refereed journal articles and served as the editor of a bestselling book on
Urban Planning and Development Applications of GIS, published by the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is also an Associate Editor for the Journal
of Transportation Engineering and the Canadian Journal of Civil
Engineering.
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A Fellow of the Canadian Academy
of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society
for Civil Engineering (CSCE), he has held significant positions such as
President of the Online Network Enabled ITS Research Society and CSCE Vice-President.
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His leadership has extended
nationally and internationally, having led a national delegation to China,
judged the annual Canadian Consulting Engineering awards, and served on a
national grant selection committee. He has organized and chaired many conferences,
sponsored by ASCE, CSCE, and IAAM.
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His outstanding contributions to
the field have been recognized with numerous lifetime achievement awards,
including the Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award from ASCE
(2001), the Sandford Fleming Award from CSCE (2003), the Arthur M. Wellington
Prize from ASCE (2005), the Award of Academic Merit from the Transportation
Association of Canada (2010), and the IAAM Medal from the International
Association for Advanced Materials (2018).
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D.
M.Eng.
B.Sc.
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University of California at Berkeley
(Transportation)
McMaster University (Transportation)
Cairo University (Civil Engineering)
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1981
1976
1972
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MAJOR CAREER
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1972-74
1974-76
1976-78
1978-81
1982-86
1986-00
2000-
2000-2006
2010-2013
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Demonstrator, Surveying Engineering, Cairo
University, Cairo, Egypt
M.Eng. Study, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
Research Engineer, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
Ph.D. Study, University of California, Berkeley,
U.S.
Associate Professor, Lakehead University, Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada
Professor, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Ontario, Canada
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto
Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto
Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Director of Quality Assurance, FEAS, Toronto
Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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PUBLICATIONS
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Refereed
journal articles
Other
contributions
Citations
(Google Scholar)
h-index
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470
300
8,590
42
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Publications
(1991-present)
RESEARCH INTEREST
Road
safety and geometric design
Human
factors and ergonomics in transportation
Traffic
operations and management
Intelligent
transportation systems
Geomatics
engineering
Highway
drainage
Highway
materials
Asset
management
Education
PROFESSION
Society Membership
PEMAC
Asset Management Association of Canada
Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
International
Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM)
Professional
Engineers Ontario
Current Activities
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Associate
Editor:
Academic
Editor:
Associate Editor
Member
Member:
Member:
Member:
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Journal
of Transportation Engineering
Canadian
Journal of Civil Engineering
Infrastructures
Journal
Advisory
Board, Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Shaoxing University, China
International
Advisory Committee, Network of
International Center for Education (China), Fuzhou University
Editorial
Board, ISRN Civil Engineering Journal
Editorial
Board, Journal of Designs
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Past Activities
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President:
Associate Editor
Evaluator
Member:
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Leader:
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Online
Network Enabled ITS Research Society (ONE-ITS) (2015-2017)
Journal
of Surveying Engineering, ASCE
NSERC
Canada Research Chair 2 and Alliance program
Expert
Committee, Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Evaluation Group 1509, Natural Sciences and Research
Council of Canada (2011-2014)
Board of Directors, CSCE (1998-2009)
Steering
Committee, Updating TAC Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads
(20013-2017)
Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (2004-2008)
Jury of Annual Canadian Consulting Engineering
Awards (1992, 1994, 2004)
1st CSCE transportation conference, Edmonton, AB (1996)
2nd CSCE transportation conference, Halifax, NS
(1998)
3rd CSCE transportation conference, London, ON
(2000)
4th CSCE transportation conference, Montreal, QC
(2002)
5th CSCE transportation conference, Saskatoon, SK
(2004)
6th CSCE transportation conference, Toronto, ON
(2005)
CSCE 2nd nationwide discussion forum on
infrastructures, Toronto, ON (2001)
CSCE delegation to China/Pakistan on
"Sustainable transportation-land use planning" (1998)
ASCE specialty conference on "Transportation,
land use, and air quality" Portland, OR (1998)
Education Task Force, Consulting Engineers of Ontario
(2000-2002)
Council of the Chairs/Heads of Civil Engineering
Departments at Canadian Universities (2004-2005)
CSCE Program Coordinating Council (2005-2008)
CSCE Administration Coordinating Council
(2010-2011)
Publications Committee, CSCE
(1999-2003)
Transportation Division, CSCE
(1996-1998)
Urban Transportation Division, ASCE
(1998) Photo
Intermodal Committee, ASCE (2001-2006)
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AWARDS/HONOURS
International
Awards
2023 Best Presentation Award: A paper entitled “Road user’s rage:
Review and remedies” by Said Easa, Yubing Zheng, Yang
Ma, and Chenzhu Wang, International Conference on Psychology, held
on December 18-19, 2023 won was selected for the best
presentation award.
