2013

Fall, 2013

*Extracted from citation of award ceremony

Dr. Aiman Hanna
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Engineering and Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award 2013

Dr. Aiman Hanna has taught more than one hundred Computer Science and Software Engineering courses during the last twenty years. He has taught for both the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; he has covered a wide variety of topics; and he has proposed new courses. Aiman has won two previous awards for teaching excellence, one from the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science in 1999 and one from the Concordia Council on Student Life in 2001. Dr. Hanna's research is concerned with computer security, an indisputably “hot topic” today.

Throughout his teaching career, Aiman has obtained extremely positive responses from students. Coming to Concordia from industry, he takes Concordia's slogan ? Real Education for the Real World ? very seriously. He motivates students by discussing real problems and linking their solutions to course material. Aiman keeps up-to-date with educational technology and was one of the first teachers in the Faculty to provide special web pages for each of his courses. Today, he makes extensive use of the vast resources of the internet, searching for the most relevant and high-quality information available. Dedicated to the improvement of not only his own teaching, but also of teaching practices in general, Aiman has participated in committees and workshops for both the Faculty and the Centre for Teaching and Learning Services. He has served as a mentor for part-time instructors and junior faculty members.

It is appropriate to conclude this brief survey of Dr. Aiman Hanna's achievements at Concordia with his own words: he is the people's professor and the people's colleague. We thank you, Dr. Hanna.