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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter
Summer 2023
 
 
Commencement 2023
 
 
Update from our Chair
 
 

Dear Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering Community, Alumni, and Friends,

I hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start. Please join me in congratulating our recent graduates! The picture above is from the department’s diploma ceremony held in Memorial Auditorium. This year our department awarded 28 Bachelor of Science degrees, 213 Master of Science degrees, 2 Engineer degrees, and 24 PhD degrees. We are proud of our students and their remarkable perseverance through the pandemic. It was a joyful afternoon celebrating their achievements with their families and friends.

I am saddened to report the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Perry McCarty in early June. We have included a link to an article about his legacy as well as information regarding a gathering on campus to honor him in October of this year below.

I encourage you to stay connected with us throughout the year – we would love to highlight alumni updates in the future! We are grateful for your support and ongoing participation in the Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering community.

Sarah Billington
 
 
 
Research News
 
 
AD Capstone students present their work
 
Undergraduate Capstone
 
 
This past spring, the capstone courses for the Civil Engineering and the Architectural Design majors in CEE were conducted jointly. This year's capstone projects took on the challenges of planning and designing a structure that integrates architecture, structural engineering, building envelope design, environmental engineering, hydrology, fluid mechanics, geotechnical engineering, sustainability, and construction.
 
 
 
 
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The Health Impacts of Climate Change
 
 
Professors Will Tarpeh and Khalid Osman were awarded $1.35 million by the EPA to examine sanitation-related environmental contaminants. Through a comparison of two communities (one urban, one rural), they’ll work to better understand and address the impacts of climate change on sanitation infrastructure. 
 
 
 
 
 
wastewater
 
The Future of Everything: Wastewater
 
 
Professor Bill Mitch sees wastewater as a potential solution to water resource challenges, if only we can eliminate the impurities. Mitch designs systems to remove toxic chemicals from wastewater and enable its reuse in drinking water supply. It’s not easy, but it costs half as much as desalinating seawater, Mitch tells host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast.
 
 
 
 
A group of students working at a whiteboard
 
Teaching Leadership for Scientific Mega-Projects
 
 
The Project Leadership Institute, led by Professor Mike Lepech, prepares leaders with the technical and managerial skills to lead long-term, multi-billion-dollar undertakings for some of the world's largest science research projects. Students enrolled through the Stanford Center for Professional Development learn how to manage challenging projects in previously uncharted scientific territory.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Your story is our legacy
 
Share your accomplishments,
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Recent Events
 
AEC Central Team Presents
 
CEE222
 
30th AEC Global Teamwork Event
 
Dr. Renate Fruchter's project-based learning event has challenged more than 1,000 students over the past 30 years to collaborate across time, space, and cultures to solve complex problems in architecture, engineering, and construction.
 
 
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Podcast
 
Advancing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
 
Listen as professor William P. Barnett and Stanford student Ingrid Ackermann host a conversation with Sarah Billington to discuss the takeaways from an academic conference held at Stanford GSB in February.
 
 
 
 
Recognitions
 
 
Professor Dick Luthy was awarded the 2023 Perry L. McCarty AEESP Founders’ Award. This prestigious award reflects the significant contributions of Stanford CEE's Professor (Emeritus) McCarty to environmental engineering education, research, and practice. The award is given to an environmental engineering or science professor who a has record of excellence in these areas.

Professor Stephen Monismith was selected for the Tau Beta Pi 2023 Teaching Honor Roll, which honors faculty members who promote excellent teaching in the School of Engineering.

Professor Hae Young Noh and PhD student Yiwen Dong received the Best Journal Paper Award from the ASME Structural Health Monitoring & Non-Destructive Evaluation Technical Committee.

Daniel Diaz Salgado was a recipient of a 2023 Centennial Teaching Award, which honors the dedication of outstanding Teaching Assistants in the university.

Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke, PhD candidate, was selected as a recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Juliet works with Professor Rishee Jain and Professor Catherine Gorlé to develop computational methods for human-centered design of urban systems.

For more, check out the awards and honors recognized at this year's commencement.
 
 
 
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Staff Spotlight
 
Claudia McClure
 
Claudia's decade of service and financial stewardship helps keep the department on track
 
 
 
 
In Memoriam
 
Perry McCarty
 
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Professor Perry McCarty
 
With great sadness, the department notes that our colleague and dear friend, Professor Emeritus Perry McCarty, passed away on June 4, 2023.

A memorial tribute will be held on campus at Stanford Memorial Church on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 4:30pm.
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The McCarty family has established the Perry L. McCarty Memorial Fund at the Doerr School of Sustainability.