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 [cid:image001.jpg@01DC9E5B.A494A5D0]