Ayman Habib, the Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, will serve as the interim Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, effective December 15, 2025. Professor Rao (GS) Govindaraju will continue to serve as the Bowen Head of the School until that time, and to help during the transition period.

Prior to joining Purdue in 2014, Dr. Habib served as Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary in Canada. His research spans the development, integration, and deployment of mobile mapping systems onboard crewed and uncrewed aerial platforms as well as terrestrial vehicles. These technologies have been applied to a wide range of domains, including transportation asset management, coastal monitoring, precision agriculture, public safety, digital forestry, non-destructive archaeology, and bulk-material volume assessment. He is also a Fellow of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), recognized for his impactful contributions to the mapping sciences.