Juliana Spohr Pereira (MSCE '17) is redefining the boundaries of civil engineering — both on Earth and beyond.

Purdue Engineering has selected Michael D. Todd as the next Bowen Engineering Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE).

Ziran Wang, Assistant Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and Assistant Director of the Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON) at Purdue University, will lead Purdue's participation in an international project to develop human-centered AI and next-generation automotive computing systems for automated vehicles.

The 20th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture will be held on Wednesday, September 16th at 5:30pm in Room 104 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Professor Kenichi Soga of the University of California at Berkeley will deliver his lecture titled, "Smart Geotechnical Infrastructure to Realize Performance-based Design and Operation."

Doctoral researcher Johnson Adetooto was selected to receive a 2026 American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation Scholarship, funded by the ASSP Central Indiana Chapter in memory of Jim Kriner, in the amount of $3,000.

Congratulations to Antonio Bobet, Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Professor in Civil Engineering, Marika Santagata, Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering, and alumna Kanika Gupta (PhD 2025), recognized with an honorable mention by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for high value research conducted with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) on detection and assessment of sulfates in the pavement subgrade.

Jason Williamson will become the first Purdue civil engineer to travel to space during the Purdue 1 suborbital flight in 2027.

Boilermakers shaped iconic projects like the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge. Today's students are creating what's next. Find out more from Robert Connor and Paul Giroux, professors in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering.

Even if a home survives a wildfire, intense heat and pressure changes can draw dangerous chemical contaminants, toxic gases, and soot into indoor plumbing and air systems. In this article written for The Conversation, Professor Andrew Whelton shares safety tips for returning residents.

CCE staff members Brad Caffery, Melody Carducci, Julie Chapman, Julie Jesiek, Laura Lathrop, Robert Ooms, William Joseph Pearcy, David Rater, William Schmidt, and Ayesha Shah were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the college.

PaveX, a Purdue University-related startup that uses advanced AI to automate road condition assessments and help public works departments maintain infrastructure, has received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop its technology.

Purdue University Vice Provost for Academic Facilities and Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering Professor Robert Frosch will step in as interim head of Purdue Civil and Construction Engineering for the remainder of 2026.

The Water Research Foundation has awarded Project 5365, "State-of-Practice Manual for Inflow and Infiltration Detection and Mitigation at Street and Private Lateral Levels," to a Purdue University research team led by Principal Investigators Dr. Dulcy Abraham and Dr. Tom Iseley.

This summer, faculty members Dr. Sogand Hasanzadeh, Dr. Pablo Zavattieri, and Dr. Akanshu Sharma from the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (LSCCE) led the "Constructing the Future" program as part of Purdue University's Grandparent University (GPU).

The initial phase of the Lyles School's long-term objective to develop a structured pathway for bridge engineering education is the highlight of an article in the August 2026 edition of Modern Steel Construction magazine, published by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

Purdue University will host a free, one-hour virtual briefing featuring leading experts sharing newly released, science-backed guidance for wildfire recovery. The webinar will be held on Monday, August 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

Congratulations to Andrew Tarko, Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering and Director of the Center for Road Safety (CRS), recognized by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for high value research conducted with INDOT on suburban arterial safety performance.

Jie Shan, Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering, was presented the Schwidefsky Medal at the 25th International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Congress in Toronto, Canada.

The project will establish new scientific foundations for automated vehicles that can interpret human attention, intent, and cognitive state in real time, allowing them to make personalized shared-control decisions that improve safety, trust, and the overall driving experience.

Alek Habecker (CCE intern) and Bala Reddy Kolanu (ECE graduate student) represented Purdue at the 28th International Roboracer Competition that took place in Detroit as part of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IEEE IV), June 22-25, 2026.