2023 Best Paper Award: A paper entitled “Merging control strategies of
connected and autonomous vehicles at freeway on-ramps: A comprehensive review,”
by J. Zhu, S. Easa, and K. Gao, Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles,
5(2), 2022 was selected for the 2022 Best Paper Award of the journal. The award
involves a certificate and a cash prize.
2021 Best Paper Award: A paper entitled “Modeling Vehicle Collision Instincts
over Road Midblock using Deep Learning,” by S. Patil, N. Raju, S. Arkatkar, and S. Easa won the Best Paper Award of the
traffic engineering track at the 8th International Conference on Transportation
Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM2021), held online in Kerala, India,
August 26-27, 2021.
2020 IAAM Fellow Award, Award was given by the International Association of Advanced Materials
(IAAM). The lecture was
entitled "Uncertainty-based
Superpave asphalt mix design.”
2020 IAAM Lecture Award, Award was
given to postdoc fellow Dr. V. Abolhasannejad by IAAM.
The lecture was entitled "Experimental evaluation of deformation of
transport infrastructures using image-based methods," by Abolhasannejad, Easa, Dong, Huang, and Li.
2018 IAAM Medal. The International
Association for Advanced Materials (over 50,000 members from 139 countries) has
honoured Dr. Said Easa with the IAAM Medal for 2018
for "notable and outstanding research in Advanced Materials Science &
Technology." The award was presented to Dr. Easa by IAAM Secretary-General
Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari at the award ceremony held at the European Advanced
Materials Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, August 20-23, 2018. Award
2018 Best Paper Award, Journal of Transportation Engineering: Part
A – Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers, for the paper entitled,
"Innovative roadside design curve of lateral clearance: roadway simple
horizontal curves." By You, Q. and Easa, S., 142(11), 2016.
2012 Thousand Talents Program award,
Government of China.
2009 Best Paper Award,
Operational Effects of Geometrics Committee, U.S. Transportation Research
Board. Award
2007 K.B. Woods Award Nominee, Award is given
each year by the U.S. Transportation Research Board for the best journal paper
in the area of design and construction.
2005 Arthur M. Wellington Prize, from the American Society
of Civil Engineers for the best paper on transportation on land, on water, in
air, or on closely related fields such as structural, geotechnical, and
environmental engineering. Award.
2004 Best Paper Award,
Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE.
2001 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award,
from the American Society of Civil Engineers in recognition of
"outstanding contributions to ASCE and the transportation profession
throughout his career at national and local levels both professionally and as
an academician." Award
Honours
2024 Worldwide High Ranking
Scholars by ScholarGPS (lifetime):
#3 (transportation
engineering) and
#7 (surveying). The ranking is
based on the publication record, the high impact of work, and the
outstanding quality of scholarly contributions.
