The College of Engineering announced the University's Bravo Award winners. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in four categories: moving the University forward, operational excellence, innovation/creativity, and fiscal stewardship. The recipient of the Bravo Award for 2016 is Tammi Thayer, Associate Director of Advising in EEE. Thayer was recognized for her work in assessing students' experiential learning beyond the classroom, and their interactions with faculty.

In July, Dr. Chad Jafvert, professor in Purdue's Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Civil Engineering, traveled to Cartagena with a group of three students in a Global Design Team supported by the Office of Global Engineering Programs. Their goal was to provide the community of San Jose del Playon, in Bolivar, with access to clean water. Prof. Jafvert, along with Dr. John Howarter, assistant professor in Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Materials Engineering at Purdue, have been working on a reliable and inexpensive slow sand (or bio-sand) filter system to improve water quality since 2011. Purdue EEE student Sanyukta Gokhale was also part of the team.

Dr. Ernest (Chip) Blatchley, Purdue Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, was featured in a recent Chemical & Engineering News article examining the by-products of chemical pool treatments. The article, "What Lies Beneath," highlights the interaction of dirt, sweat, urine, and personal care products with chemicals used to disinfect pool water, and looks at potential health effects.

Purdue University's Environmental and Ecological Engineering program and Tuskegee University partnered to offer Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Program, a unique research opportunity for high school STEM teachers.

Five exceptional teachers have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. This Q&A focuses on Larry Nies, professor of civil engineering and environmental and ecological engineering.

Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering Prof. Chip Blatchley was featured in WalletHub’s recent study examining 2016's greenest states, lending his insight into eco-friendliness at the household, government and global levels.

Purdue University graduate Marisa Henry has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Henry, a Canadian citizen now living in Austin, Texas, is one of 55 recipients of the scholarship from a worldwide pool of 3,730 applicants outside the U.S. and the United Kingdom.