Congratulations to Brandon Fulk and Rabita Rajkarnikar for being recognized as finalists for the 2025 College of Engineering Staff Awards of Excellence.

PhD student Bruno Cesar Krause Moras has been selected as an International Road Federation (IRF) Fellow for the Class of 2026. He was co-nominated for this prestigious award by Professor Nadia Gkritza and Professor Samuel Labi. This fellowship has been the cornerstone of the careers of many who are now leading figures in the realm of roads and transportation globally.

Aser Eissa, Ph.D. student in Geomatics, has been named a recipient of the Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

Sang-Yeop Shin, Ph.D. student in Geomatics, has been named a recipient of the Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

A Purdue team led by Professor Samuel Labi will participate in the 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver Indiana Collegiate Challenge (AIMM ICC) at the Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana, April 17-18, 2026.

Congratulations to CCE student athletes Hugh Jacobsmeyer, member of the Purdue men's cross country team, and Allie Shondell, member of the Purdue volleyball team, for earning Academic All-Big Ten accolades in the fall 2025 sports season. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten, students must carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Luna Lu, the Indiana ACPA Professor in Concrete Paving and Materials Science, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Lu is the founder and CEO of the venture-backed startup company Wavelogix Inc., which was on Time magazine's list of best inventions in 2023.

Lyles faculty member and Purdue team advisor Samuel Labi, together with CCE students Kendrew Agbemadzo, Yuvraj Segal, Jiayu Zhu, Andres Moreno, and Richard Ajagu and ECE graduate student Sashank Modali will be hosting the 4th Annual international AKS competition at the Purdue Grand Prix Track in West Lafayette, IN, May 21, 2026.

Ayman Habib, Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, has been elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession.

ASCE has honored Michael O. Falk, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE (BSCE 1983), with the 2025 Surveying and Mapping Award for significant contributions to the advancement of the ASCE Geomatics Division, including his service as chair, and for his key leadership that led to the creation of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute.

An interview with Amit Varma, Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering and Director of Bowen Laboratory, is featured in the American Institute of Steel Construction's latest Modern Steel Construction podcast and magazine. AISC recognized Dr. Varma earlier this year with its lifetime achievement award.

A tribute to Dr. Milton E. Harr, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and leader in the geotechnical engineering field, was written by his colleagues Philippe Bourdeau & Jean-Lou Chameau and published by the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Harr passed away in the Fall of 2024.

In this episode of the National Academy of Construction's "Get the kNACk" podcast, Paul Giroux, a leading construction historian with decades of experience on mega projects and professor of engineering practice at the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, discusses the current challenges facing engineering education.

After more than 50 years of transforming global transportation education and research worldwide, Purdue University professor Kumares Sinha is retiring from the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering. The Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and member of the National Academy of Engineering celebrated his retirement on Nov. 19 with colleagues, former students and collaborators from around the world.

The IEEE Board of Directors has elevated Jie Shan, Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering, to the grade of IEEE Fellow, effective January 1, 2026. Professor Shan received this honor for his contributions to advanced LiDAR analytics and technologies.

For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the costs of building electrified highways for all electric vehicles to use. The experimental highway segment tests a patent-pending system designed by Purdue engineers. The segment, built by the Indiana Department of Transportation, is a quarter-mile stretch on U.S. Highway 52/U.S. Highway 231 in West Lafayette.

Shared knowledge is the foundation on which the Purdue and Kiewit partnership is built. The university and company have a deep history of joining forces on everything from coursework to advisory councils to conferences. A recent component of the collaboration, which has rapidly grown to become its centerpiece, is the Kiewit Scholars program.

Ayman Habib, the Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, will serve as the interim Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, effective December 15, 2025.

Andrew Whelton's team co-authored the first-ever evidence-based post-fire building environmental testing guide. Released in August 2025 and highlighted during the briefing, the report already has been downloaded more than 1,600 times by professionals, agencies and homeowners.

Dr. Landon Marston, Associate Professor in the Charles Edward Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, will present a seminar titled "Modeling, Measuring, and Mapping U.S. Water Use" at 2:30pm on Monday, December 1, in HAMP 2118.