On April 18, 2008 the Purdue Geotechnical Group hosted the 6th Leonards Lecture, offered by Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, President of the California Institute of Technology. The topic of the lecture: "Role of the University in Education for Sustainability."

CareerBuilder.com reports Civil Engineering as one of the Top 10 fields of job opportunities for this year's graduating seniors, with a projected job growth rate of 18 percent.

Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers.

The 94th annual Purdue Road School, sponsored by the Joint Transportation Research Program, will be held on March 25-27 at the Stewart Center and will feature a number of state, federal, academic and industry transportation experts.

Stacy Bartoletti (BSCE '91) recently assumed the title of President & COO of Degenkolb Engineers, one of the nation's leading structural engineering firms in the design and seismic strengthening of buildings.

Engineers at Purdue's Superpave Center are addressing the issue of highway noise by conducting research on quiet pavement. A 38,000-pound, 12-foot diameter circular machine designed at Purdue makes it possible to test numerous types of pavement surfaces and compositions in combination with various tire designs.

Daniel W. Halpin, Professor Emeritus and retired Bowen Head of the Division of Construction Engineering and Management at Purdue University, received a 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

View CE290 students' entries from the Spring 2007 "Visualizing Civil Engineering Project"

Congratulations to Prof. Sinha, recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to transportation engineering.

Colleen Naughton is one of an increasing number of graduates choosing the Peace Corps as an option for life after college.

Twelve days after the I-35W collapse, Prof. Connor was on site and part of an investigating team comprising the state's Department of Transportation (DoT).

Dr. Mete Sozen has crafted a safer design for an ancient capital threatened by a major earthquake.

A new U.S. patent on "Methods and Apparatus for Measuring Properties of Concrete" is based on research by Prof. Vincent Drnevich and former student, Prof. Xiong Yu.

View photos from the dedication of the Kiewit Lecture Hall, held on November 8th

3-D modeling of Purdue's Engineering Island area presented in Google Earth

Prof. Vincent Drnevich, along with recent master's degree students Adam Prochaska and Aaron Evans, have developed a new method for determination of maximum dry unit weight and water content range for effective compaction of granular soils using a vibrating hammer.

His team will be working on Mars topographic mapping using orbital imagery and laser ranging, and the calibration of the instruments aboard.

Professors James Bethel, Edward Mikhail and Jie Shan have received Purdue's Acorn Award, recognizing their research efforts.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Prof. Fred Mannering has been featured in a New York Times article about the cause of traffic collisions.