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Seminar Series

The Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Seminar Series at Stevens Institute of Technology is a dynamic platform where innovation meets impact. Featuring distinguished engineers, pioneering researchers and thought leaders from across the civil, environmental and ocean engineering disciplines, these seminars spark dialogue, foster collaboration and inspire solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Schedule of Upcoming Seminars

Explore this semester's lineup. Click on a seminar title to view details and register.

Spring 2026

February 3

Dylan Ryan, PE '11 | Civil Engineering Team Manager at HDR

Juan David Valencia Ayala, '25 | Site Civil Designer at HDR

Site Civil Design on a Mega Scale

February 24

Howard Nicols, PE '00 and '10 | Principal Engineer at TRC

Leaving Your Mark: Changing the World Around You Through Engineering

February 25

Jorge Bravo, Ph.D. Candidate | Civil Engineering

Seyed Amirhossein Moghaddas, Ph.D. Candidate | Department of Civil, Environmental & Ocean Engineering

CEOE Ph.D. Student Seminar Series

March 3

Lauren Herbert '09 '10 | PE, Associate Principle Engineer at Thornton Tomasetti

Consulting Roles for Bridge Engineers

March 4

Professor Sooyoul Kim | Center for Water Cycle, Marine Environment and Disaster Management, Kumamoto University, Japan

Coastal and pluvial compound flooding of surge, wave, tide, rainfall-runoff, sewer flow, and seawall failure at coastal urban areas

March 20

Dr. Dan Tsang | Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Biochar-Cement Composites for Sustainable Construction

March 25

Dr. Philipp Stratmann | President and CEO of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc

Deploying Ocean Sensing Nodes in Real World Conditions

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For a complete overview of upcoming seminars, lectures, and academic events across all departments, please visit the Schaefer School's full event calendar.

Past Seminar Series Speakers

View speakers and seminar topics for the previous semesters.

Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Allie Moss, BE '22 and ME '22 and David Tanzi, BE '97, ME '98, CDM Smith
Life After School: From Senior Design to Real-World Projects

Tao Ye, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Data-Driven Environmental Chemistry: Leveraging Data for Improved Water Quality

Rick Gobeille ’80 M.Eng. ’83, Stantec
E-ZPass and Beyond: A Professional Journey

Fuhar Dixit, University of California, Berkeley
Environmental Sustainability: The Path Forward for Emerging Contaminants

Jenna Scuteri ’24, and Morgan Westerby ’23, Stevens Institute of Technology Alumni
Where will you LAND?: Intro to Land Development and Early Career Advice

Bernie McNeilly ’85 M.S. ’89, LiRo-Hill
Infrastructure Design & Management Opportunities: Be a Part of the Built Environment!

Maha Haji, Cornell University
Advancing Ocean Wave Energy: Innovations in Modeling and Design Optimization

Fall 2024 Seminar Series

Dr. Derek Moulton, The University of Oxford
Morphorods: A Modelling Framework for Active Slender Structures

John C. Daidola, P.E., AENY
Opportunities in the Maritime Industry

Rebecca D. Mazzolla ’04 M.Eng. ’08, WSP
Civil Engineering: Oh, The Places You Will Go

Liza Pope, HC Constructor
From Design to the Bottom Line: The Science of Construction Costs

Dr. Andrea Copping, University of Washington
Moving Forward with Marine Renewable Energy: …But What About the Environment?

Philip Demokritou, Rutgers University
Sustainable Nanotechnology: Bio-Inspired, Nature-Derived, and Non-Toxic Nanomaterials for Agri-Food Applications and Beyond

Spring 2024 Seminar Series

Wade Crow, United States Department of Agriculture
Leveraging Remote Sensing to Address Systematic Errors in Hydrologic Models

Philip Odonkor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Applying Urban Science to Create Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Cities

Jaqueline Libby, Stevens Institute of Technology
Physical Human-Robot Interaction with Soft Devices for Medicine and Beyond

Marco Tedesco, Columbia University
Flooding Through the Lens of Real Estate, Gentrification, and AI

Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Kyle Mandli, Columbia University
Multi-Scale Storm Surge Prediction for High-Resolution Forecasts and Climate Scenario

Branco Glisic, Princeton University
Advanced Technologies and Data Analytics for Transformative Strain-Based Structural Health Monitoring

James M. Ricles, Lehigh University
Real-time Hybrid Simulation and its Applications for Enhancing Resiliency Against Multi-Natural Hazards

Naresh Devineni, CCNY
Climate-Induced Hazards: Prospects for Modeling Multiple Hydro-Climatic Attributes and Portfolio Risk

Tribikram Kundu, University of Arizona
Recent Developments in Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring Technology

Zongjin Li, Macau University of Science and Technology
Development of New Material Techniques with the Guidance of Physics in Civil Engineering

John Dzielski, Stevens Institute of Technology
Modeling the Dynamics of the American Football

James Shope, Rutgers University
Valuing U.S. Coral Reefs for Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction and an Introduction to the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center

Dakota J. Thompson, Dartmouth College
The American Multi-Modal Energy System: Model Development with Structural and Behavioral Analysis using Hetero-functional Graph Theory

Tori Tomiczek, US Naval Academy
Quantifying Engineering Performance Metrics for Emergent Vegetation and Hybrid Systems

Ziyu Chen, Stevens Institute of Technology
Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Compound Flood Hazard of an Urban Pluvial Environment

Spring 2022 Seminar Series

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, Project Geologist, Geosyntec Consultants
Sustainability Lessons from Space

Mark D. Wolf, Founder and President, LavaFish Advisors
Position Your Sustainability Career

Maria Coler, Licensed Site Remediation Professional, President and Founder, Hydrotechnology Consultants, Inc.
Big Data and Brownfields: Crowdsourcing the Remediation of the World

Irena Zubcevic, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
What is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Why is it Transformative?

Jason Rabinovitch, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
High-speed Compressible Flows and Space Exploration!

Julia Carroll, Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Manufacturing-Inspired Topology Optimization

Bill Moore, President, Moore & Associates
Recycling Megatrends

Dr. Karim Karam, Lecturer, Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering Education and Practice: Bridging the Gap

The CEOE Department
CEOE Accelerated Master's Program Information Session

James D. Snook, PG, PhD Candidate in Sustainability Education
Applying Sustainability Best Practices

Alex French, Assistant Director of Sustainability, Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Peer Reviewed Offsets for University Carbon Neutrality Goals

Haithem Taha, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Recent Advances in Flight Mechanics and Unsteady Aerodynamics: Exquisite Stability of Insect Flight and a New Theory of Lift

Andy Kaplan, Senior Facility Traffic Engineer, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, PE
Brad Miller, Senior Associate and Department Manager, Intelligent Transportation Systems, PE, PP, PTOE, LEED AP
Ben Yeung, Transportation Engineer, Sam Schwartz, PE
Laying Out the Roadmap to a Career in Transportation Engineering

Jim Jenkins, Senior Manager, Product Risk and Stewardship, Nutrien
Accelerating Product Sustainability in Traditional Organizations

Heather Unger, LEED AP, WSP USA Future Ready Program Lead and Sustainability Director
Delivering Projects for Today and Tomorrow

Ted Douglass, ENV SP, Senior Manager - Client Services, Brown and Caldwell
Developing a Strategy to Meet Water Sustainability Goals

Ted Douglass, ENV SP, Senior Manager - Client Services, Brown and Caldwell
Developing a Strategy to Meet Water Sustainability Goals

Dominique Lueckenhoff, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, EHS & Sustainability, Hugo Neu Corporation
Dr. Shihab Kuran, Investor, Cleantech Entrepreneur, CEO - Power Edison
Christopher Whitehead, QEP, CESM, Air Practice Leader, Enviro-Sciences (of Delaware), Inc.
Reflections Upon the Fast-Growing Renewable Energy and EV Industry Sectors Regarding Impacts Upon Environmental Justice Communities