Amy Cerato

Amy B. Cerato is an American civil engineer focused on geotechnical engineering, including soil mechanics, soil stabilization, and expansive soil. She is the Rapp Foundation Presidential Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.[1]

Education and career

Cerato grew up in rural Pennsylvania.[2] She majored in civil engineering at Lafayette College, a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 1999. She continued her studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she received a master's degree in civil engineering in 2001, a second master's degree in geosciences in 2004, and a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering in 2005.[3]

She joined the University of Oklahoma as an assistant professor of civil engineering in 2005. She was promoted to associate professor in 2011 and full professor in 2016. She was given the Rapp Foundation Presidential Professorship in 2009.[3]

Cerato is also a licensed professional engineer in Oklahoma, and since 2014 she has consulted in geotechnical engineering through her firm, Cerato Geotechnical Engineering, PLLC.[3]

Recognition

Cerato was a 2004–2005 Selected Professions Fellow of the American Association of University Women.[4] She was a 2009 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, given "for innovative research on the micro-level understanding of the behavior of expansive soils leading toward development of models to predict soil response to moisture changes, and for educational and outreach activities to bring an appreciation of engineering's role in society to K-12 students".[5]

She was one of two 2010 winners of the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers.[6] In 2011 the University of Massachusetts Amherst Riccio College of Engineering gave her their Outstanding Young Alumni Award.[7] She was the 2015 recipient of the Shamsher Prakash Foundation Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Engineering.[8]

Personal life

Cerato is the president of Pike Off OTA, an Oklahoma environmental group that opposes highway construction by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Amy Cerato", Civil Engineering & Environmental Science faculty, University of Oklahoma, retrieved 2026-07-05
  2. ↑ Harp, Anne Barajas (Summer 2010), "A year in the life of Amy Cerato", Sooner Magazine, pp. 29–31, retrieved 2026-07-05
  3. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae: Amy B. Cerato (PDF), University of Oklahoma, June 2017, retrieved 2026-07-05
  4. ↑ Toomey, Mandy (April 14, 2010), "Meet Amy Cerato: Geotechnical Engineer", AAUW Dialog, American Association of University Women, retrieved 2026-07-05
  5. ↑ "Amy B. Cerato", PECASE recipients, National Science Foundation, retrieved 2026-07-05
  6. ↑ Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award Past Award Winners, American Society of Civil Engineers, retrieved 2026-07-05
  7. ↑ "Alumni Awards", Riccio College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, retrieved 2026-07-05
  8. ↑ "Shamsher Prakash Foundation: 2015 Awards for Exellence in Teaching", Geoengineer, May 6, 2016, retrieved 2026-07-05
  9. ↑ Dodd, Peggy (June 29, 2026), "Pike Off OTA files federal ligitation against OTA, federal agencies", The Norman Transcript, retrieved 2026-07-05
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