Purdue University's Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering is partnering with the City of Carmel, Indiana, to test whether AI-powered digital twins can help prevent crashes at roundabouts. The work is part of a $3.52 million project funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program.

Seval Oz, assistant secretary for research and technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), visited Purdue University on Oct. 29 to learn about research aimed at transportation cybersecurity, autonomous transportation and infrastructure assessment.

Amit Varma, the Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, is leading the Purdue Applied Research Institute's Infrastructure Innovation Lab in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to test novel construction materials used to house advanced nuclear reactors.

Ryan Maibach (BSCNE 1996), Chief Executive Officer at Barton Malow, has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award.

Tim Steigerwald (BSCNE 1987), President and CEO of Messer Construction Co., has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award.

Ricky Grogan Jr. (BSCNE 2012), Senior Project Manager at The Walsh Group, has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Emerging Leader Alumni Award.

Nelson Frech (BSCNE 2017), Senior Project Manager and Team Leader at Skender, has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Emerging Leader Alumni Award.

Jennifer L. Marvin, PE, JD, PMP, ACC (BSCNE 1992), Program Integration Manager at The Boeing Company, has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award.

Christy Dail (BSCNE 2018), Preconstruction Manager at Holder Construction Company, has received the 2026 Construction Engineering Emerging Leader Alumni Award.

Rafael Sabelli S.E., Senior Principal & Director of Seismic Design, and Mark Waggoner S.E., Managing Principal of Walter P Moore, will present their Dennis & Leslie Drag Distinguished Lecture titled, "Divide and conquer: How a multi-billion-dollar challenge was met through careful and creative division into manageable components," on November 11.

Purdue's Bowen Laboratory has earned the International Organization for Standardization's 9001 certification for quality management systems. The credential strengthens the lab's ability to collaborate with partners in highly regulated construction and nuclear industries while expanding opportunities for faculty, staff and students to engage in industry-focused research and training.

The next Leonard E. Wood Lecture will be held Thursday, November 19th from 8:30-9:20am in the PMU North Ballroom as the opening keynote of the Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar (CEPDS). Rick O. Drumm, P.E. will present his lecture titled, "The Evolution and Future of Highway Safety: Driving Universal Engineering Transformation."

LSCCE senior Caroline Schmidt, recruitment chair for Beta Tau Construction Engineering Fraternity, is the first construction engineering and management major to be honored as a Purdue Engineering Fellow.

The Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University is a top 4 undergraduate program in the United States.

Research into the harmful effects of scent compounds in cleaning products was presented by Brandon Boor at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) during the “Healthy Indoor Spaces: Bridging the Microbiome and Chemistry” symposium.

Juliana Spohr Pereira (MSCE '17) is redefining the boundaries of civil engineering — both on Earth and beyond.

Purdue Engineering has selected Michael D. Todd as the next Bowen Engineering Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE).

Ziran Wang, Assistant Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and Assistant Director of the Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON) at Purdue University, will lead Purdue's participation in an international project to develop human-centered AI and next-generation automotive computing systems for automated vehicles.

The 20th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture will be held on Wednesday, September 16th at 5:30pm in Room 104 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Professor Kenichi Soga of the University of California at Berkeley will deliver his lecture titled, "Smart Geotechnical Infrastructure to Realize Performance-based Design and Operation."

CCE alumna Jennifer Hyman (BSCE 2010, MSCE 2011) has been named to the 2026 cohort of Purdue Engineering's 38 by 38 award. The annual award recognizes 38 exceptional Purdue Engineering graduates who, at 38 years of age or younger, have already demonstrated rapid professional growth, outstanding achievements and meaningful impact.