PhD student Omair Bin Saleem has been presented with the Young Investigator Award for his contributions at the 6th International Conference on Protective Structures and the Special Issue of the International Journal of Protective Structures.

Woei-Chyi Chang, Ph.D. candidate in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Master's student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the Kinnier Dissertation Fellowship.

Woei-Chyi Chang, Paul Chintala, Oluwaseun Olabode, and Jorge Rojas have been selected to receive the 2024 Crooks Graduate Scholarship, awarded to outstanding graduate students in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering with a concentration in construction engineering.

The Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering's Online Master's Program has been recognized as #2 in the nation for the fifth year in a row.

A paper on personalized autonomous driving co-authored by CCE PhD student Can Cui and a group of Purdue Engineering students and faculty received the Best Paper Award by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ACP30) at this year's conference held in Washington, D.C.

Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. A new publication developed by Purdue University researchers offers the first comprehensive guidance for public drinking water system staff.

Members of the Purdue Underground Construction Association (UCA)/North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASST) Student Chapter participated in the 2nd Global Buried Asset Management Congress (GBAMC), held November 14-16, 2024, in Indianapolis.

Lyles CCE graduate student Deepak Benny has been selected as an International Road Federation (IRF) Fellow for the Class of 2025.

In this interview, Prof. Darcy Bullock discusses recent research studies on the power of digital alerting as the next frontier for in-vehicle safety.

Dr. Monica Prezzi, Professor of Civil Engineering, has been elected to a two-year term on the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust Board of Trustees. Since its founding, the DFI Educational Trust has awarded nearly $2 million in scholarships and grants to at least 500 students studying at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.

Of the fourteen College of Engineering students who earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the fall 2024 sports season, CCE student and cross country runner Joel Gomez led the pack with a 4.0 GPA.

PhD student Phani "Saketh" Dasika will travel to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March to research nano-architected materials with tailored mechanical properties inspired by biological systems.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Dec. 13) ratified the appointment of Jie Shan as the Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering.

A research team led by Nusrat Jung, an assistant professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, has developed a new rapid screening method to test for volatile chemicals.

Listeners from the United States, Canada, and Europe tuned in November 6 to a webinar entitled Lessons Learned from the 2023 East Palestine Chemical Spill and Fires Disaster. The event centered on new discoveries from four rapid response research studies funded by the National Science Foundation.

Hundreds of civil engineering professionals from around the world gathered at Purdue University to attend the 39th Annual Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar. The daylong event covered an array of topics from works zones and the visually impaired to repair strategies for steel bridges.

Dr. Roberto T. Leon, P.E., the C.E. Via Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech University, will present the next Dennis & Leslie Drag Distinguished Lecture, titled "Complexity Lessons from Recent Structural Failures," on Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 5:00pm in HAMP 1144.

Ayman Habib, Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). This is one of the highest professional achievement awards bestowed by ASPRS.

Melba Crawford, the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, was recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence from The Ohio State University during the 2024 College of Engineering Alumni Awards on October 25.

One of the most festive events to date in Purdue Engineering’s yearlong 150th anniversary celebration was dedicated to 38 alumni standouts.