2023 Editor’s Choice, Journal paper featured in the Editor’s Choice
section of the J. Transportation Engineering - Part A: Systems page in the ASCE
Library
https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs. The paper is entitled
“Traffic Density Estimation Methods for Uninterrupted Roadway Facilities:
Review and Guidelines,” J Transp. Eng., 149(2), 2023 by P. Kumar, S. Arkatkar, G. Joshi, and S. Easa, DOI:
10.1061/JTEPBS.TEENG-6674
2023 Editor’s Choice, Journal paper featured in the Editor’s Choice
section of the J. Transportation Engineering - Part A: Systems page in the ASCE
Library https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs. The paper is entitled “Effect
of Construction Work Zone on Rear-End Conflicts by Vehicle Type under
Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions,” J Transp. Eng., 149(4), 2023 by O. Bidkar,
S. Arkatkar, G. Joshi, and S.M. Easa.
2022 Featured Paper. A paper entitled, “Performance Evaluation of Carrying
Capacity of Prestressed Bearers for Railway Turnouts Using Laboratory
Experiments in Vietnam,” by T.A.Dung
and S. M. Easa was selected as the Featured Paper in the cover of an issue of
the Infrastructures Journal, 2022, 7(11), 151, 2022.
2021 Featured Paper. A paper entitled “Intersection Sight Distance
Characteristics of Turbo Roundabouts” by A Salwan, S. Easa, N Raju, and S. Arkatkar was selected as the Featured Paper on the cover of
an issue of the Designs Journal, 5, 2021.
2021 International Academic Chair, 6th International Conference
on Electromechanical Control Technology and Transportation (ICECTT 2021), held
in Chongqing, China, May 14-16, 2021. The conference was organized by the
Academic Exchange International Center and co-organized by more than ten
universities in China. The conference attracted nearly 300 experts, teachers,
and students from more than 40 universities and scientific and technological
enterprises.
2020
Featured Paper. A paper entitled, “Reliability Analysis of Intersection Sight Distance at
Roundabouts,” by S. Easa, Y. Ma, S. Liu, Y. Yanqun,
and S. Arkatkar
was selected as the Featured Paper on the cover of a special issue of the
Infrastructures Journal, 5(8), 2020.
2020 Featured Paper. A
paper entitled “Optimal Speed Plan for the
Overtaking of Autonomous Vehicles on Two-Lane Highways,” by M. Diachuk and S. Easa was selected as the Featured Paper on the
cover of a special issue of the Infrastructures Journal, 5(8), 2020.
2020 Featured Paper. A paper entitled
“Performance-Based Analysis in Civil Engineering: Overview of Applications,” by
S. Easa and W. Yan was selected as the Featured Paper in a special issue of the
Infrastructures Journal, 4(2), 28, 1-41, 2019. The issue includes 21 research
papers and one review paper. The special issue is guest-edited by Dr. Pedro
Arias-Sánchez (Editor-in-Chief) and Dr. Susana Lagüela
López.
2019 Editor’s Choice, Journal paper featured in the Editor’s Choice
section of the Journal of Transportation Engineering - Part A: Systems page in
the ASCE Library https//:www.ascelibrary.org/journals/jtepbs. The paper is entitled “Real-time
Visualization Method for Estimating 3D Highway Sight Distance Using LiDAR
Data,” Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE, 145(4), April 2019 by Yang
Ma, Yubing Zhang, Jianchuan
Cheng, and Said Easa, DOI: 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000228
2019 Featured Paper. A paper
entitled “Performance-Based Analysis in Civil Engineering: Overview of
Applications,” by S. Easa and W. Yan was selected as the Featured Paper in a
special issue of the Infrastructures Journal, 4(2), 28, 1-41, 2019. The issue
includes 21 research papers and one review paper. The special issue is
guest-edited by Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez (Editor-in-Chief) and Dr. Susana Lagüela López.
2019 Invited Delegate. Invited by the
Government of China to attend the ceremony of the National Anniversary of the
Founding of China, held in Great Hall, Beijing, China, September 26-29. One
major event attended was the seminar on “China Science and Technology
Innovation Policy.”
2019 Member, Advisory Board. The
activities include: If you serve on the Advisory Board, you can help us on the
following aspects: (1) advising on journal policy, development strategies, and
promotion. (2) being invited to make preliminary checks and the final decision
for the submissions falling in my area of expertise, (3) proposing and serving
as guest editor of Special Issues, and (4) helping to promote the journal at
scientific conferences and through other venues.
