A project team, led by Ayman Habib, has been awarded a grant of nearly $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation to generate digital twins, model how fire spreads, and conduct resilience studies for preventing and mitigating wildfires at the wildland-urban interface.

63 members of Purdue's Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers attended the annual IN-KY student symposium, held April 9-11 in Lexington, KY. The symposium was co-hosted by the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, with 14 schools in attendance. This was Purdue's third consecutive year placing first overall in the symposium, winning a total of 18 awards.

A research project led by Dr. Zhi (George) Zhou bridging environmental engineering and machine learning to advance sustainable biofuel production is the winner of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists 2026 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Awards Competition.

This year's annual Bridge Bust competition, organized by the Purdue University student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), took place March 6 at the Cordova Recreational Center on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette.

The College of Engineering recognized faculty, lecturers and other staff for outstanding dedication to teaching students in a Purdue Exponent ad on March 2.

Purdue researchers in the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering and Science are collaborating to advance AI applications. One team including associate professor Mohammad Jahanshahi was awarded $100,000 to develop a real-time, AI-driven model to detect and mitigate corn tar spot.

Congratulations to CCE student athlete Sam White, member of the Purdue men's swim & dive team, for earning Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the spring 2026 sports season. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, students must carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Todd Helwig, Ph.D., P.E., the David Allen Cockrell Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, was welcomed to LSCCE on April 14 for his Dennis & Leslie Drag Distinguished Lecture on "The Role of Structural Failures and Field Problems in Directing Research and Specification Design Provisions."

Anna M. Rakoczy, the Curtis Visiting Professor at the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, presented a seminar on remote inspection and monitoring technologies and their application in steel bridges as part of the Structures Graduate Seminar Series on Tuesday, April 7.

The Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering's Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Graduate Program in Civil Engineering has been recognized as a top 10 graduate program in the country.

CCE undergrad Kalaya Sriver has been selected by the Indianapolis Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) as the recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to inspire and support women who aspire to pursue a career path in transportation.

PhD student Rishika Tumula has been selected by the Indianapolis Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) as the recipient of the Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to inspire and support women who aspire to pursue a career path in transportation.

CCE undergrad Maeve Hegarty has been selected by the Indianapolis Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) as the recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to inspire and support women who aspire to pursue a career path in transportation.

Mark Donahue (BSCNE '94), Executive Vice President at Mortenson, and Timothy Jacobs (BSCE '84, MSCE '85, PhD CE '88), Vice President of Applied AI and Machine Learning at Walmart, have received the 2026 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award presented by the College of Engineering.

Purdue University's Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering recognized seven passionate, influential and visionary graduates during the 32nd annual Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards banquet.

It wasn't Matthew Moulton's goal of developing and maintaining safer bridges for the state of Michigan that drove him to return to college for his master's degree in civil engineering. It was a desire to complete a path he had started long ago.

Wavelogix, a manufacturer of novel, patented concrete strength sensors invented at Purdue University's College of Engineering, has received a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.

The latest edition of 'Steel Design' offers an industry-leading exploration of structural steel, focusing specifically on the design of individual members and their connections. Co-author Sayed Soleimani, a professor of engineering practice in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, combines practical procedures with a strong theoretical foundation to help students and practicing engineers apply fundamental design principles to real-world structures.

For the first time in the U.S., a roadway wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating a key technology that could help lower the costs of building electrified highways for all electric vehicles to use.

Purdue engineers have developed a patent-pending method to decrease hazardous strikes to underground utility pipes during construction projects. This could lower related financial losses, service disruptions, injuries and fatalities. Professor Hubo Cai and Purdue doctoral candidate Yuxi Zhang are improving upon traditional ground-penetrating radar data to better estimate the location, orientation and radius of underground utility pipes.