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.

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.

This week more than 3,000 transportation professionals will gather in West Lafayette for the 111th annual Purdue Road School Transportation Conference and Expo.

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.

CCE graduate student Lyndsey Harris 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.

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.

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.

Bringing aromas indoors with the help of chemical products — yes, air fresheners, wax melts, floor cleaners, deodorants and others — rapidly fills the air with nanoscale particles that are small enough to get deep into your lungs, Purdue engineers have found over a series of studies.

Purdue wildfire response and recovery expert Andrew Whelton has been in the Los Angeles area this week to assist households and businesses affected by last month’s Palisades fire and Eaton fire.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 7) ratified the appointment of Luna Lu as the Indiana ACPA Professor in Concrete Paving and Materials Science

Dr. Mirian Velay-Lizancos has been awarded the Young Investigator Betancourt Medal by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain. This great honor is given to up to eight outstanding researchers under 40 from any engineering field worldwide, with a connection to Spain, who deserve special recognition for their contributions to engineering.

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.

An interdisciplinary research team led by Sogand Hasanzadeh (CCE), Yiheng Feng (CCE), Behzad Esmaeili (IE/CCE), and Lu Su (ECE), in collaboration with INDOT and industry partners, has been awarded a nearly $2M SMART Stage 1 Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve workzone safety for drivers and workers.

PhD student Omair Bin Saleem has been presented with the Young Investigator Award for his contributions at the 6th International Conference on Protective Structures and the Special Issue of the International Journal of Protective Structures.

Woei-Chyi Chang, Ph.D. candidate in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Master's student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the Kinnier Dissertation Fellowship.

Woei-Chyi Chang, Paul Chintala, Oluwaseun Olabode, and Jorge Rojas have been selected to receive the 2024 Crooks Graduate Scholarship, awarded to outstanding graduate students in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering with a concentration in construction engineering.

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

A paper on personalized autonomous driving co-authored by CCE PhD student Can Cui and a group of Purdue Engineering students and faculty received the Best Paper Award by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ACP30) at this year's conference held in Washington, D.C.

Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. A new publication developed by Purdue University researchers offers the first comprehensive guidance for public drinking water system staff.

Members of the Purdue Underground Construction Association (UCA)/North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASST) Student Chapter participated in the 2nd Global Buried Asset Management Congress (GBAMC), held November 14-16, 2024, in Indianapolis.