Feature Story: CIV Students Build Bridges of Innovation at 2nd Annual BRIDGES Conference

This past Thursday, the Student Activities Center (SAC) was transformed into a hub of interdisciplinary discovery as the Stony Brook Graduate Magazine hosted its 2nd Annual B.R.I.D.G.E.S. Conference. While the event drew researchers from over 30 departments across campus, the Department of Civil Engineering (CIV) made a particularly strong showing, with several students presenting posters that highlight the future of resilient and sustainable infrastructure.

CIV Presenter Lineup

	Presenter Name	Faculty Advisor	Poster Title / Research Topic
	Zijie Xu	Wei Li	Stress Sensing for Human-Like Touch
	Zijin Mei	Wei Li	In-Situ Mining in Fractured Sulfide-Bearing Rocks: A Digital Rock Assessment
	Shiyao Wang	Wei Li	Sea Ice Transport Regulated by Ice Arches in Narrow Straits: Visualization of Its Granular Nature Through 3D Photoelastic Tests
	Liquan Mai	Wei Li	Quantitative Network Analysis of Acid-Induced Wormhole Structure in Carbonate Rocks
	Jonathan Craig	Ali Khosronejad	Hydroelastic modeling of flexible marine hydrokinetic turbine blades considering torsion and bending moments
	Hossein Seyedzadeh	Ali Khosronejad	Blue Power in Long Island Sound: A Physics-Based Model for Clean Energy & Economic Impact
	Gabriel Narh	Ali Khosronejad	High-Fidelity Wake Flow and Sediment Transport Simulations Around Horizontal and Vertical Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine Arrays
	Meriç Aksen	Ali Khosronejad	Feasibility Study of Tidal Energy Sites using High Fidelity Modeling and Machine Learning Techniques
	Samin Shapourmiandouab	Ali Khosronejad	Learning River Turbulence from Snapshots: Neural Network Surrogates for the Piscataqua River
	Alireza Ershad	Anıl Yazıcı	Technology Driven Workforce Transformation in Transportation Industry
	Qianyi Liu, Xiaolu Liu	Te Pei	Understanding Geo-Environmental Factors for Landslide Occurrences Using Geographically Explainable AI: A Case Study from the Northeastern United States