Mechanics Knowledge Enhanced with Videos Illustrating Concepts Experienced with Hands-on Activities

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is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she continuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also responsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at the department to target areas for improvement in the curriculum. This resulted in several publications in this educational research areas. Dr. Al-Hammoud won the "Ameet and Meena Chakma award for exceptional teaching by a student" in 2014 and the "Engineering Society Teaching Award" in 2016 and the "Outstanding Performance Award" in 2018 from University of Waterloo. Her students regard her as an innovative teacher who continuously introduces new ideas to the classroom that increases their engagement.

Constructing Community Learning Opportunities to Reduce Attrition Against Women in Engineering

“…Students were required to use these models to teach their concepts to the middle school students and reference their model in all three parts of the project. To help students learn and understand the models, videos developed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were shared with them [11] [12]. The Models that were included in this project includes: Arches, Dams and Retaining Walls, Suspension Bridges, Multi Force Bodies, Culverts and Silos, and Gothic Cathedrals.…”