Awards & Honors
Jul 7 2015 | Read the story in the Stanford Report
Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED) recently awarded more than $2.7 million for 33 research projects based in 23 countries around the world.
The 2014-15 awards are given in two categories: Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies (I-Awards) and Global...
Jun 2 2015
Michael Lepech, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering; Amin Arbabian, assistant professor of electrical engineering; Marco Pavone, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics; Manu Prakash, assistant professor of bioengineering; and Sindy Tang, assistant professor of...
Oct 21 2014 | Read the story in the Stanford Report
In many of the world’s overcrowded urban slums, residents must choose between open defecation, crowded public toilets or expensive private pit latrines that can’t be emptied safely. A Stanford team working on a sustainable solution recently won a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Aug 13 2014 | Read the story in The Dish
ANNE KIREMIDJIAN, a Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
She will receive the award – the society’s highest honor – at the ASCE Global Engineering Conference in Panama City, Panama, in October....
Aug 26 2013
When Richard Gelting defended his dissertation in 1995, two anthropologists sat in judgment of his work along with his professors from Stanford’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
"One of the strengths of Stanford is that you’re not always confined to a specific discipline," said...
