Dr. Fady Hassouna holds a Bachelor degree of civil engineering from An-Najah National University; and Master's and PhD degrees in transport engineering from Korea Maritime University.

Dr. Hassouna is an associate professor at civil engineering department, An-Najah National University in Nablus, and he currently works as the dean of graduate studies faculty  since 2022.

Dr. Hassouna has more than 15 years of professional, academic, and research experience in sustainable transportation systems, highway engineering, and logistics. Dr. Hassouna has published more than 20 research articles and papers during the last 3 years and was ranked among the top 10 researchers at An-Najah National University, based on the number of published research articles in journals with impact factors in 2020.

CURRENT POSITION

- Dean of Graduate Studies Faculty, 2022-Present.

- Associate Professor and faculty Member, Civil Engineering Department, An- Najah National University, August 2014 – Present.

Academic qualifications

2013 PHD Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Korea Maritime National University- South Korea

2007 Masters Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Korea Maritime National University- South Korea.

2005 Post Graduate Diploma in International Transportation and Logistics, Norwegian Shipping Academy and Arab Academy- Egypt and Norway.

2004 Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation), An-Najah National University-Palestine.

Publications  and Conferences

• Hassouna FMA. Urban Freight Transport Electrification in Westbank, Palestine: Environmental and Economic Benefits. Energies. 2022; 15(11):4058. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15114058

• Hassouna, F.M.A.; Assad, M.; Koa, I.; Rabaya, W.; Aqhash, A.; Rahhal, A.; Saqf-Alhait, H. Energy and Environmental Implications of Using Energy-Harvesting Speed Humps in Nablus City, Palestine. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080937

• Hassouna, F. M., & Al-Sahili, K. (2020). Practical Minimum Sample Size for Road Crash Time-Series Prediction Models. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6672612

• Hassouna, Fady M.A., and Mahmoud Assad. 2020. "Towards a Sustainable Public Transportation: Replacing the Conventional Taxis by a Hybrid Taxi Fleet in the West Bank, Palestine" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23: 8940. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238940.

• Hassouna, F. M., Abu-Eisheh, S., & Al-Sahili, K. (2020). Analysis and Modeling of Road Crash Trends in Palestine. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 45(10), 8515-8527. doi:10.1007/s13369-020-04740-y

• Hassouna, F. M., & Al-Sahili, K. (2020). Environmental Impact Assessment of the Transportation Sector and Hybrid Vehicle Implications in Palestine. Sustainability, 12(19), 7878. doi:10.3390/su12197878

• Hassouna, F. M., & Al-Sahili, K. (2020). Future Energy and Environmental Implications of Electric Vehicles in Palestine. Sustainability, 12(14), 5515. doi:10.3390/su12145515

• Fady M. A Hassouna, Reema Nassar, and Hamees Tubaleh. Electric Vehicles as an Alternative to Conventional Vehicles: A Review. 10th Annual International Conference on Civil Engineering, Athens, Greece, 2020.

• Fady M. A Hassouna and Yeon Woo Jung. (2020). Developing a Higher Performance and Less Thickness Concrete Pavement: Using a Nonconventional Concrete Mixture. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020(6), 1-8.

• Fady M. A Hassouna. Performance Analysis of Modern Roundabouts as An Alternative to Conventional Signalized Intersections: A Comprehensive Review. 3rd International Conference on Science & Technology Research, Prague, Czech Republic, 2020.

• Fady M. A Hassouna. (2020). Evaluation of Pedestrian Walking Speed Change Patterns at Crosswalks in Palestine. Open Transportation Journal. 14 (1), 44-49.

• Fady M. A Hassouna  and Ian Pringle. (2019). Analysis and Prediction of Crash Fatalities in Australia. Open Transportation Journal. 13, 134-140.

• Sameer Abu Eisheh, Khaled Al-Sahili, Fady M A Hassouna. Traffic Safety Programmes in Arabic Countries, presented at International Symposium on Traffic Safety in the Transport Sector, Tunisia, 2018.

• Fady M. A Hassouna and Hussein Abu-Zant, ‘Effects of Superplasticizers on Fresh and Hardened Portland Cement Concrete Characteristics’, IJAST, Vol.5, Issue 2, ISSN: 227- 869, 2016.

• Fady M A Hassouna, ‘Prediction of HV Factor in Expressways Using A Short-Term VDS Data’ PhD diss., Korea Maritime University, 2013, (000002174391).

• Kim Taegun, Jeong Yu Na, Fady M.A Hassouna, ‘Delay Predicting Modeling of Urban Freeway using Lane-based Characteristics’, RISS, Volume 30, No 5, 467-476, 2010.

• Kim Taegun, Byoung Keun, Fady M.A Hassouna, ‘Speed Correlation Models Within the Merge Influence Area of Urban Freeway Using the Lane-based Speed Characteristics’, DBPIA, 2007. 7, 413-421.

• Fady M A Hassouna, ‘Accident Correlation Models for Predicting the Accident Occurrence Patterns in Korea’Master’s diss, Korea Maritime University, 2007, (00000207365).

• Fady M A Hassouna,‘ EDI Implementation in Container Terminals’, Post Graduate Diploma diss, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), 2005.

Research Interests

Sustainable Transportation Systems.

Environemntal Impact Asssesment of Transportation Systems.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

Logistics Systems.

Accident Studies.

Taught Courses

Special Topics in Designing Transportation Facilities (Master Level).

International Transportation and Logistics (Master Level).

Sustainable Transportation Systems (Undergraduate Level 4).

Transportation Systems II (Undergraduate Level 4).

Principles of Scientific Research (Undergraduate Level 4)

Transportation Systems I (Undergraduate Level 3).

Construction Materials (Undergraduate Level 2).

Professional Registration

Member, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), USA, since 2015.

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), USA, since 2014.

Member, Jordanian Engineers Association, since 2005.

Member, Palestinian Engineers Association, since 2004.