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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter
Summer 2024
 
 
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Update from our Chair
 
 

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


Please join me in congratulating our recent graduates! Below you will find a link to our CEE commencement page to learn more about the achievements of our students, staff, and faculty. It was a wonderful afternoon with a packed auditorium full of families and friends celebrating together.

 

We hope you enjoy our department highlights including student and staff spotlights, recent research and education activities, and many faculty, staff, and student awards. We also include a wonderful “behind the CV” story provided by Prof. Emeritus Craig Criddle, who will formally retire in the upcoming academic year. Three additional members of our faculty, Dr. John Barton, Prof. David Freyberg, and Prof. Jeff Koseff, will also be retiring in the coming year. We wish them all the very best in their retirement!

 

I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing summer. I encourage you to stay connected with us throughout the year. We are grateful for your support and ongoing participation in the Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering community.


Sincerely,

Sarah Billington
UPS Foundation Professor and Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
 
 
 
Student spotlights
 
 
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Ahmad Koya
 

Ahmad is eager to collaborate on projects that uplift communities around the world.
 
 
 
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Elana Chan
 
Elana is thrilled that she now gets to contribute to the growing field of wastewater-based epidemiology through data science research.
 
 
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Sarah Lowry
 

Sarah is interested in exploring the health risks of engineered and natural water systems.
 
 
 
Research news
 
 
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Canary in the sewer: Using wastewater as an early warning tool for disease
 
 
Stanford researchers are developing a technology to analyze wastewater for a range of pathogens. Their approach could lead to more timely and comprehensive public health guidance on issues such as drug-resistant pathogens and emerging diseases.
 
 
 
 
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Stanford-led research shows how commercial rooftop solar power could bring affordable clean energy to low-income homes
 
 
A new study finds that factory and warehouse rooftops offer an untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge the solar energy divide.
 
 
 
 
 
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Understanding how racism and emotion impact affordable housing support
 
 
"Affordable housing impacts many aspects that are tied to both individual well-being and community well-being. We need to work to change the narrative in the public's mind about what affordable housing is and can be for society as a whole," said Sarah Billington, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford.
 
 
 
 
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Preparing for urban floods with an eye toward equity
 
 
Researchers and collaborators in a densely populated California floodplain developed a way to help planners see how infrastructure designs, sea-level rise, and severe storms fueled by climate change will affect flood risk at the local level.
 
 
 
 
 
Education news
 
 
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'Tree Urchin' is grounded in design
 
 

The architecture design project grew from model to large-scale contemplation space in front of the Anderson Collection.
 
 
 
 
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CEE Commencement 2024
 
 
Our commencement webpage shares information about graduates and awardees, and also links to the recorded live stream of the department commencement ceremony.


 
 
 
 
 
Awards & recognition 
 
 
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Professor Haeyoung Noh
 
Prof. Haeyoung Noh received the 2024 Walter L. Huber Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers. She also was awarded Best Paper Award by the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division.
 
 
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Professor William Mitch
 
Prof. Bill Mitch  was honored as the 2023 International Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Association Fellow at the 6th Global Conference on Sustainability and Management.

 
 
 
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Professor Alexandria Boehm
 
Prof. Ali Boehm was awarded the Open Science Champion Prize by Stanford Data Science.
 
 
 
Professor Khalid Osman
 
Prof. Khalid Osman received the 2024 Eugene L. Grant Award from the Stanford Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
 
 
 
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Professor Sarah Fletcher
 
Prof. Sarah Fletcher was awarded the Inspiring Early Academic Career Award by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
 
 
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Professor Ronaldo I. Borja
 
Prof. Ronaldo Borja  is the 2024 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 10 Distinguished Lecturer, named by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
 
 
 
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Professor Stephen Monismith
 
Prof. Stephen Monismith was named to the Tau Beta Pi Teaching Honor Roll from Stanford School of Engineering.

 
 
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Dr. Kyle Douglas
 
Dr. Kyle Douglas received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Learn more about Douglas and the award here.

 
 
 
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Kiana Mokrian
 
CEE Graduate student Kiana Mokrian received the National Academy of Construction Scholarship Award for the 2024-2025 Academic year.

 
 
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Nan Aoki
 
Civil & Environmental Engineering Student Services Manager Nan Aoki received the 2024 Kay Bradley Award for Excellence in Student Services. 
 
 
 
Several of our CEE students were honored with the Stanford Alumni Association’s Community Impact Award.This year’s recipients included: Jacob Park Totaro, Leon De Souza, Rahemeen Ahmed, Mia Tucker Locchead, Aadhityaa Mohanavel.
 
 
 
 
Staff spotlight
 
 
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Geoffrey Tuttle
 
"Once I started in CEE, I came to realize how lucky I was to join such a great department. There is no shortage of inspiration here!"
 
 
 
Recent events
 
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May 24, 2024
 
Stanford's Center for Innovation and Design Research presents...

 
FoodInno: From Tide to Table 
 
 
 
 
 
Honoring Professor Craig Criddle's Career
 
 
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On the eve of Professor Craig Criddle's retirement, we'd like to share a first-person account he wrote about his career. Professor Criddle shared this story with students in the CEE course, "Intro to PhD studies" a few years ago. In this course, our students participate in a session known as "Behind the CV." As a part of the session, faculty members join our students to share their official bio, and then, a more personal, behind the scenes story about their career trajectory. The exercise offers students an opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from faculty about the experiences and encounters that culminate in an academic career.