Dr. Amit Varma was recently invited to serve as an advisory committee member for the research program and code development effort, "Specification for Safety Related Steel Plate Concrete Structures for Nuclear Facilities."

A Purdue University Web site that provides expert advice in emerging construction technologies for professional engineers is back by popular demand after taking a hiatus since January.

Robert J. Frosch is the recipient of PCI's 2007 Young Educator Achievement Award.

Appointments to register for spring semester classes will be held Monday Oct.15th, 6-9pm in CIVL 3153

"Fire Inside," a recent article in Science News magazine featuring a contribution from Prof. Amit Varma, spotlights structural-design and fire-protection principles to build safer structures.

A great opportunity to meet firms looking for Civil Engineers is the CESAC Career Fair on September 19th in the Armory.

The School of Civil Engineering would like to congratulate Professor Rao S. Govindaraju on the recent publication of his book, "Moment Analysis for Subsurface Hydrologic Applications."

Ashley Rose, a recent graduate in land surveying & geomatics engineering, has contributed articles to the last two issues of Professional Surveyor Magazine.

The School of Civil Engineering would like to congratulate Professors Kumares C. Sinha & Samuel Labi on the recent publication of their book, "Transportation Decision Making: Principles of Project Evaluation and Programming."

Jung Eun (Jen) Oh won the 2007 Student Essay Competition hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America for her essay, "A Design for a Comprehensive Usage-Based Road Pricing."

The Purdue University board of trustees on Friday, May 18 2007, approved the appointment of M. Katherine Banks as the Bowen Engineering Head of Civil Engineering.

It has been a successful end of the semester for the geotech group at Purdue. Three graduate students, Yiannis Zevgolis, Oliver Colic and Wen-Chao Huang, were honored by the College of Engineering as “outstanding students” for their contributions to their Schools and the College.

The steel bridge competition on April 28, 2007 was one of many contests held during the ASCE Great Lakes Regional Conference. The steel bridge event involved ten schools competing with their bridges that they had designed and fabricated over the course of the year.

Engineering Professional Education (ProEd) will deliver an innovative program for those interested in exploring the geo-spatial complexities of the earth with the launch of an online specialization in Geomatics starting August 2007.

Robert L. Bowen, BSCE 1962, founder and owner of Bowen Engineering Corp., a multi-market company specializing in water and wastewater treatment plants and energy utility construction, received his honorary doctoral degree at the 2007 spring commencement.

The Purdue University chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) sponsored the 2007 Great Lakes Regional Conference. The concrete canoe races is one of many events held during this conference.

Sarah M. Hubbard, graduate student, was recently selected by the Eno Transportation Foundation for the ‘Eno Fellows’ Class of 2007, a group of exceptionally promising graduate and doctoral students who plan to pursue careers in transportation. Eno Fellows are invited to participate in the Foundation’s Leadership Development Conference (LDC), an intensive week-long professional development program held each spring in Washington, D.C.

Professor Emeritus Milton Harr Writes his first novel, "The Great Affair."

W. David Bevirt, Jr., MSCE '85, has been appointed as the current President for CarrAmerica in Leasing. CarrAmerica owns, develops and operates office properties in 12 markets throughout the United States.

Kevin M. Ford, incoming graduate student, receives fellowship award from National Tau Beta Pi Fellowship program.