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Prof. Maguid Hassan earned his Ph.D. in Structural Reliability from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He participated in the establishment of civil engineering programs at several private higher education establishments in Egypt. He was awarded a Fulbright teaching/research grant in 2004, during which he taught structural engineering courses at the University of Maryland, College Park, and conducted research.

Prof. Hassan joined the British University in Egypt (BUE) in 2006 to establish the Civil Engineering Department. In September 2013, he was appointed the associate dean for research, postgraduate studies, and community services. In November 2014, he was appointed the dean of engineering. Prof. Hassan's research interests include smart structural systems, structural health monitoring, structural reliability, structural steel analysis and design, applications of fuzzy logic and neural networks, and smart structural control.
