The Fishers Town Council has named Jeff Hill to the position of director of engineering to manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering department and contribute to the Town of Fishers' ongoing growth efforts.
Paul Giroux, a nationally recognized construction engineering expert, delivered this year's Drag Distinguished Lecture on the history of the Golden Gate Bridge, which turns 75 this year.
The Purdue University Student Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is reaching out to local schools to teach students about earthquakes and their impact on civil engineering.
Prof. Hoon Sohn, Curtis Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, presented an invited keynote talk at the SPIE International Symposia in San Diego, CA.
Congratulations to Bismark Agbelie, Eleni Bardaka and Harkrishan Singh Sahi, recipients of the Edward J. Cox Memorial Transportation Scholarship Award, and to Wubeshet Woldemariam for winning the 33rd Annual Harter Rupert Best Paper Award.
The 98th Purdue Road School on March 6-7, 2012, was attended by over 2,200 transportation professionals. Governor Daniels was the featured speaker at the annual Road School luncheon.
Congratulations to Robert Bowen and Clifford Schexnayder, winners of the 2012 ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award. These prestigious awards recognize and honor outstanding civil engineering leaders whose lifetime accomplishments and achievements have made significant differences in one of five categories: Construction, Design, Education, Government, and Management.
Robert L. Bowen (BSCE '62), the Donn E. Hancher Distinguished Fellow for the Division of Construction Engineering Management, has won an Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Society of Civil Engineers.
Prof. Shirley Dyke was invited to deliver a keynote lecture at the 2nd Workshop on China-US Collaboration for Disaster Evolution/Resilience of Civil Infrastructure and Urban Environment in December 2011.
Glen T. Daigger and Jack A. Hockema have been selected as the College of Engineering's 2012 Distinguished Engineering Alumni representing Civil Engineering. The Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award is presented to Engineering alums who have distinguished themselves in any field in ways that reflect favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.
Ali Mostafavi, a doctoral student in the School of Civil Engineering, received the Grand Prize and People's Choice Award at the USDOT Data Visualization Student Challenge for his simulation and visualization model of the outcomes of financing policies in transportation infrastructure.