Highlights

Explore the latest achievements and research breakthroughs from Stony Brook Civil Engineering faculty. From prestigious awards to innovative infrastructure projects, see how our faculty are shaping the future of the field.

Faculty Spotlight

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SBU Researchers Featured in Nature on the Future of Robotics

Featured in Nature, research from Stony Brook University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences highlights advances designed to move robotics beyond rigid assembly lines and into unpredictable, real-world workspaces. Led by faculty members Nilanjan Chakraborty and Ci-Jyun Liang, the featured work focuses on enabling robots to adapt dynamically to new tasks and unfamiliar geometry while prioritizing human safety in collaborative environments like construction sites and healthcare settings.

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Stony Brook Researchers Lead NSF-Funded AI Collaboration to Reveal Hidden Controls on Urban Flooding

Civil Engineering and Computer Science researchers are partnering with CCNY on a three-year NSF CAIG project that combines multimodal AI with physics-informed flood modeling

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Re-Engineering the Future: Paolo Celli Promoted to Associate Professor

The Department of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at Stony Brook University is proud to announce the promotion of Paolo Celli to Associate Professor.

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Rigoberto Burgueño Named ASCE Long Island’s Educator of the Year

For 55 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Long Island Branch has been gathering annually to celebrate outstanding contributions to the field of civil engineering. This year, at the Westbury Manor, Professor Rigoberto Burgueño, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook University, was recognized as the Educator of the Year.

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Erkan Öterkuş Named Fellow of ASME

Erkan Öterkus, SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook University, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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