Construction Engineering
Construction Engineers help build a better world by designing, planning and managing structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads,
buildings, dams and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering management principles and business procedures, economics and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design of structures along with cost estimating, materials procurement, equipment selection and apply science with engineering methods.
Construction Engineering faculty prepare students to practice as professional engineers and managers in the diverse construction industry. This includes research and education opportunities in discrete event simulation, 3D animation, virtual reality of construction operations, augmented reality, construction safety (CSA and NIOSH organizations), emerging construction technologies, and multimedia development for construction.
Spotlights
November 11, 2024
Purdue University will host the 23rd World Building Congress (WBC2025) at its campus in West Lafayette from May 19-23, 2025. The title of the conference is “Sustainable Built Environment – The Role of the Construction Community in Meeting the UN SDGs.”
September 6, 2024
Construction Engineering Ph.D. student Oluwaseun Samuel Olabode has received the second runner-up Best Paper Award at the 2024 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce2024), held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
September 6, 2024
Construction Engineering Ph.D. student Hyewon Hailey Seo has been honored with the Outstanding Student Award by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). This award recognizes her exceptional academic achievements, dedication, and commitment to excellence.
August 13, 2024
Construction engineering student and Beta Tau President Violet Fitzgerald shares her experience attending the Future Women in Kiewit Summit.
August 12, 2024
A Q&A with Chinmay Joshi, Vice President of Beta Tau – the Honors Fraternity of Purdue Construction Engineering.
April 11, 2024
Dr. Makarand (Mark) Hastak, Ph.D., P.E., CCP, CRIS, FASCE, NAC, the Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) and Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Directors.
March 22, 2024
Dulcy Abraham, Professor of Civil Engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the ASCE Construction Institute Advancement of Women in Construction Award for excellence as a construction academic in the areas of teaching, research, and service, and demonstrated support, guidance, mentoring, and promotion of growth opportunities for the advancement of women in the construction profession.
July 25, 2023
Hubo Cai, Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering and Management and Interim Head of the School of Construction Management Technology, has received the 2023 Alfred Noble Prize awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for his paper, "Robust Hybrid Approach of Vision-Based Tracking and Radio-Based Identification and Localization for 3D Tracking of Multiple Construction Workers," published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, July 2020.
June 15, 2023
Makarand “Mark” Hastak, professor and Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Construction.
June 12, 2023
Theodore 'Ted' Weidner, a professor of engineering practice at Purdue, has decades of experience as a facilities and construction manager at public and private institutions. He thinks people interested in the discipline might enjoy these books.
April 19, 2023
Phillip S. Dunston, Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean's Faculty Fellow for HBCU engagement, is the new director of the Office of Professional Practice (OPP) at Purdue University. The appointment was effective April 1, 2023.
March 2, 2023
Phillip Dunston has been appointed Dean's Faculty Fellow for HBCU engagement, and James Krogmeier has been appointed associate dean for facilities and operations in the College of Engineering.
January 25, 2023
Interventions designed to keep people safe can have hidden side effects. With an increased perception of safety, some people are more likely to take risks, writes a research team that includes Sogand Hasanzadeh, assistant professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management
July 21, 2022
Makarand (Mark) Hastak has been elected 26th president of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) with a three year term of office. In his acceptance speech he paid tribute to Keith Hampson, the outgoing President, and his energy and infectious enthusiasm despite a period of mainly online interactions.
April 18, 2022
Josh Fiore, a sophomore studying construction engineering and management, and Joey Martin, a junior studying civil engineering, are part of the Bands & Orchestras construction ambassador team for Hagle Hall, which will serve as the new home of the department.
August 17, 2021
Sogand Hasanzadeh, assistant professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management, along with a team of researchers at Purdue University and George Mason University, have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address fundamental questions regarding the risk-taking behavior and cognitive processes of workers with neurodiversity in the construction industry through interdependent human-AI partnerships.
April 20, 2021
A team of CE researchers led by Sogand Hasanzadeh is using virtual reality methods to explore the paradox of construction worker mentality that leads to risky decisions and results in injuries.
March 26, 2021
Graduate student Hritik Kothari has been named as one of ten ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering–College class, representing the best and the brightest students from campuses around the world.
August 7, 2020
Sogand Hasanzadeh, assistant professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Construction Engineering and Management, has received the Thomas Glavinich ELECTRI International 2020 Early Career Award. The six-month Early Career Award study, Examining a Latent Side-Effect of Electrical Safety Interventions among T&D Line Workers, will utilize an immersive mixed-reality combined with wearable sensors to empirically examine the risk perception and risk-taking behavior of T&D line workers as a function of the number and type of fall and electrical safety interventions in place for their protection.
February 13, 2020
Congratulations to PhD candidate Mohamed Yamany and his advisor Professor Dulcy Abraham. They have been awarded the best poster presentation from the 2020 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Pavement Management Systems.
