Rami S. Abdulhadi, Adjunct Professor

Rami S. Abdulhadi has over 30 years of academic and professional experience in the fields of engineering education and practice, spatial and infrastructure development planning, strategic community development planning, and implementation of development programs and projects in rural and urban communities.

In his capacity as founder and director of the Center for Engineering and Planning (CEP) since 1984, he was responsible for leading, directing and managing a large number of programs and projects including a wide spectrum of tasks related to community development in Palestine and other countries of the MENA region. Rami has also authored a number of studies in the areas of community development in general, with focus on empowering communities to play a proactive role in decisions related to their well-being and livelihood, socio-economic development, infrastructure development and institutional capacity building. Educational Background: Ph.D., Mech. and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA, 1975 M.Sc., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, (UIUC), USA, 1968 B.Sc., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, (UIUC), USA, 1965 Academic Experience: 1980 – 1984: Dean of Engineering, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine 1978 – 1980: Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., USA 1975 – 1978: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 1974 – 1975: Post-Graduate Instructor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA 1972 – 1974: Teaching & Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA Professional Experience: 2003 – 2016: Founder and Director of HCEP Center for Development Planning, Montreal, Canada 1984 – 2016: Founder and Director of Center for Engineering and Planning (CEP), Ramallah, Palestine