Congratulations to Prof. Joe Sinfield on his selection by the National Academy of Engineering to participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program.
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.
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 Sarah Hubbard, Darcy Bullock & Fred Mannering for their award-winning paper, "Right-Turns on Green and Pedestrian Level of Service: A Statistical Assessment"
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.
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.
Congratulations to Velvet Fitzpatrick & Abigail Morgan, recipients of the Outstanding Service Scholarship of $2,000 in recognition of their contributions to the school, college and university.
The 2010 Rudolph Hering Medal has been awarded to Kathy Banks, Sybil Sharvelle, Mazdak Arabi, and Eric McLamore for the paper "Model Development for Biotrickling Filter Treatment of Graywater Simulant and Waste Gas: I."
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.