Department of Civil Engineering

PhD Fellowships in Civil Engineering: Climate Adaptation & Energy Sustainability

This prestigious fellowship program supports 7 doctoral fellows pursuing advanced degrees focused on solving national challenges in climate adaptation and energy sustainability. Based at New York State’s #1 public university, GAANN fellows receive comprehensive financial backing, rigorous technical training, supervised teaching practice, and structured professional development designed to launch successful careers in academia and research.

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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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Boyer Honored with Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award

Inspired by her childhood experience during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Stony Brook graduate student Darla-Ena Boyer is transforming the field of civil engineering. As a Turner Dissertation Fellowship recipient, Boyer combines groundbreaking research on earthquake-resilient "pendulum walls" with a deep commitment to championing diversity in STEM.

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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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Protecting Our Most Vital Resource: Clean Water Symposium Focuses on Long Island’s Future

Current pressing challenges brought scientists, policymakers, water suppliers, environmental professionals and community members to Stony Brook University’s Charles B. Wang Center on June 12 for a day-long 2026 Clean Water Symposium, hosted by the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT). The event featured Yale University engineering professor Jaehong Kim, who delivered the keynote address on translating water treatment innovations from the laboratory to real-world applications.

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Brick by Brick: The Future of 3D Concrete Printing

As construction technology continues to evolve, students in the Printing Structures Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) team at Stony Brook are working at the intersection of materials, mechanics, and automation to build on previous cohorts’ printer development by testing the system and creating sustainable 3D-printable concrete mixtures.

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Imtiar Jalal Niloy, PhD '25

Since graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook University, Imtiar has established himself in the structural engineering industry. Currently serving as a Project Manager, his work focuses on complex structural projects, including distribution centers, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities.

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