Purdue University is already earning dividends on the new Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research, a high-tech facility that was dedicated today (Friday, 10/3).

Christopher B. Burke and his wife, Susan, both Purdue graduates, pledged to endow the Christopher B. Burke Professorship in Civil Engineering.

Groundbreaking for the new Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research was at 9 a.m. today (Friday, 9/27), and construction is expected to be completed in July.