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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter
Winter 2024
 
 
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Update from our Chair
 
 

Dear Civil & Environmental Engineering Community, Alumni & Friends,

I hope this newsletter finds you well and that your new year is off to a great start. Our department had a busy fall quarter participating in numerous events, launching new courses, and of course leading many exciting research projects. We have recently returned from Stanford’s two-week winter break and are feeling refreshed and excited for the year to come!


I encourage you to stay connected with us in the coming year and hope you enjoy reading the many highlights from our department in this newsletter. As always, thank you for your support and advocacy for Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering.

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

 
 
 
 
Student spotlights
 
 
 
 
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Edward Apraku
 
"I was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and moved to the U.S. with my parents and older sister when I was 2 years old."
 
 
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Jacob Totaro
 
Jacob's mission is to build more equitable and efficient transit and energy infrastructure systems.
 
 
 
 
 
Research news
 
 
 
 
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Natural Hazards Engineering  Research Institute (NHERI)
 
 
Assistant Professor Barbara Simpson leads the Phase 2 initiative of a NHERI project to achieve minimal post-earthquake damage.
 
 
 
 
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Treating water across scales
 
 
A conversation with Associate Professor Meagan Mauter about how scaled-down water treatment solutions could make water systems more resilient and affordable.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Stanford's Strategic Energy Alliance funds new CEE faculty research projects
 
 
The four new projects aim for decarbonized cement, large-scale hydrogen storage, a reliable electric grid, and more natural ventilation in buildings.
 
 
 
 
 
Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative (SURI) seminar and networking night
 
 
Esteemed speakers from diverse backgrounds shared current research, best practices, and innovative strategies for the future of disaster resilience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education news
 
 
 
 
 
CEE summer session courses
 
Last summer, CEE offered four courses centered on sustainable engineering through Stanford’s Summer Session office. We will offer these courses again this summer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Stanford's new public website on energy topics
 
The Understand Energy Learning Hub can help people build their energy literacy at their own pace, or just be a quick source of needed information. 
 
 
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New course! SUSTAIN 101D: Sustainable Innovation for Disaster Resilience 
 
The Fall 2023 quarter saw the very first offering of the undergraduate class SUSTAIN 101D: Sustainable Innovation for Disaster Resilience taught by Professor Khalid Osman.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Awards & recognition
 
 
    • Professor Jenna Davis was appointed the Mimi and Peter Haas University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
    • PhD student Allie Ćemalović was awarded an AY23-24 RAISE Fellowship
    • PhD student Kevin Mayer was awarded an AY23-24 Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)
    • Several of our CEE students have been awarded Living Lab Fellowships this year:
      • Eleni Alexandraki PhD student in Sustainable Design & Construction for Reducing Embodied Carbon in Construction – working with David Kirk from Stanford LBRE, Department of Project Management
      • Lihan Huang MS student in Environmental Engineering for Carbon Accounting & Sequestration on Stanford’s Natural Lands – working with Esther Cole Adelsheim from Stanford LBRE, Land Use and Environmental Planning Department
      • Yuan Tang MS student in Sustainable Design and Construction for Travel/Study Carbon Assessment & Action Plan­ – working with Carolyn Raider, Stanford Alumni Association Travel/Study Program
 
 
 
 
Recent events & media highlights
 
 
 
 
October 23, 2023
 
Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) Undergraduate Research Symposium
 
The summer symposium gave students the opportunity to share their research. 
 
 
 
 
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Wastewater beer aims to quench US drought 
 
Research from Professor Bill Mitch's Lab was highlighted in an article about using wastewater to make beer.
 
 
 
 
Alumni & staff spotlights
 
 
 
 
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Sophia Skoda, '93
 
"I love my job at East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) as Finance Director!"
 
 
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Kimberly Vonner
 
"I remember during my first interview for Stanford, I said I wanted to find a department to plant my feet in, grow with, and enjoy. Now, almost 30 years later, I still love coming to work."
 
 
 
 
 
 
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