Tariq U. Saeed has been elected as Civil Engineering Senator to the Purdue Graduate Student Senate (PGSS) for the academic year 2015-16. Tariq is a Fulbright Ph.D. scholar in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, currently working in the area of Transportation Systems Engineering. He holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan.

The Purdue Graduate Student Senate (PGSS) is the representative body for graduate students at Purdue University and the legislative arm of the PGSG. The PGSS is composed of members from each of the departments of the university. Not only does PGSG work to provide social, professional, and academic events for graduate students, PGSG also represents graduate student concerns on various University and Community Committees and boards each year. This ensures that graduate student voices are heard at tables where decisions impacting graduate students are being made.