Research Highlights
July 11, 2019
Civil engineering professor to testify today at congressional hearing
Darcy Bullock, the Lyles Family Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Joint Transportation Research Program at Purdue, will testify at 2 p.m. today (July 11) before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
June 19, 2019
Four APLU Universities Selected as Finalists for 2019 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
In recognition of their extraordinary community outreach initiatives, four member universities of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have been selected as regional winners of the 2019 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award.
January 16, 2019
Drones shown to make traffic crash site assessments safer, faster and more accurate
Crash assessments could be safer, faster and more accurate through a Purdue-developed drone technology.
August 23, 2018
Prof. Connor Releases Report on Evaluation Recommendations for Fracture Critical Built-up Steel Members
It is generally assumed that failure of a single tension member in such a bridge will likely lead to catastrophic collapse.
July 9, 2018
Discovery Park to lead new Innovation Hub for Connected and Autonomous Transportation Technologies
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Discovery Park will lead a nationwide partnership focusing on the expanding research field of connected and autonomous vehicles.
May 16, 2018
EVOLVE I-69 Section 5
On April 18, 2018 members of the Indiana Department of Transportation EVOLVE mentoring program and the Joint Transportation Research Program toured the I-69 Section 5 construction site.
March 21, 2018
Record Breaking Road School
We did it again! The 104th Purdue Road School Transportation Conference and Expo was the largest Road School on record at 3,010 attendees. This year's event included 191 technical sessions involving 375 speakers and moderators. The program had 175 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) available, including 4 hours of Indiana Statutes and Ethics for Professional Engineers.
March 5, 2018
Purdue Road School includes drones, active learning and autonomous vehicle topics
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Drones and autonomous vehicles will be part of the focus throughout the speakers and sessions at the 104th annual Purdue University Road School Transportation Conference and Expo.
December 22, 2017
JTRP Seeds for Success Award
The Seed for Success award recognizes Purdue University research teams who obtain research awards of $1 million or more from external sponsors. JTRP Director, Darcy Bullock, and his team received the Seeds for Success award on October 30, 2017. JTRP has a strong focus on continuous engagement with transportation agencies, sponsors, private sectors, and university colleagues. Many of those accomplishments are shown in the video below, which was shown during the awards dinner.