Urban Science Research Seminar: Sybil Derrible

The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon welcomes you to attend a lecture by Sybil Derrible, Professor in Urban Engineering and the Director of the Complex and 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, and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Computer Science (by courtesy), a Research Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, and the Director of the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago. 

His research is at the nexus of urban metabolism, infrastructure planning and design, data science / artificial intelligence, complexity science, and system resilience to redefine how infrastructure is planned, designed, built, and operated, championing principles of livability, sustainability, and resilience.

He is the author of the textbook Urban Engineering for Sustainability (MIT Press, 2019) and the popular science book The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and 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 and the Walter L. Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for “outstanding research focusing on smart, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure.” Since 2019, he has been recognized in the top 2% researcher in my field for career and single-year impact by Elsevier.

Dr. Sybil Derrible also serves as an Associate Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature), the Journal of Infrastructure Systems (ASCE), and Cleaner Production Letters (Elsevier), and he is the Chair of AMR10, the Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
Visitor Information
More information about the room location will be announced soon. Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions and 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 and urban environments around the world. The Fall 2024 series is organized by Assistant Professors Takahiro Yabe, Qi Sun, and Graham Dove.

Additional speakers for the Spring 2025 Urban Science Research Seminar series include Daniel O'Brien (Northeastern University), Greg Morrisett (Cornell Tech), and Ning Lin (Princeton University).

Host or Publisher NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress