Civil and Environmental Engineering Commencement
Commencement Location & Details
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Time: Commencement Ceremony - 12PM to 2:30PM
Reception to follow in Memorial Auditorium Courtyard from 2:30 - 3:30 PM
(Courtyard opens when ceremony ends)
Location: 551 Jane Stanford WayStanford, CA 94305
Graduating student RSVP required. Guests should contact graduating student to be included in RSVP count.
Parking permits are not required on campus Sat-Sun.
Event Overview
Full list of degree candidates can be seen here.
Livestream recording posted here.
Reception with light refreshments to immediately follow ceremony.
Students must arrive and be checked in by 12 PM Noon to line up for the ceremony
CEE Commencement Ceremony Overview2026 FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES BEGIN JUNE 13
The San Francisco Bay Area will host 6 World Cup matches at nearby Levi Stadium in Santa Clara. One of these matches will coincide with Commencement Weekend. For families visiting from outside the Bay Area, please consider booking your hotel accommodations as soon as possible. For your convenience, lists including websites of Bay Area hotels by region, are included on the Plan Your Visit page.
Related Links for Commencement
Additional Details for CEE's Commencement Celebration
| Tickets, RSVP | RSVPs for CEE's Commencement Ceremony are now closed because we have reached the venue's capacity. All students that previously RSVP'd have received confirmation of their approved guest total. Approved guests do not need to have tickets to attend CEE's Commencement Ceremony because it is tracked on the backend. Auditorium seating is first come first serve. |
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| Seating | We recommend that guests arrive early for the best seats. Doors will open at 11 am, should families choose to arrive early and select their seats. Please note that personal items should not be left on the seats as no security will be available. The department reserves seats in advance only for guests in wheelchairs or who need special access at the CEE ceremony. |
| Disability Accommodations | Request accessibility assistance here if anyone in your party will require a wheelchair or assistance traveling. For the accommodations at the main Stanford ceremony, please visit the Stanford Commencement website. Please note that the department does not have access to wheelchairs or golf carts, so these will not be provided at the department's diploma ceremony and reception sites. Guests are responsible for arranging their own transportation in and around the campus. Stanford Commencement Accessibility |
| Smoking Guidelines | Smoking is prohibited in outdoor locations where arranged seating (fixed or temporary) is provided for programs or events. Outdoor locations include but are not limited to, the Main Quadrangle, Stanford Stadium, amphitheaters, and courtyards. |
| Visa Letters | International students who are eligible to graduate, may request a Confirmation of Commencement 2026 Letter. The letter will be addressed to the eligible graduate and provides Commencement event information that has been confirmed. The eligible student may email to request this confirmation letter at: commencement@stanford.edu. For more information, please visit the Stanford University Commencement FAQ. |
Commencement is a time of celebration for the accomplishments of our graduates. To honor the spirit and significance of this occasion, any attendee causing disruptions or blocking people’s view and refusing to cooperate may be subject to removal from the venue
Department Awards
Student Awards
| Awardee | Award Title(s) |
|---|---|
| Edward Apraku | 2026 Seibel Scholar for Energy Science (Siebel Scholars Foundation) |
| Schneider Environmental Health Fellowship (National Resources Defense Council and Haas Center for Public Service) | |
| Zarrin Askari | Stanford Award of Excellence |
| Samuel Enrique Camacho | Frost Scholarship (Big Brothers Big Sisters of America) |
| Irma Colunga Ramirez | Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship (Fulbright - COMEXUS) |
| Kristen Corlay | CREW Network Scholar (Women in Commercial Real Estate (CREW) Network) |
| Stanford Student Impact Fund (Stanford Professionals in Real Estate, SPIRE) | |
| Accel Fellow (Stanford Technology Ventures Program, STVP) | |
| Nini Giorgadze | Shultz Energy Fellowship (Stanford University, The Bill Lane Center) |
| Jacob Goell | NSF GRFP (National Science Foundation) |
