Summary
Cynthia Chan is a New York–based design engineer with nine years of experience delivering water resources, restoration, and green infrastructure projects, currently designing for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection. She combines hands-on field and fabrication experience from academic projects with technical design, GIS, and AutoCAD skills developed at Arcadis and in municipal projects. Cynthia played a central role in oyster-focused restoration and education at the Billion Oyster Project, pairing restoration engineering with grant and education program management. Her background in stormwater management, wastewater conveyance, and community outreach enables her to translate technical solutions into implementable, community-minded infrastructure. Trained at Cornell (MEng, Environmental Engineering), she brings a rare mix of lab/field research, public-facing communication, and project delivery experience to urban sustainability challenges.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering at Cornell University
Stuyvesant High School
State University of New York College at Geneseo