American University of Beirut

Hassan Diab

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​​Biography

​Hassan B. Diab received his B.Sc. (with Honors) in Communications Engineering, M.Sc. (with Distinction) in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering. He joined the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1985. He is a registered Chartered Engineer in the Engineering Council, UK, and a registered Chartered Professional Engineer in the National Professional Engineers Register, Australia. 

​He has served as Founding Dean of the College of Engineering and Founding President during 2004-2006 at Dhofar University. In October 2006, he was appointed as Vice President for Regional External Programs (REP) at AUB. He is a Founding Member of the first Arab Computer Society established in 2001 as well as the Founding Member of the IEEE Student Branch at AUB in 1997. He is a Fellow in the IET and the IEAust, and a Senior Member of the IEEE. During June 2011 – February 2014, he was appointed as Minister of Education and Higher Education.


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