Dr. Ahmed Hammad joined the University of Alberta in 2018 as an associate professor in construction engineering and management after 2 years at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Prior to joining academia, he spent 25 years in the construction industry as a project planning and control manager. His responsibilities included project scope management using WBS and work packages, planning and scheduling, cost estimation and control, management of change, and risk management. He has experience working on the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) phases of several mega multibillion-dollar infrastructure, commercial, oil sands, offshore conventional oil, and liquid natural gas (LNG) projects. These projects were planned and executed in Canada, the USA, South Korea, the UAE, Australia, and Egypt. He has published several journal and conference papers, provided training in project management, and developed integrated project planning and control systems for three global EPC firms.