Ayhan Irfanoglu spent his early childhood in the Turkish town of İskenderun, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and an hour’s drive from Antakya, the biblical city of Antioch. Returning to his home country following the series of massive earthquakes on Feb. 6 that have killed over 50,000 people, Irfanoglu says the devastation is overwhelming. But the Purdue University professor remains steadfast in his mission as a civil and structural engineer.

A Purdue CE research team is back in town after a trip to the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment. The team, led by CE/EEE Professor Andrew Whelton and several students, collected water samples from creeks and homes in East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailed and spilled hazardous materials like vinyl chloride.

William (Bill) Bailey, PE, SE (BSCE 1988, MSCE 1989), 2021 recipient of the CE Alumni Achievement Award, has been named the sixth CEO of engineering and consulting firm Crawford, Murphy & Tilly.

Pablo Zavattieri, Jerry M. and Lynda T. Engelhardt Professor in Civil Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Fellow grade of membership recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession and to ASME.

Douglas M. Owen (BSCE '80), senior principal at Stantec, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to drinking water quality, expansion of potable reuse and integration of sustainability in water treatment plant design.

Assistant Professor Jinha Jung, along with a group of geomatics graduate students, represented Purdue Geomatics at the 71st annual conference of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors, held January 18-20 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Professor Samuel Labi and a group of engineering/technology students represented Purdue University as AV racing Team Black & Gold at the international Autonomous Challenge @ CES held at the Las Vegas Speedway on January 7, 2023.

Andrew Whelton, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, contributed to a CBS News report about health risks plaguing East Palestine, Ohio after an explosive train derailment earlier this month forced hundreds of evacuations.

Ayhan Irfanoglu, Professor and Associate Head of the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, will be surveying the impact of the recent earthquake in Turkey this week with an advance reconnaissance team dispatched jointly by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER).

Several CE structures faculty members comment on the recent devastation caused by a massive earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday, including Professor and Associate Head Ayhan Irfanoglu, a native of Turkey, who will join in a student-led humanitarian effort taking place this afternoon from 3:30-6:30pm in WALC 1132.

Kumares C. Sinha, the Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, has been honored by ASCE with the 2023 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) award for demonstrated excellence in furthering civil engineering education.

James E. (Jim) Rowings (BSCE 1975, MSCE 1979, Ph.D. 1982) has been honored by ASCE with the 2023 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) award for innovation and excellence in construction of civil engineering projects and programs.

In the "Crossroads of America," Purdue University engineers — including Lyles School of Civil Engineering Professors John Haddock and Nadia Gkritza — and their Indiana-based partners are making it possible for electric cars to charge on roads while driving.

Congratulations to CE grad students Gaia Cervini and Lena Azimi for placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the Indiana Geographic Information Council's first-ever Emerging Professional Research Competition.

CE 597 Great Projects: Essential Lessons from the Great Builders will be taught by veteran builder and award-winning civil engineering historian Paul Giroux as a 2-credit course starting February 6th and will provide an in-depth study of the Great Projects and their relevant lessons to modern engineering and management practice.

At the request of two Colorado cities shortly following the Marshall Fire, Purdue University researchers led by Andrew Whelton provided onsite technical assistance and studied the scientific and policy needs specific to drinking water systems' resilience to wildfires. The goal was to better understand the decisions, resources, expertise and response limitations during and after the wildfire.

Interventions designed to keep people safe can have hidden side effects. With an increased perception of safety, some people are more likely to take risks, writes a research team that includes Sogand Hasanzadeh, assistant professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management

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

Across the U.S., children and adults are increasingly exposed to harmful chemicals from a source few people are even aware of, Professor Andrew Whelton says.