Alumni Profiles - Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering - University at Buffalo

“I’m pushing myself to explore my options, and UB has been a great place for doing that.”
8/4/16
Jane Alumnus, BS '05
Director worldwide product safety, Mattel, Inc.
“Everything that I learn in practice builds on what I learned at UB. I am continually impressed by how well I am prepared for what I do from day-to-day."
8/4/16
Michael Astrella, BS '01, MS '04
Senior Structural Engineer, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
8/4/16
Jonathan Geldard, BS '11
Environmental Engineer, Labella Associates
8/4/16
Andrea Ruminski, BS '01
Infrastructure Assessment Subject Matter Expert at Army Corp of Engineers
"I chose UB’s civil engineering program for two reasons: affordability and excellence."
4/16/19
Tenzin Nyandak, BS '14
The Robert Silman Fellow for Preservation Engineering 2015, Silman
"It was great to be able get hands on design experience and see real world applications to what we learned in class."
2/12/18
Jaclyn Bronner, BS '14
Graduate Student, University of California at Davis
At National Fuel, Edwards is responsible for air permitting and continual compliance for natural gas compressor stations.
8/4/16
Cassidy Edwards, BS '14
Associate Engineer of Environmental and Clean Air Compliance, National Fuel
"Being able to communicate all the technical details so people can understand it that may or may not have a technical background became huge."
2/15/18
Michael Marino, BS '96
CEO, Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc.
Derrigan's current position allows her to do independent work, and collaborate on larger projects.
3/8/18
Lisa Derrigan, PE, BS '91, MS '93
Senior Project Manager, GHD
"In terms of my career, I was able to move to my favorite city and accept a job at my first-choice firm, and I don’t think any other school would have helped me get to this point better than UB."
1/18/22
Adrianne Richardson, BS '17, MS '19
Thornton Tomasetti
“For me personally, my job needs to be meaningful, challenging, exciting, and has to constantly make me a better and more capable person while making contribution to the bigger society. It sounds very demanding, and yet, the World Bank fulfilled every single dream that I had about that perfect job.”
10/22/25
Fei Deng, PhD '04, MS '00
Program Leader, Infrastructure & Sustainable Development, Papua New Guinea & Pacific Islands, The World Bank
Show passion in what you do, and use the experiences from UB to show that you are just as much, if not, more, than the position you are applying for. "
1/2/24
Susan Paul (MS '22, BS '21)
Civil engineering alumna
“The most important piece of advice for finding a job in academia - believe in yourself and never give up.”
2/6/25
Jiale Xu, PhD '20
Assistant Professor - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
North Dakota State University