Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing sustainable infrastructure, environmental protection, and resilient built environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13183460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University Context triple: [School of Engineering at Stanford University, hasDepartment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University]
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its research and education in infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and related engineering disciplines.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.
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C.
MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through research and education in civil and environmental engineering.
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D.
School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University
The School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University is an academic division focused on research and education in geosciences, energy resources, and environmental sustainability.
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E.
School of Engineering at Stanford University
The School of Engineering at Stanford University is a leading engineering institution renowned for its cutting-edge research, innovation, and close ties to Silicon Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University Target entity description: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing sustainable infrastructure, environmental protection, and resilient built environments.
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic department renowned for its research and education in infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and related engineering disciplines.
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B.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University is an academic department known for research and education in structural mechanics, environmental engineering, and related fields within the McCormick School of Engineering.
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C.
MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an academic department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and resilient systems through research and education in civil and environmental engineering.
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School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University
The School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University is an academic division focused on research and education in geosciences, energy resources, and environmental sustainability.
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School of Engineering at Stanford University
The School of Engineering at Stanford University is a leading engineering institution renowned for its cutting-edge research, innovation, and close ties to Silicon Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | School of Engineering at Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Stanford University main campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University
NERFINISHED
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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment NERFINISHED ⓘ other departments in the Stanford School of Engineering ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalLevel | tertiary education ⓘ |
| emphasis |
environmental stewardship
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innovation in infrastructure ⓘ interdisciplinary research ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
civil engineering
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environmental engineering ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ resilient built environments ⓘ sustainable infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://cee.stanford.edu ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Stanford, California ⓘ |
| mission |
advance sustainable infrastructure
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enhance resilience of built environments ⓘ protect the environment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to environmental engineering education
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leadership in sustainable infrastructure research ⓘ |
| offersActivity |
research projects with government agencies
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research projects with industry partners ⓘ research projects with non-profit organizations ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
Bachelor of Science
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Science ⓘ |
| offersFacility |
research laboratories for civil engineering
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research laboratories for environmental engineering ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate programs in civil and environmental engineering
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undergraduate programs in civil and environmental engineering ⓘ |
| partOf | Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | global ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
atmosphere and energy
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climate change impacts on infrastructure ⓘ construction engineering and management ⓘ environmental engineering and science ⓘ geotechnical engineering ⓘ resilience of infrastructure systems ⓘ structural engineering ⓘ sustainable built environment ⓘ sustainable infrastructure systems ⓘ urban systems and infrastructure ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University Description of subject: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing sustainable infrastructure, environmental protection, and resilient built environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
School of Engineering at Stanford University
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hasDepartment
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
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