Transportation Engineering

July 26, 2010

Purdue, INDOT pioneering green highway projects

Civil engineers at Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation are teaming up on green projects around the state, including work aimed at saving taxpayers $300,000 annually by recycling a waste product from cement manufacturing.
July 13, 2010

John Marino named VP of "X" Train

John Marino (MS '63), former president of Rail America, has been named VP of Rail Operations for Las Vegas Railway Express.
July 8, 2010

American Water names Alan DeBoy President of IN/MI operations

Alan DeBoy (BSCE '81) has been named the new president of both Indiana American Water and Michigan American Water. He will lead the operations and its employees, providing water and wastewater services to more than 1.2 million people.
June 30, 2010

Prof. Bullock named JTRP Director

Prof. Darcy Bullock has been named director of the Joint Transportation Research Program, effective July 15th. JTRP collaborates with the Indiana Department of Transportation on research and educational programs.
June 30, 2010

AEI2011: Architectural Engineering Institute of ASCE Conference

The Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) is pleased to announce its 2011 AEI Conference. The meeting will include several workshops, technical papers presentations, invited technical sessions, panel discussions and local tours of technical interest. The conference is geared toward a balance of academics and practitioners.
June 30, 2010

1st International High Performance Buildings Conference

Purdue University and the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories are pleased to announce the 1st Annual High Performance Buildings Conference, to be held here at Purdue on July 12-15, 2010. The conference will emphasize a new area where Purdue University feels that it can serve as a venue for cutting-edge research presentations.
June 16, 2010

Robot submarine patrols Lake Michigan for climate-change study

Prof. Cary Troy and a team of researchers are using a robotic submarine and other specialized tools in Lake Michigan to gather biological and environmental data showing how young fish vital to the ecosystem may cope with future climate change.
May 26, 2010

Preparing for the Big One

A Forbes.com article by graduate student Kari Nasi about her experience as a research assistant for the Network for Earthquake Engineering and Simulation Community and Communications Center at Purdue.
May 6, 2010

Airport device follows fliers' phones

A recent USA Today article cites research by Prof. Darcy Bullock and his team to help track how long airline passengers are stuck at security checkpoints.
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