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October 10, 2011

New 'core wall' may speed skyscraper construction

Researchers are perfecting a new technique that could speed construction of skyscrapers while also providing enough stiffness and strength to withstand earthquakes and forces from high winds.
October 3, 2011

Robert Bowen wins 2012 OPAL Award

Robert L. Bowen (BSCE '62), the Donn E. Hancher Distinguished Fellow for the Division of Construction Engineering Management, has won an Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Society of Civil Engineers.
October 3, 2011

CE Professors organize international conferences with Ray W. Herrick labs in July 2012

AE Professors Thanos Tzempelikos and Travis Horton are the Chairs for the 2nd International High Performance Buildings Conference and the 21st International Compressor Engineering Conference respectively, which will take place together with the 14th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue on July 16-19, 2012.
September 28, 2011

Hoon Sohn named SHM Person of the Year

Hoon Sohn, Curtis Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, is the recipient of this year's Structural Health Monitoring Person of the Year.
September 26, 2011

Purdue Conferences & Short Courses - July 2012

Several AE-related international conferences and short courses will be offered July 14-19, 2012, with topics including compressors, refrigeration and air conditioning, and high performance buildings.
September 22, 2011

Willis R. Conner (BSCE '76)

While he was still in high school in 1971, Rick Conner started to work at American Structurepoint as a part-time apprentice drafter, blueprint boy and deliveryman.
August 31, 2011

3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation

The Third International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation on Sept. 14-16 will take place at the Indiana Government Conference Center in downtown Indianapolis. The three-day conference is organized by Purdue University's School of Civil Engineering and the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council and hosted by the Indiana Department of Transportation.
August 11, 2011

Purdue takes second in solar home competition

Purdue University finished second in the Solar Decathlon 2011, a solar house competition in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Purdue's INhome solar house earned a total of 931.390 points out of a possible 1,000. It was second only to the University of Maryland with 951.151 points.
June 14, 2011

ASCE Establishes Halpin Construction Award

The American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) proudly announces establishment of the Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction, named in honor of the world-renowned expert on the use of simulation in studying construction processes.
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