Congratulations to Prof. Joe Sinfield on his selection by the National Academy of Engineering to participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program.

"Mitigating Disasters: How a CE-led initiative could keep us safer"

A Forbes.com article by graduate student Kari Nasi about her experience as a research assistant for the Network for Earthquake Engineering and Simulation Community and Communications Center at Purdue.

Congratulations to Prof. Vince Drnevich, recipient of the 2010 NSPE Joe A. Rhoads PE Mentor of the Year Award.

A recent USA Today article cites research by Prof. Darcy Bullock and his team to help track how long airline passengers are stuck at security checkpoints.

Congratulations to Mike Barbier, Scott Sandstrom & Sam Leckrone on their achievement!

Congratulations to Robert L. Bowen, recipient of the Purdue Bands & Orchestra's 2010 Alumni Achievement Award.

Highlights from the 8th edition of the Purdue Geotechnical Workshop and 8th Leonards Lecture that took place on Saturday May 1, 2010 on the Purdue campus. This year's PGS workshop is entitled Making Waves in Geotechnical Engineering, and is intended to celebrate the career and accomplishments of Professor Vincent P. Drnevich, who retired in May.

Greg Sheppard, a sophomore Civil Engineering Student from Novi, Michigan juggles a complicated schedule to pursue his goal of becoming an environmental engineer while training to compete as a triathlete.

Congratulations to Prof. Vince Drnevich on being named an ASCE Distinguished Member. ASCE only awards this honorary status to 8-10 people per year and is limited to 1 distinguished member per 7500 ASCE members.

Congratulations to Prof. Hubo Cai, 2nd place co-recipient of the 2010 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems

Civil engineers at Purdue University are helping the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology keep buildings safe from natural and human-caused disasters.

Congratulations to Prof. Jason Weiss, awarded the 2010 College of Engineering Potter Teaching Award, and Prof. Judy Liu, awarded the 2010 College of Engineering Advising Award.

For 35 years, Molly Stetler has supported the faculty and students of the structural engineering group. She is the person behind the scenes making sure that everyone can do what they have come to Purdue to do.

Prof. Ayhan Irfanoglu is among a contingent of experts traveling to Haiti on Feb. 28 to assess building damage and gather data to help determine how to build structures in the future that are better able to withstand powerful earthquakes.

The 2010 Surveying School, a two-day continuing education course in land surveying & geomatics engineering, will be held March 31 & April 1. More information and a registration form are available at eng.purdue.edu/CE/surveyschool