3-D modeling of Purdue's Engineering Island area presented in Google Earth

Prof. Vincent Drnevich, along with recent master's degree students Adam Prochaska and Aaron Evans, have developed a new method for determination of maximum dry unit weight and water content range for effective compaction of granular soils using a vibrating hammer.

His team will be working on Mars topographic mapping using orbital imagery and laser ranging, and the calibration of the instruments aboard.

Professors James Bethel, Edward Mikhail and Jie Shan have received Purdue's Acorn Award, recognizing their research efforts.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Prof. Fred Mannering has been featured in a New York Times article about the cause of traffic collisions.

Dr. Amit Varma was recently invited to serve as an advisory committee member for the research program and code development effort, "Specification for Safety Related Steel Plate Concrete Structures for Nuclear Facilities."

A Purdue University Web site that provides expert advice in emerging construction technologies for professional engineers is back by popular demand after taking a hiatus since January.

Robert J. Frosch is the recipient of PCI's 2007 Young Educator Achievement Award.

Appointments to register for spring semester classes will be held Monday Oct.15th, 6-9pm in CIVL 3153

"Fire Inside," a recent article in Science News magazine featuring a contribution from Prof. Amit Varma, spotlights structural-design and fire-protection principles to build safer structures.

A great opportunity to meet firms looking for Civil Engineers is the CESAC Career Fair on September 19th in the Armory.

The School of Civil Engineering would like to congratulate Professor Rao S. Govindaraju on the recent publication of his book, "Moment Analysis for Subsurface Hydrologic Applications."

Ashley Rose, a recent graduate in land surveying & geomatics engineering, has contributed articles to the last two issues of Professional Surveyor Magazine.

The School of Civil Engineering would like to congratulate Professors Kumares C. Sinha & Samuel Labi on the recent publication of their book, "Transportation Decision Making: Principles of Project Evaluation and Programming."

Jung Eun (Jen) Oh won the 2007 Student Essay Competition hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America for her essay, "A Design for a Comprehensive Usage-Based Road Pricing."

The Purdue University board of trustees on Friday, May 18 2007, approved the appointment of M. Katherine Banks as the Bowen Engineering Head of Civil Engineering.

It has been a successful end of the semester for the geotech group at Purdue. Three graduate students, Yiannis Zevgolis, Oliver Colic and Wen-Chao Huang, were honored by the College of Engineering as “outstanding students” for their contributions to their Schools and the College.

The steel bridge competition on April 28, 2007 was one of many contests held during the ASCE Great Lakes Regional Conference. The steel bridge event involved ten schools competing with their bridges that they had designed and fabricated over the course of the year.

Engineering Professional Education (ProEd) will deliver an innovative program for those interested in exploring the geo-spatial complexities of the earth with the launch of an online specialization in Geomatics starting August 2007.