Michael A. Celia is an American retired civil engineer.

A native of Eaton, Pennsylvania, Celia graduated from Lafayette College before completing two masters degrees, a PhD, and postdoctoral research at Princeton University. Celia began his teaching career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then returned to Princeton in 1989 at the invitation of Eric Franklin Wood.[1] Celia chaired the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 2005 to 2011,[2] was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008,[3][4] a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2018,[5][6] and became Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies[7] before retiring with emeritus status in 2025.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Michael Celia". Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. "Michael Celia". Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. "AAAS fellows" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. MacPherson, Kitta (24 December 2008). "AAAS selects three fellows at Princeton". Princeton University. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. "National Academy of Engineering Elects 80 Members and 22 Foreign Members". United States National Academy of Engineering. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  6. "Professor Michael A. Celia". United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  7. "Michael Celia". Princeton University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Retrieved 21 December 2025.