Drs. Prezzi and Salgado, professors of Geotechnical Engineering in CE, are leading a group of students in a study abroad class focused on Brazil Energy and Transportation Infrastructure.

CE student Andrea Bailey will play a leading role as drum major for the Purdue University "All-American" Marching Band in 2012-13.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2011 CE Alumni Achievement Awards: James Horton, James Huff, Doreen Mitchell, Charles Nmai, and John Weaver.

The Purdue University Student Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is reaching out to local schools to teach students about earthquakes and their impact on civil engineering.

Prof. Robert Connor has been honored by the Alberta Transportation Department with the Alberta Transportation Innovation Award.

Congratulations to Bismark Agbelie, Eleni Bardaka and Harkrishan Singh Sahi, recipients of the Edward J. Cox Memorial Transportation Scholarship Award, and to Wubeshet Woldemariam for winning the 33rd Annual Harter Rupert Best Paper Award.

The 98th Purdue Road School on March 6-7, 2012, was attended by over 2,200 transportation professionals. Governor Daniels was the featured speaker at the annual Road School luncheon.

Robert L. Bowen (BSCE '62), the Donn E. Hancher Distinguished Fellow for the Division of Construction Engineering Management, has won an Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Society of Civil Engineers.

Glen T. Daigger and Jack A. Hockema have been selected as the College of Engineering's 2012 Distinguished Engineering Alumni representing Civil Engineering. The Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award is presented to Engineering alums who have distinguished themselves in any field in ways that reflect favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.