The start of the fall semester has marked an exciting new era for our school. On July 1, the school changed its name to the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering. I am incredibly excited for this new phase as it will further strengthen our program and enhance educational experiences for our students.

New opportunities and a greater knowledge network are in store for the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering. As of July 1, the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management have merged.

Cooking on your gas stove can emit more nano-sized particles into the air than vehicles that run on gas or diesel, possibly increasing your risk of developing asthma or other respiratory illnesses, a new Purdue University study has found.

From being stuck at zero in previous years to breaking the 100 mph mark in January, Purdue’s autonomous vehicle racing team has made impressive strides over the years.

This spring marked the groundbreaking for a giant leap forward in electric vehicle viability in the United States.

At Purdue, faculty in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering are applying machine learning, data mining and pattern and image recognition to solve problems and improve the needs of society.

Woei-Chyi Chang, a PhD candidate and graduate researcher working with Sogand Hasanzadeh, assistant professor of civil and construction engineering, sought to better understand the worker perspective when interacting with AI on the job through multidisciplinary research converging at the nexus of civil engineering, AI and human factors.

A Purdue University multidisciplinary research team — led by Pablo Zavattieri, the Jerry M. and Lynda T. Engelhardt Professor in Civil Engineering — is recreating mosquito antennae to better study their sensitivity to vibrations.

From dominating the basketball court to designing the Atlanta skylines, Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering alumna Dominique Oden says she drew on inspiration and determination to be where she is today.