CCE News & Spotlights

April 12, 2025

Fall 2025 Course Spotlight - CE 497: 3D Printing for Infrastructure Applications

This course offers undergraduates hands-on experience with cutting-edge concrete 3D printing technologies and insights from industry leaders shaping the future of construction. As automation, sustainability, and digital fabrication redefine civil and construction engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of the transformation—join us and help shape the future of infrastructure!
April 11, 2025

Structures Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Terrence F. Paret, Senior Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., will be presenting a seminar titled, "Why Do You Believe that Performance-based Engineering Really Works? Should you?" on Tuesday 4/15 at 4:30 p.m. in HAMP 1144.
April 10, 2025

G.A. Leonards Lecture and PGS Workshop

The 2025 Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop and the 21st G.A. Leonards Lecture will take place on Friday, April 11th. Professor Giulia Viggiani of the University of Cambridge will deliver the Leonards Lecture on Engineering Frozen Ground: Understanding the Behavior of Soil on Freezing and Thawing.
April 9, 2025

Nadia Gkritza graduates from ELATES program

Nadia Gkritza, Professor of Civil Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering, has completed the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) fellowship program at Drexel University.
March 26, 2025

Video: Upgrading old buildings with earthquake-proof tech

Akanshu Sharma, the Jack and Kay Hockema Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, explains that most older buildings were not built with earthquakes in mind and how a new construction method could help reinforce them. At Bowen Lab, Sharma is testing a two-story structure meant to mimic buildings constructed before earthquake codes went into effect.
March 19, 2025

Satish Ukkusuri elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Satish Ukkusuri, Hubert and Audrey Kleasen Professor in Civil Engineering, has been elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession.
February 25, 2025

Alberto Castillo receives ACI Research in Progress award

Grad student Alberto Castillo was the second-place winner in the Research in Progress session conducted by the American Concrete Institute showcasing research projects and leading-edge concrete technology throughout the world.
February 20, 2025

How mosquitos hear may inspire new ways to detect natural disasters

A multidisciplinary Purdue University research team is recreating mosquito antennae to better study their sensitivity to vibrations. Should the research prove fruitful, it could lead to improvements in monitoring and detecting natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
February 20, 2025

'This Is Purdue': Purdue professors Brandon Boor and Nusrat Jung on their groundbreaking indoor air quality research

What's in the air we breathe indoors? That's what Brandon Boor, the Dr. Margery E. Hoffman Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, and Nusrat Jung, assistant professor of civil engineering, are researching in our buildings - at home, school, work and beyond. In the latest episode of 'This Is Purdue,' Boor and Jung share their journey from Finland to Purdue's Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and the early experiences that shaped their passion for research.
January 28, 2025

How your car might be making roads safer

In this NYT article, Professor Darcy Bullock and other transportation experts weigh in on the benefits and potential pitfalls of connected vehicles providing critical information on roadways and traffic for transportation departments and researchers.
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