Faculty

Dr. Hanan Anis is a professor, engineering educator, entrepreneur, and academic leader committed to preparing students to design meaningful solutions to real-world challenges. As Director of the University of Ottawa’s School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation, she leads initiatives that connect engineering education, entrepreneurship, technology, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dr. Anis founded the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design (CEED) and has helped create hands-on learning environments, makerspaces, and industry-connected programs that enable students to move from ideas to prototypes, products, and impact. Her approach to engineering education emphasizes curiosity, creativity, customer awareness, technical depth, and the confidence to work across disciplines.

Before joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Anis worked at Nortel Networks and co-founded Ceyba, an optical long-haul networking company, where she served as Chief Technology Officer. She holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from Ain Shams University and M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto. She was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2020.

Dr. Anis has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and holds patents spanning photonics, biophotonics, optical networking, engineering design, entrepreneurship, and engineering education. Her recent work includes automated Raman spectroscopy systems and multidisciplinary approaches to engineering design education. Her complete and current publication record is available through Google Scholar.