Sybil Derrible

Professor

College of Engineering
Department of Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering

Research Interests

The mission of the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Lab is to advance scientific knowledge and create software for the design of livable, sustainable, and resilient cities. Towards this mission, we look at the planning, design, and modeling of infrastructure, including transport, water / wastewater, electricity, gas, solid waste, and telecommunication.
At CSUN, we pursue both qualitative and quantitative research. Qualitative research includes the development and deployment of surveys. Quantitative research includes geographic information systems (GIS), machine learning, text mining, and network science among others.
In the past, we have had undergraduate students model urban systems, develop surveys, measure flows of energy and resources at The Plant (in Chicago), 3D scan and print objects, develop online software - some of these works even produced scientific articles.
Generally, we are flexible on the topic being researched, but we only accept passionate students who are determined to build a better world that is livable, sustainable, and resilient.

The URE website is only for undergraduate student researchers.