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Sybil Derrible is Professor in Urban Engineering & Director of the Complex & Sustainable Urban Networks Laboratory at UIC.
The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon welcomes you to attend a lecture by Sybil Derrible, Professor in Urban Engineering & the Director of the Complex & Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago. This event is hosted as part of the Spring 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar Series.
About the Speaker
Sybil Derrible is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Materials, & Environmental Engineering & the Department of Computer Science (by courtesy), a Research Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Policy, & the Director of the Complex & Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago.
His research is at the nexus of urban metabolism, infrastructure planning & design, data science / artificial intelligence, complexity science, & system resilience to redefine how infrastructure is planned, designed, built, & operated, championing principles of livability, sustainability, & resilience.
He is the author of the textbook Urban Engineering for Sustainability (MIT Press, 2019) & the popular science book The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work & Power Our Lives (Prometheus Books, 2025).
He is also a Lead Author on the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7). He received a US National Science Foundation CAREER Award & the Walter L. Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for outstanding research focusing on smart, sustainable, & resilient infrastructure. Since 2019, he has been recognized in the top 2% researcher in my field for career & single-year impact by Elsevier.
Dr. Sybil Derrible also serves as an Associate Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature), the Journal of Infrastructure Systems (ASCE), & Cleaner Production Letters (Elsevier), & he is the Chair of AMR10, the Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
Visitor Information
The seminar will be held in the Pfizer Auditorium of the Bern Dibner Library of Science & Technology 5, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11245. Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions & a campus map. Advance registration through Eventbrite is required for campus access at NYU for external guests.
About the Urban Science Research Seminar Series
The Center for Urban Science + Progress's annual Research Seminar series features leading voices in the growing field of urban informatics examining real-world challenges facing cities & urban environments around the world. The Fall 2024 series is organized by Assistant Professors Takahiro Yabe, Qi Sun, & Graham Dove.
Additional speakers for the Spring 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar series include Daniel O'Brien (Northeastern University), Greg Morrisett (Cornell Tech), & Ning Lin (Princeton University).
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