Purdue University's Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering will recognize seven passionate, influential and visionary graduates during the 29th annual Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards banquet.

Civil Engineering at Purdue has a long history of educating outstanding engineers – and the Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards gives the School the opportunity to recognize the career accomplishments of some of our most influential graduates.

The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The alumni achievement award applauds career achievements and contributions to the civil engineering profession. The recipients are selected by a faculty committee and approved by the entire civil engineering faculty.

This year’s honorees are:

Benjamín Colucci-Ríos (MSCE 1980, PhD 1984)
Professor and Former Acting Dean of Engineering – Univ. of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Jeffrey Meredith (BSCE 1992, MBA 1997)
Chief Executive Officer – Chamberlain Group

John Anthony Mundell (BSCE 1979, MSCE 1980)
President/Chief Operating Officer – Mundell & Associates, Inc.

Julie Roehm (BSCE 1993)
Chief Marketing Officer – Convergint

Jeffrey S. Russell (MSCE 1986, PhD 1988)
Vice Provost of Lifelong Learning, Dean of Continuing Students, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison

Myung Sagong (MSCE 1998, PhD 2001)
President – Korea Railroad Research Institute

Beena Sukumaran (PhD 1996)
Dinesh and Ila Paliwal Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing – Miami University