Sybil Derrible

Derrible was born and raised in Saint Pierre, part of the France-owned archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, in Northern America. in Singapore before joining the University of Illinois Chicago in 2012. He lives in Chicago with his family. == Career ==

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. His main appointment is in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering. and a courtesy appointment in the Department of Computer Science. In 2019, Derrible spent six months in Vietnam during a sabbatical and was Visiting Professor at the University of Transport Technology in Hanoi. His main technical approach includes urban metabolism, artificial intelligence, and complexity science. He serves as an editor for ASCE’s Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Nature’s Scientific Reports, and Elsevier’s Cleaner Production Letters. Since 2023, he has been Chair of the Standing Committee AMR10 Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection of the Transportation Research Board. He was Chair of the Sustainable Urban Systems (SUS) section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology from 2017 to 2020. == Books ==

• Derrible, S., 2025, The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power our Lives, Prometheus Books, The Globe Pequot Publishing Group. Essex, CT, 260 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 ==

• Recognized in top 2% researcher in field for career and single-year impact since 2019 • Elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2025 • 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 ==

• Sybil Derrible’s website • Sybil Derrible’s research group website