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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter
Fall 2023
 
 
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Update from our Chair
 
 
Dear Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering Community, Alumni, and Friends,

I hope you all had a lovely summer whether focused on relaxing, going on adventures, or both! We have just kicked off the new academic year on campus and have a lot of news to share for an exciting year ahead.

I am delighted to announce that Iro Armeni is our newest faculty member. She joined us as an assistant professor in August, and you can read more about her below. I am also pleased to announce that Christian Linder was recently promoted to full professor and Rishee Jain was promoted to associate professor (with tenure).
 
I regret to share the sad news that Professor Emeritus Henry “Hank” Parker passed away in July. We include below a link to an article about his remarkable legacy in bringing rigor to the construction industry. In addition, as a reminder, the memorial service for Professor Emeritus Perry McCarty will be on October 24 on campus; further details for that service, which is open to the public, are also given below.
 
I hope you enjoy our departmental highlights, and I encourage you to stay connected with us throughout the year. As always, we are grateful for your support and your ongoing participation in the Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering community.

Sincerely,
Sarah Billington
UPS Foundation Professor and Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 
 
Get to know our newest Faculty
 
 
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Iro Armeni
 
Joined in 2023

"I want to build more sustainable buildings and renovate existing ones to be more sustainable and suitable for users."
 
 
 
 
 
Research News
 
 
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Predicting Wildfire Spread
 
 
Understanding the physics of wind currents above forest canopies may help wildfire managers forecast the flight paths of dangerous burning embers, or firebrands, which are responsible for most home destruction during wildfires.
 
 
 
 
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Accelerating Electrification
 
 
For making the complex electric grids of tomorrow reliable, improved coordination of demands and resources can accomplish more at far less expense than widespread and costly infrastructure upgrades.
 
 
 
 
 
Education News 
 
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New CEE undergraduate major offered in Sustainable Architecture+Engineering
 
CEE launches new major integrating architecture and engineering to address sustainability challenges.
 
 
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New MS Program in Sustainable Engineered Systems (SES)
 
CEE will be offering a new Masters degree program in a hybrid online/in-person format for students to gain advanced knowledge of the sustainability of civil and environmental engineering systems and data science.
 
 
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CEE welcomes inaugural PhD student cohort 
 
CEE welcomed an incoming class of 29 PhD students who will rotate among labs before selecting an advisor. Two new initiatives have been designed to support their getting a strong start.
 
 
 
Awards & Recognition 
 
 
  • Professor Kincho Law received the 2023 Excellence in Research Award from the Computers & Information in Engineering Division of ASME
  • Professor Jack Baker was the Distinguished Lecturer at QuakeCoRE’s 2023 Annual Meeting in New Zealand
  • PhD students Gabriela Calana Somoza, Nathan Girmay, Andrea Green, Jordon Horton, and Benjamin Najm have been honored with 2023 EDGE awards from the School of Engineering
  • Jordon Horton and Gabriela Calana Somoza have been honored with 2023 Dean’s Graduate Scholars awards from the Doerr School of Sustainability
  • Jingxiao Liu, PhD ’23, and Associate Professor Haeyoung Noh received a Best Journal Paper Award from the 2023 ASME Structural Health Monitoring & NDE Technical Committee
  • PhD student Yiwen Dong has been selected as a 2023 MIT CEE Rising Star
 
 
Meet our newest Staff
 
 
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Matthew Rose
 
Project Coordinator 
Loves traveling, coffee and spending time with his kids.
Favorite football team: Dallas Cowboys

 
 
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Victoria McJunkin
 
Administrative Assistant
Likes swimming, exploring beaches, reading horror stories and secondhand shopping
Also enjoys open mic nights -- anything that mixes music and community building

 
 
 
In Memoriam
 
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1924 - 2023
 
Professer Henry "Hank" Parker
 
A veteran of mid-century highway and dam projects, Parker was enticed to Stanford by the opportunity to bring rigor to the construction industry.
 
 
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1931 - 2023
 
Memorial Service for Perry McCarty
 
A memorial tribute will be held at Stanford University Memorial Church on Tuesday, October 24, at 4:30PM (PT). There will be a reception following the service at Huang Amphitheater.