Through a partnership between Big Ten programs, Purdue University researchers are remote testing their autonomous vehicle from a state away.

As pothole season continues, professor Luna Lu's smart concrete research continues to get media coverage. Lu’s innovative concrete sensors, which allow concrete to "communicate" with engineers about its strength, were recently featured in a CBS Boston story. The reporter used video from the Purdue News YouTube page to showcase how Lu’s sensors are cutting down construction time and saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

With seed money from the College of Agriculture through Plant Sciences 2.0 and the USDA's Ag2PI: Agricultural Genome to Phenome program, associate professor Jinha Jung and his team are building Data to Science (d2s) — an online platform that initially will house data from unmanned aerial vehicles for crops and forestry. On this website, users share drone data instead of videos.

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

Yiheng Feng, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Assistant Director of the Center for Road Safety (CRS), has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to fund his research investigating the cybersecurity problem in next-generation transportation infrastructure.

Four researchers at Purdue University, including Mohammad Jahanshahi and Panagiota Karava, received a total of $150,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to strengthen the appeal of their patent-pending intellectual property for commercial use.

CE sophomores Amareah Bead and Kaltra Woltz have been named Dean's Leadership Scholars. Established in 2019, the program selects students based on academic and leadership accomplishments to serve in an external advisory role to the dean.

For more than four years, Shirley Dyke, Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, has led a team of researchers who aim at developing moon dwellings that can detect and respond to the worst disasters space can muster.

Emily Foote (BSCE '10, MSBCM '18), Area Manager at Bechtel Corporation, has been named to the Engineering News-Record Midwest list of top young professionals for 2024.

An interdisciplinary research team including Melba Crawford has been selected by the Office of Research to receive SPARK funding. Launched in early 2023, SPARK (Supporting Partnering for Advanced Research teamworK) is a strategic initiative that supports and empowers Purdue researchers to achieve national prominence by establishing cutting-edge research centers.

CE grad student Ricardo Chahine was presented the Best Poster Award at the 103rd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board for his poster titled, "Navigating post-pandemic urban mobility: Unveiling intentions for shared micro-mobility usage across three U.S. cities."

Ayman Habib, Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, has been honored by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing with the 2023 Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to the field of spatial and image sciences.

Kumares C. Sinha, the Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named an Honorary Member by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the highest recognition of notable and outstanding professional achievement ITE presents to an individual.

Edward M. Mikhail, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, has been inducted into the Geospatial Intelligence Hall of Fame by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Established in 2001, NGA's GEOINT Hall of Fame honors and inducts members each year to recognize those who have profoundly affected the geospatial intelligence tradecraft.

John Haddock, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (IN LTAP), contributes to a new PBS docuseries about Indiana infrastructure called Beyond Bridges.

In a recent episode of the PBS news series Great Lakes Now, Professor Cary Troy speaks on how climate change and coastal erosion is affecting Indiana shorelines.

Mirian Velay-Lizancos, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, is featured in episode 17 of American Concrete Institute's Engineering Greatness video podcast discussing her career journey in civil engineering.

CE grad student Ismail Olaniyi, along with associate professor Jinha Jung, are working on a USDA-funded project analyzing the efficacy of new therapies in the search to cure citrus greening.