Professor Sarah Billington

Chair and UPS Foundation Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and a Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. From 1998 to 2002 she was an Assistant Professor at Cornell University. She received her B.S.E. with high honors in Civil Engineering & Operations Research and a certificate in Architecture Studies from Princeton University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Her past research focused on sustainable, durable construction materials including bio-based composites and ductile cement-based composites. Her current research focuses on the impact of building design and materials on human wellbeing and on the public acceptance of affordable housing.