To the Faculty and Staff of the Lyles School of Civil and ConstructionEngineering: I am writing to solicit nominations for the Spring 2026 CCE Graduate Student Engagement Award. This award was previously named the Outstanding Grad Student Award, but we have adjusted the title to reflect the "service" intent of the award. All CCE Engineering MSCE and PhD students graduating in Spring 2026 are eligible for this award, list is at the bottom of this message. The CCE Graduate Student Engagement Award is selected according to the following criteria (listed in order of importance): . Service to Purdue (to the College of Engineering or the university as a whole) . Service to Community (volunteer work, community projects, etc.) . Service Character (willingness to serve, positive attitude, helpful and enjoyable) . Organizational Involvement (student organizations and clubs, honor societies and organizations, departmental organizations, etc.) . Technical Achievements (patents, publications, research work, technical awards, coops/ internships, etc.) . Academic Achievements (honors, awards, teaching assistant, etc.) Please take the time to nominate a student who you believe is deserving of this award, reflecting the students service activities, by sending an e-mail to me. Please include a nomination letter, the student's resume and Purdue transcripts (as one pdf). If you have questions about potential nominees please feel free to contact me. The deadline for nominations is 8:00 am March 23, 2026. We will accept one nomination per faculty/staff person. All nominations will be reviewed by the CCE Grad Office, who will be responsible for ranking them and selecting the recipient. Regards, Jenny Jenny Ricksy Burke Graduate Program Administrator Ph: 765-494-2436 Email: jricksy@purdue.edu<mailto:jricksy@purdue.edu> Lyles School of Civil Engineering 550 Stadium Mall Drive - HAMP 1141G West Lafayette, IN 47907 Current Residential Students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Graduate/Current Current Online Students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Graduate/Online/curriculum Prospective Residential Students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Graduate/Degree-Requirements Prospective Online Students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Graduate/Online Eligible Students: Degree Name Area Advisor PhD Ahmad, Asad GET Bobet MSCE Alabi, Bortiorkor Nii TRA Labi PhD Albarqi, Hasan GEM Jung/Bethel MSCE Alkharqawi, Abdullah ARC Jung MSCE Azimi, Fatemeh GEM Jung MSCE Barckholtz, Luke J. STR Varma MSCE Casbon Connor STR Sharma PhD Cervini, Gaia GEM, ESE Jung/Gkritza MSCE Chaulagain, Shishir HYD Merwade MSCE Cho, Jaehyun STR Varma/Seo PhD Chobe, Gaurav STR Sharma MSCE Coble, Andrew J. STR Irfanoglu MSCE Cram, Elliot P. HYD Merwade MSCE Davis, Sydney STR Varma MSCE Davyn, Christopher STR Connor MSCE Dong, Minghao CON Esmaeili MSCE Donohoe, Brynna C. STR Sharma MSCE Florez Forero, Lucas TRA Tarko PhD Garzon Sabogal, Luis Enrique GET Santagata MSCE Geiser, Elizabeth H. STR Sharma/Soleimani MSCE Griggs, Aiden B. HYD Merwade MSCE Hao, Xinyu ARC Jung MSCE Helmuth, Emily G. STR Sharma/Soleimani MSCE Holsinger, Alana B. CON Hasanzadeh PhD Huang, Chunxu ARC Boor MSCE Hyung, Sungwoong GEM Habib PhD Iturburu Altamirano, Lissette J. STR Dyke MSCE Jayaram, Sarangi TRA Gkritza PhD Joseph, Jibin HYD Merwade MSCE Khokhar, Sikandar Ali STR Jahanshahi PhD Krause Moras, Bruno Cesar TRA Gkritza MSCE Lee, Seungho L. ENV Whelton PhD Li, Yujie TRA Labi PhD Liu, Jidong GET Habib PhD Ma, Yunsheng TRA Wang PhD Manish, Raja GEM Habib MSCE McHugill, Aleene E. STR Sharma MSCE Meshram, Kshitij ENV Whelton/Shah PhD Mittal, Shagun TRA Ukkusuri MSCE Mukai, Justin CON Bullock MSCE Narayanan, Priya TRA Tarko MSCE Njeru, Trazigate HYD Merwade PhD Pham, Nhu HYD, ESE Troy MSCE Rahman, Naomi Nafisa STR Dyke MSCE Ramasamy, Sathish STR Sharma MSCE Reid, Matthew M. ARC Jung MSCE Rhyne, Craig H. ARC Tzempelikos MSCE Roggenkamp, Liam P. HYD Troy PhD Rojas Rondan, Jorge A. CON Hasanzadeh PhD Roshan Kotian, Romika GET Sinfield PhD Ruiz, Raquel STR Ramirez/Velay MSCE Sample, Sophia M. ENV Whelton MSCE Schufreider, Shane A. STR Sharma MSCE Schwartz, Justin STR Varma PhD Seibert, James E. CON Hastak MSCE Seif, Mady STR Sharma MSCE Sen, Bhaswati HYD Merwade MSCE Sioson, Isabel K. STR Sharma MSCE Stevens, Jacob W. STR Sharma PhD Suthar, Deepak STR Sharma MSCE Tai, Le STR Jahanshahi MSCE Thipirishetty, Chandra Vikas CON Hasanzadeh MSCE Turner, Kayla S. STR Varma PhD Waghmare, Dheeraj STR Sharma PhD Wijaya, Kenny C. TRA Gkritza MSCE Wilson, Orion K. HYD Troy PhD Xu, Tianle HYD Merwade MSCE Zhang, Xinyue STR Jahanshahi PhD Zhang, Yuxi CON, CSE Cai