Ahmad Radaideh

Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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Ahmad Radaideh is an engineering education researcher whose work centers on the design and implementation of innovative curricula for undergraduate engineering students, with a particular focus on freshman-level design education. His most influential contribution is the development of an interdisciplinary, design-and-build cornerstone course introduced at the freshman level, aimed at cultivating expert design thinking from the earliest stages of engineering study. This work, detailed across multiple publications beginning in 2012, champions problem-based learning (PBL) as a pedagogical framework, integrating inductive teaching methods and technological tools to foster systematic design processes among novice engineers. Radaideh's 2013 paper, "Engineering Design Education: When, What, and How," stands as his most cited work with 16 citations, addressing the critical questions of placement, content, and pedagogy in introductory design education. Alongside companion papers from 2012 accumulating additional citations, his body of work reflects a sustained commitment to reforming how engineering design is taught at the foundational level. His research has meaningfully contributed to ongoing conversations about best practices in engineering education, offering a replicable model that bridges theory and hands-on learning for emerging engineers.