| Alisa Hastie | Kennedy-Diamond Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Learning and Research (Haas Center for Public Service) |
| Jose Ibarra Lemus | RAISE Doctoral Fellowship (VPGE) |
| Eunice Hyeyun Jung | Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Student Scholarship (ASCE) |
| Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF) | |
| RAISE Doctoral Fellowship (VPGE) | |
| Yana Kim | 2026 Michael Cunningham Fellow (Hart Howerton) |
| Yun-Dam Ko | Stanford HAI graduate fellow (Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) |
| Emerging Scholars Network (Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Education) | |
| Laura Kubiatko | Centennial TA Award |
| Yitong Li | Stanford HAI graduate fellow (Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) |
| Accepted Oral Presentation (41st International Symposium on Combustion) | |
| Nomination for Amazon Core AI Fellowship (Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) | |
| Zhongyan Li | Living Lab Fellowship (Sustainable Stanford) |
| Elaine Liu | ASCE San Jose Branch SSEC Award (ASCE) |
| Graduate Research Fellowship (Stanford University) | |
| Best Poster Award (University Marine Energy Research Community) | |
| Society of Women Engineers Verkada Scholarship (Society of Women Engineers) | |
| Barney Miao | Craig F. Bohren Best Student Presentation Award 1st Place, SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2026 |
| Ponsuganth Muthuraman | ASCE San Jose Branch SSEC Award 2025 |
| Living Lab Fellowship (Stanford Office of Sustainability) | |
| Lorry I. Lokey Fellowship (Environmental Defense Fund and Haas Center for Public Service) | |
| Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke | 2026 Seibel Scholar for Energy Science (Siebel Scholars Foundation) |
| Sebastian Pintea | First-Author Publication (Nature Climate Change) |
| Accepted Presenter (Health Effects Institute Conference) | |
| Living Lab Fellowship (Sustainable Stanford) | |
| Accepted Presenter (Stanford Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Research Retreat) | |
| Akshay Rao | 2026 Siebel Scholars Award in Energy Science (Siebel Scholars Foundation) |
| Meerashree Sundara Raju | 2026 Community Impact Award (Stanford Alumni Association) |
| Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay Area Fellow (Haas Center for Public Service) | |
| Adem Taiyr | 1st Place, Dynamics Student Paper Competition (Engineering Mechanics Institute) |
| Vaishnavi Thumuganti | Living Lab Fellowship (Stanford Office of Sustainability) |
| Zhengjie Yang | 2026 CERAWeek NextGen cohort (CERAWeek by S&P Global) |
| Mofan Zhang | Leavell Fellowship on Sustainable Built Environment (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University) |
Because activities are highly decentralized at Stanford, it is difficult to learn about all of our CEE community member's accomplishments.
We are sorry if we have missed any student awards or recognitions in this list. Submit missing awards through this form.
Faculty Awards
| Awardee | Award Title |
|---|---|
| Iro Armeni | 2025 Google Research Scholar Program Recipient |
| 2025 U.V. Helava Best Paper Award (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) | |
| Sarah Billington | Outstanding Leader Award (Faculty Women's Forum) |
| Ronaldo Borja | John Booker Excellence Medal (IACMAG) |
| Sarah Fletcher | Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award (AGU) |
| Anne Kiremidjian | 2026 George 1. Housner Medal (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) |
| Christian Linder | 2026 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) |
| Eduardo Miranda | 2026 Bruce Bolt Award (Seismological society of America) |
| 2026 SEAOANC Honorary Member | |
| Haeyoung Noh | A. J. Durelli Award (Society for Experimental Mechanics) |
| Best Paper Award (2025 ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation) | |
| Best Poster Award (2025 ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation) | |
| Khalid Osman | 2026 Doerr School Excellence in Community Award |
| William Tarpeh | MacArthur Fellowship (MacArthur Foundation) |
Because activities are highly decentralized at Stanford, it is difficult to learn about all of our CEE community member's accomplishments.
We are sorry if we have missed any faculty and staff awards and recognitions in this list. Submit missing awards through this form.
Program Archive
View Graduate Programs from previous years
| Class of 2024 | |
| Class of 2023 | |
| Class of 2022 | |
| Class of 2021 | |
| Class of 2020 |
Questions?
Contact Nan Aoki, Director of Student Services
(650) 725-2387
nanaoki@stanford.edu