2018 Honorary Chair,
Academic Committee, Digital Fujian Intelligent Transportation Technology
Laboratory of Internet of Things
2015 Honourary Chair,
Department of Transportation Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian, China.
National
2022 External Reviewer: Canada Research Chairs (CRC
II).
2017 Best Paper Award, General
Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, held in Vancouver, Canada,
for the paper entitled “Proposed Passing Collision Warning System for Two-Lane
Highways,” was co-authored by U. Hassein, M. Diachuk, and S. Easa.
2011 Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Engineering. Award
2010 Award of Academic Merit from Transportation
Association of Canada “in recognition of his long-term contribution to the
advancement of the academic field and to the development of tomorrow's
transportation leaders.” Award
2010 James A. Vance Award, from Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in
recognition of outstanding contributions towards the advancement of the
Society. Award
2010 Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada. Award
2003 Sandford Fleming Award, from Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering in recognition of "outstanding
contributions to the development and practice of transportation engineering in
Canada." Award
1998 Speaker, National Lecture Tour on
"Smart-human centred road safety system," conducted in 12 cities
across Canada, sponsored by CSCE.
1997 Keefer Medal (Honorable mention),
CSCE, for best runner-up journal paper.
1995 Keefer Medal, CSCE, for best journal
paper. Award
1994 Fellow, Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering.
1994 Earl Kee Award, Canadian
Technical Asphalt Association, for best paper presented by a new author, CTAA
conference, Regina, SK.
Regional/Internal
2017 Top 150 Alumni of
Outstanding McMaster Engineering Graduates, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario.
2013 Provost’s Innovative
Teaching Award, Toronto Metropolitan University.
2010 Dean's Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering,
Architecture and Science, Toronto Metropolitan University.
2009 Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of
Engineering, Architecture and Science, Toronto Metropolitan University. Award
2006 40/40 Research Stars Award, from
Lakehead University, in recognition of research excellence. Award
2006 Faculty
Merit Award for Teaching, Research and Service, Toronto Metropolitan
University (also in 2007).
2005 Sarwan Sahota
Distinguished Scholar Award, Toronto Metropolitan University, for
outstanding contributions to SRC activities.
2004 Research Excellence Award, TMU's
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
2001 Chair/Director Merit Award, Toronto Metropolitan University.(also in 2002, 2003).
1998 Contributions to Research Award, Lakehead
University.
1991 Distinguished Researcher Award,
Lakehead University.
1991 Award for exceptional teaching and research
performance, Lakehead
University (also in 1985, 1988).
Keynote Speaker
2023 Keynote Speaker: "Emerging Technologies for
Various Transportation Modes: Review and Comparison," International Conference on SmartRail, Traffic, and Transportation Engineering, July 28-30, 2023, Changsha, China
2023 Keynote Speaker: "Advances in Railway Geometric Design,"
The 8th International Conference on Electromechanical Control Technology and
Transportation, May 19, 2023, Hangzhou, China
2022 Keynote Speaker: Emerging Technology Applications in Railway Industry,
November 25, 2022. The 2nd International Conference on Information Control,
Electrical Engineering, and Rail transit. Hosted by Central South University,
China, sponsored by EAIC.
2022 Keynote Speaker: Emerging Technology Applications in Maritime Industry,
November 2022, The 10th International MELAHA
Conference, Egypt, sponsored by the Arab Institute of Navigation
2022 Keynote Speaker: International e-Conference: Sustainable Development and
Recent Trends in Civil Engineering (ICSDRT-2022), held in New Delhi, India,
January 4-5, 2022, sponsored by Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology
& Management. The presentation is entitled "Sustainability in Civil
Engineering: Advances and Innovations."
2022 Keynote Speaker: The 20th and 21st joint COTA International Conference of
Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2020-21), December 17-20, 2021, sponsored
by Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) and Chang'an
University. The presentation is entitled "Novel Highway Geometric Design
Elements: An Overview."
