August 12, 2024
Meet Beta Tau Vice President Chinmay Joshi
A Q&A with Chinmay Joshi, Vice President of Beta Tau – the Honors Fraternity of Purdue Construction Engineering.
Construction Engineering
Construction Engineers help build a better world by designing, planning and managing structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering management principles and business procedures, economics and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design of structures along with cost estimating, materials procurement, equipment selection and apply science with engineering methods.
Construction Engineering faculty prepare students to practice as professional engineers and managers in the diverse construction industry. This includes research and education opportunities in discrete event simulation, 3D animation, virtual reality of construction operations, augmented reality, construction safety (CSA and NIOSH organizations), emerging construction technologies, and multimedia development for construction.
Spotlights
August 5, 2024
Meet Beta Tau Secretary Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson is a rising junior in the CEM program who hails from Natick, Massachusetts and chose Purdue for its amazing engineering school along with its strong campus culture.
April 15, 2024
Meet Treasurer of Beta Tau Honors Fraternity, Amber Kaplan
Amber Kaplan is the treasurer of Beta Tau and will be a Junior in CEM this fall. She is minoring in management and plans on pursuing an entrepreneurship certificate as well.
April 11, 2024
Makarand Hastak elevated to ASCE fellow status
Dr. Makarand (Mark) Hastak, Ph.D., P.E., CCP, CRIS, FASCE, NAC, the Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) and Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Directors.
March 22, 2024
Dulcy Abraham receives inaugural Advancement of Women in Construction Award
Dulcy Abraham, Professor of Civil Engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the ASCE Construction Institute Advancement of Women in Construction Award for excellence as a construction academic in the areas of teaching, research, and service, and demonstrated support, guidance, mentoring, and promotion of growth opportunities for the advancement of women in the construction profession.
March 1, 2024
Trimble Technology Lab is "heritage and future" for Purdue Polytechnic, university's construction programs
Trimble Inc. — a multi-billion dollar technology company that provides novel hardware, software and more to a wide range of industries — joined Purdue Polytechnic and university President Mung Chiang for the dedication of the Trimble Technology Lab in Dudley Hall.
February 27, 2024
CEM alumna Sarah Hedberg joins the Little Hammers to discuss Mortenson construction and CEM's impact on her career
CEM alumna Sarah Hedberg is one of the leading figures in construction at Mortenson. Mortenson is a top 25 builder and developer fully invested in customer success and improving the communities in which they live and work.
February 16, 2024
Donn Hancher remembered by Construction Engineering and Management at Purdue
Donn Edward Hancher passed away early Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Westminster Village in West Lafayette. He was instrumental in CEM and supported the program through the years after his retirement.
February 13, 2024
Sogand Hasanzadeh shares her laboratory research and more during women in construction week
As an Assistant Professor in Construction Engineering and Management, Sogand Hasanzadeh's primary mission is to equip the next generation of industry professionals and workforce with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking necessary for success in the construction sector.
February 12, 2024
Senior project manager Rabita Rajkarnikar shares her new role as lecturer, PESLA and more during Women in Construction Week
A Q&A with Rabita Rajkarnikar, senior program manager and lecturer for Purdue Construction Engineering and Management.
February 7, 2024
Sogand Hasanzadeh joins the Little Hammers to discuss Smart Construction
Dr. Sogand Hasanzadeh, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue and Director of the Intelligent-Inclusive-Safe (I2SAFE) lab, is renowned for pioneering interdisciplinary research, specializing in the transformative realm of smart construction.
February 5, 2024
Jennifer Marvin pilots leadership training course with students
Jennifer Marvin graduated from CEM in 1992, having interned in Milwaukee on the Deep Tunnel Project 300 feet underground and in Seattle on I-90 over Mercer Island.
December 7, 2023
Exploring sectors of construction engineering with CEM alum Ricky Grogan and the Little Hammers
Ricky Grogan is Project Director for The Walsh Group working in Tampa, FL with over 12 years of complex bridge experience. He is originally from Indianapolis, IN and graduated with a B.S. from Purdue's Division of Construction Engineering and Management in the spring of 2012.
November 20, 2023
Alex Kruse elected to serve as Judge of the City Court of Lebanon, Indiana
Alexander "Alex" S. Kruse was recently elected to serve as Judge of the City Court for the City of Lebanon, Indiana. Alex is a 2008 graduate of the Purdue's CEM program and graduated from IU's Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2011.
October 18, 2023
Grad students Oluwatobi Osilaja and David Devine awarded construction area scholarships
Congratulations to Oluwatobi Osilaja for receiving the Crooks Grad Scholarship and David Devine for receiving the William D. Shuck Memorial Fellowship.
October 10, 2023
CEM students attend workshop on prelim design, installation of PVC water piping systems
During the workshop, students engaged in a multifaceted exploration of PVC pipe technology and its associated standards, history, manufacturing processes, and design considerations.
October 2, 2023
Modeling our Built Environment: Re-thinking how we design and build
The architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (AECFM) industry has been experiencing many changes since inexpensive networked, mobile computing devices have become ubiquitous.
September 26, 2023
How can external stressors affect workers' productivity and safety performance?
Working within one of the most stressful industries, construction workers face intensive stress that adversely affects their safety and productivity.
September 18, 2023
Is equitable water service a pipe dream? Exploring infrastructure and access in the Arctic
Providing water services in rural Alaska is a complex endeavor. Intertwined environmental, economic, and social factors can create barriers to reliable water services in communities.
September 7, 2023
Role of social infrastructure in improving community resilience and post-disaster well-being
The COVID-19 pandemic proved that community resilience is not solely dependent on civil infrastructure. Several communities may never reach their pre-pandemic state due to socio-economic impacts, e.g., grief, anxiety, unemployment, etc.
