Draft:Sybil Derrible
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Sybil Derrible | |
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| Sybil Jean-Marie Derrible | |
 Sybil Derrible at the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Gordon Research Conference in Les Diablerets (Switzerland), May 2024. | |
| Born | May 19, 1983 |
| Nationality | French American |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London Ecole Centrale de Lyon University of Toronto |
| Known for | urban engineering, sustainable urban infrastructure, urban metabolism |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Illinois Chicago |
| Website | sybilderrible.com |
Sybil Derrible (born 1983) is a French American engineer, educator, and author. He specializes in urban engineering, infrastructure sustainability, and system resilience. He is Director of the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory.[1] and Professor in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.[2]
He authored the textbook Urban Engineering for Sustainability published by MIT Press in 2019[3] and the popular science book The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power Our Lives published by Prometheus Books in 2025.[4]
He is Lead Author for the energy chapter of UNEP’s Seventh Global Environmental Outlook[5] and Chair of the Standing Committee AMR10 Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection [6] of the Transportation Research Board.
Personal Life and Education
[edit]Derrible was born and raised in Saint Pierre, part of the France-owned archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[7] He credits his background, growing up on a small archipelago, for his system-of-systems, multi-infrastructure research focus[8] .
Derrible received his undergraduate and M.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering from Imperial College London in 2006. While Imperial College London, he spent a year at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon to study industrial engineering as part of the Erasmus program. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Toronto in 2010. He was Visiting Research Fellow at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology[9] in Singapore before joining the University of Illinois Chicago in 2012.
He lives in Chicago with his family.
Career
[edit]Derrible joined the University of Illinois Chicago in 2012 as Assistant Professor. He received tenure and became Associate Professor in 2017. He was promoted to Professor in 2023 [8]. His main appointment is in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering[2] . He also holds a joint appointment at the Institute of Environmental Science and Policy[10] and a courtesy appointment in the Department of Computer Science[11]
In 2019, Derrible spent six months in Vietnam during a sabbatical and was Visiting Professor at the University of Transport Technology[12] in Hanoi.
Derrible studies infrastructure systems as complex, interdependent, and interrelated, promoting principles of livability, sustainability, and resilience. His work has focused on transport, water, wastewater, electricity, natural gas, solid waste, and telecommunication infrastructure. His main technical approach leverages urban metabolism, artificial intelligence, and complexity science.
Derrible serves as an associate editor for ASCE’s Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Nature’s Scientific Reports, and Elsevier’s Cleaner Production Letters.
In addition to his research work, Derrible authored several non-fiction and fiction works to communicate how civil infrastructure works and its role in society.
Books
[edit]- Derrible, S., 2025, The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power our Lives, Prometheus Books, The Globe Pequot Publishing Group. Essex, CT, 272 pages
- Derrible, S., & Chester, M., (Eds) 2020, Urban Infrastructure: Reflections for 2100, Independently published, 211 pages
- Derrible, S., 2019, Urban Engineering for Sustainability, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 656 pages
Selected Awards and Honors
[edit]- Recognized in top 2% researcher in field for career and single-year impact since 2019[13]
- Invited participant (nominated and selected) to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in 2023[14]
- Received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2023
- Received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2016
- Received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2011
References
[edit]- ^ "About | Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ a b "Derrible, Sybil | Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Urban Engineering for Sustainability". MIT Press. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "The Infrastructure Book". Prometheus Books. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ UNEP (2023-01-30). "Global Environment Outlook 7". Global Environment Outlook (GEO). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "TRB AMR10 - Admin Team". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Derrible, Sybil | Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ a b "Background". sybilderrible.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Home | SMART| Singapore". SMART. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Faculty, Staff, and Research Assistants | Institute for Environmental Science and Policy | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Adjunct Faculty | Computer Science | University of Illinois Chicago". Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Trường Đại học Công nghệ giao thông vận tải". utt.edu.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ Ioannidis, John P. A. (2024-09-16). "August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"". Elsevier Data Repository. 7. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.7.
- ^ "Sybil Derrible". www.naefrontiers.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
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