2021 Keynote Speaker, 8th International Conference on Transportation Systems
Engineering and Management (CTSEM2021), held online in Kerala, India, August
26-27, 2021. The presentation is entitled “Highway landscaping design is
more than visual: Integrating four human senses.”
2021 Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Intelligent Infrastructure in
Transportation and Management (i-TRAM), July 10-11,
2021, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The presentation is entitled “Advances and
Innovations in Intelligent Transportation Infrastructures.”
2021 Keynote Speaker, 6th International Conference on Electromechanical Control
Technology and Transportation (ICECTT 2021), Chongqing, China, May 14-16, 2021.
The presentation is entitled "Reliability Analysis in Transportation:
Overview and Current Gaps.”
2020 Keynote Speaker, International
Conference on Smart City Engineering and Public Transportation, held in
Guangzhou, China, March 28, 2020 (online). The presentation is entitled
"Smart Cities Require Smart Public Transportation Systems.”
2020 Webinar Lecturer to Transportation Research Group India
presented a webinar lecture entitled "Discerning Driver Behavior for
Traffic-Flow Applications using Vehicular Trajectories" to TRG India (126
attendees). This lecture addressed recent developments in trajectory data for
heterogeneous traffic. The webinar is primarily targeted at generating interest
among researchers, especially doctoral and master students.
2019 Keynote Speaker, International
Academic Exchange Conference on Science and Technology Innovation, held in
Guangzhou, China, December 20-22, 2019. The presentation is entitled
"Smart Cities: Developments and Challenges
2019 Keynote Speaker, International
Symposium for Graduate Students in Civil Engineering and the National Civil
Engineering Forum for Graduate Students, held at Fuzhou University, December
13-14, 2019. The presentation is entitled "Developments and Challenges of
Smart Civil Engineering Systems.”
2019 Keynote Speaker, International
Conference on Intelligent Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, which will be
held in Chongqing, China, December 6-8, 2019. The title of the speech is
"Smart Transportation Systems: Challenges and Opportunities."
Awards
to Students Supervised
2022 First Place,
Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Student Presentation
Competition (Toronto, Hamilton, and Southwestern Ontario section), to capstone
group (D. Rege, D. Seneviratna, T. Hassan, and V.
Puvanendran). Project title: “Collision Reduction Strategies for a Rural
Arterial with a Reverse Curve at an Intersection.” Faculty Advisors: Drs. S.
Easa and S. Arkatkar, Industry Clients: H. Esmaeeli, M. Rataul, and S. Alkarawi.
2021 Third Place,
CSCE Undergraduate Student Presentation Competition, Transportation Specialty
Conference, Annual Conference of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE),
held virtually during May 26-29, 2021. Paper title: "Selection and
Evaluation of Three Miovision Smart City
Intersections Across Niagara Region." Capstone group: Neil Gobin, Michelle
Ngyuen, Michelle Yip, Rahmah Tariq, and Jasmine Puthoor.
Industry Client: Sulaf Alkarawi and Manny Rataul (Municipality of Niagara). Advisors: Said Easa and
Essam Dabbour.
2021 First Place,
CSCE Undergraduate Student Presentation Competition, Transportation Specialty
Conference, Annual Conference of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE),
held virtually during May 26-29, 2021. Paper title: "Evaluating
Improvements to All-Way Stop Controlled Intersection: Case Study in
Niagara-on-the-Lake." Capstone group: Natalie Farag, Farah Choudhury,
Yichen Cao, Diana Ponce, and Christine Del Rosario. Industry Client: Sulaf Alkarawi and Manny Rataul
(Municipality of Niagara). Advisors: Said Easa and Shriniwas
Arkatkar.
2021 First Place,
Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Student Presentation
Competition (Toronto, Hamilton, and Southwestern Ontario section), to capstone group
(N. Farag, Y. Cao, F. Choudhury, C. Del Rosario, and D. Ponce). Project title:
“Design of Roundabout to Replace All-Way Stop Controlled Intersection: Case
Study in Niagara-On-The-Lake.” Faculty Advisors: Drs. S. Easa and S. Arkatkar, Industry Clients: S. Alkarawi
and M. Rataul.
2018 Runnerup,
ITS Canada 2018 Student Essay Award, to Amrutha Purakkat (Master's student
supervised by Dr. Easa), for her article "Smart and Green
Infrastructure." The award included a cash prize and a certificate.
2017 Best
Poster Award, TMU’s Engineering and Architectural Day, for a project entitled
“Detailed design of a residential subdivision” by capstone group (J. Battison,
J. Cesario, D. Zaunna, A. Mazaharally, and D. Pham), April 28, 2017 (Project
advisors: Drs. S. Easa and G. Luk).
2014 Best Paper Award, International
Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management, held in Dubai, UAE, November 26-27, for the
paper entitled “Improved methods for superelevation
distribution: I. Single curve,” by U. Hassein, S. Easa, and K. Raahemifar.
2012 Second Place, CSCE
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, to undergraduate students M. Bari and others (Research supervised by Dr.
S. Easa and Heather Nottbeck and Tom Hewitt of MTO).
2012 Third Place, ITE Student Competition, Southern Ontario
section, to undergraduate students M. Bari and others (Research supervised by
Dr. S. Easa and Heather Nottbeck and Tom Hewitt of MTO).
2012 Third Place, the 2012 AOLS Graduate Student Poster
Competition, Ottawa, to graduate student
W. Yan (Research supervised by Drs. A. Shaker and S. Easa).
2011 Second Place, ITE Student
Competition, Southern Ontario section, to graduate student W. Yan (Research
supervised by Drs. A. Shaker and S. Easa).
2011 Third Place, ITE Competition,
Southern Ontario section, to undergraduate students R. Khan and others
(Research supervised by Dr. S. Easa, S. Hagag, and A. Seegobin).
2010 Fourth Place, the 2010 AOLS Graduate Student
Poster Competition, Huntsville, to graduate student W. Yan (Research supervised
by Drs. A. Shaker and S. Easa).
2010 First Place, CSCE Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, to
undergraduate students A. Hoang et al. (co-supervisors: Dr. S. Easa and
D. Lynch).
2010 First Place, ITE Competition,
Southern Ontario section, to undergraduate students J. McColm and others
(Research supervised by Dr. S. Easa and D. Lynch).
2009 NSERC Innovation Challenge Award,
Internal award to E. Dabbour for innovation in Ph.D. thesis research with
commercial potential (Supervisor: Dr. S. Easa)
2009 First Place, the 2009 AOLS Graduate
Student Poster Competition, Toronto, to graduate student W. Yan (Research
supervised by Drs. A. Shaker and S. Easa).
2008 First Place, CSCE Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, to undergraduate students S. Syed, P.
Bayani, and B. James, (co-supervisors: Dr. S. Easa and J. Arcaro).
2008 First Place, TAC Student Paper Award, to graduate student Narayan
Shrestha (paper co-authored by Drs. M. Shehata, S. Easa,
and others),
2002 First Place, CSCE Transportation
Undergraduate Project Competition, to Dale Lynch, sponsored by CSCE
(supervisor: Dr. S. Easa).
2002 First Prize, Ph.D. category (Jim
Davey Award), from Canadian Transportation Research Forum, to Joanne
Pagani (co-supervisors: Drs. A. Halim and S. Easa).
2002 Senate medal for outstanding achievements in
Ph.D. studies, to Joanne Pagani (co-supervisors: Drs. A. Halim and S.
Easa), Carleton University.
High
School National Awards/Honours
1966 First Place, High School
Competition on Theory and Application of Socialism, Province of Cairo, Egypt,
award presented by Deputy Minister of Education and Cairo Governor (2,461
participants). Photo
1967 Second Place,
High School Competition on Theory and Application of Socialism, Province of
Cairo, Egypt, award presented by Deputy Minister of Education and Cairo
Governor (14,014 participants). Photo
1967 National Youth Delegation to Cyprus, photo with President
Mikhail Makarios III. Photo
HOBBIES
Playing organ Photo
Playing soccer and
tennis Photo
Enjoying nature
