Lyles School faculty and staff,

I write to provide you an update on the national search for the next Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (LSCCE).

Since my last communication to you in December, we have retained a search firm Russell Reynolds, put a search advisory committee in place, and they have made a lot of progress.

I am very grateful to the committee co-chairs – Bill Crossley the Uhrig and Vournas Head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Chris Burke, Distinguished Engineering Alumnus, and to all the committee members from the LSCCE:

Prof Melba Crawford

Prof Ming Qu

Prof Venkatesh Merwade

Prof Panagiota Karava

Prof Akanshu Sharma

Prof Mohammad  Jahanshahi

Eric Putman

Prof Sogand Mohammadhasanzadeh

Prof Andrew Tarko

Brandon Fulk, and

Prof Pablo Zavattieri           

The team has met with many stakeholder groups in LSCCE, finalized and posted the job advertisement, and is now actively engaged in sourcing excellent prospects for the position. First round zoom interviews are expected in early April, and campus visits of finalists are to be conducted in late April.

I want to thank all of you for helping the committee identify prospects and in advance for actively engaging the finalists when they visit campus in late April and providing your essential input and feedback. If you have any questions regarding the search please feel free to reach out to the committee co-chairs or any member of the committee.

Sincerely

Arvind

Arvind Raman

John A. Edwardson Dean and Robert V. Adams Professor

College of Engineering, Purdue University