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Welcome back, Boilermakers!
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School is back in session!
It has been an incredible start to the 2024-25 school year!
Let’s keep up the momentum and work hard to make this the best semester yet for the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering!
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Upcoming Events
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September
4th — Employer Day: American Structurepoint, 1-4 p.m. in Wood Commons
10th —
Employer Day: INDOT (Bridges & Traffic Groups), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Wood Commons
11th —
Employer Day: Strand, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Wood Commons
12th —
Presentation: Cambridge CM, 10:30 a.m. to noon in Wood Commons
17th —
Employer Day: Hanson, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Wood Commons
18th —
Employer Day: Schaefer, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Wood Commons
25th —
Employer Day: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Wood Commons
28th —
Civil Engineering Homecoming Breakfast, 8-10 a.m. in Room G150
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Latest News
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States consider new science-backed solution to save time and money on concrete infrastructure repair
To save time and money on the repair of concrete highways, bridges & other structures, states are considering a Purdue innovation as an alternative to decades-old methods used for estimating when newly poured
concrete is ready to withstand heavy traffic.
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Lyles CCE students and staff host the 2nd annual Autonomous Karting Series competition
Professor Samuel Labi, together with CCE students Richard Ajagu and Jelin Sabu and ECE graduate student Sashank Modali, hosted the 2nd Annual AKS competition at the Purdue Grand Prix track in West Lafayette.
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Samuel Labi invited to speak at national roundtable on Key Bridge disaster
Professor Samuel Labi joined a distinguished panel of speakers on “Lessons Learned from the Key Bridge Collapse – Enhancing Resilience in Critical Infrastructure Systems” at the University of Maryland.
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CCE student, faculty take part in autonomous marine transportation challenge
Samuel Labi, Professor of Civil Engineering, and CCE student Jelin Sabu teamed up with members of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute to represent Purdue at the 1st Annual Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver
Indiana Collegiate Challenge (AIM ICC) held at the Pokagon State Park in Angola, IN.
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Indiana LTAP Announces Rich Domonkos as Associate Program Director
Rich Domonkos has been with the Indiana LTAP Center for 17 years. First serving as a Training Specialist, Rich managed the training program and assisted with technology transfer in technical manuals, short courses,
and seminars. In 2018, Rich began his service as Indiana LTAP's Program Manager.
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New NSF center applies artificial intelligence to structural engineering
How will machine learning and AI revolutionize the practice of structural design and evaluation? That’s the question being addressed by a collaboration between Purdue University and the University of Houston,
with funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF). They are establishing a new center to empower engineers that are responsible for designing and inspecting structures to use AI and machine learning in their everyday tasks.
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Deepak Benny joins panel discussion at ARTBA conference
Deepak Benny, CCE doctoral graduate student, was selected to participate in a national panel discussion at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) "P3s in Transportation" conference held
in Washington, DC.
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Meet Beta Tau Vice President Chinmay Joshi
A Q&A with Chinmay Joshi, Vice President of Beta Tau – the Honors Fraternity of Purdue Construction Engineering.
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Beta Tau President Violet Fitzgerald attends Future Women in Kiewit Summit Conference
Construction engineering student and Beta Tau President Violet Fitzgerald shares her experience attending the Future Women in Kiewit Summit.
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Purdue to host 3rd annual HBCU Conference
Purdue University is hosting the 3rd Annual HBCU Conference on Friday, Sept 27, 2024, at the West Lafayette Campus. Students and faculty from various Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) will
attend this conference organized by the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) research center at Purdue University.
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In a new study, Prof. Andrew Whelton worked with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to assess damaged water systems due to wildfires. The results, he says, shows that the damages have become a whole-of-society
problem.
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Purdue to host 4th annual Conference on Next Generation Transportation Systems
Purdue University will host the 4th Annual Conference on Next Generation Transportation Systems (NGTS-4) on Sept 21st and 22nd at the West Lafayette Campus, in a hybrid format (both in-person and virtually).
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Nusrat Jung appointed to Early Career Editorial Board of Indoor Environments
Dr. Nusrat Jung, Assistant Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering has been appointed to the Early Career Editorial Board of
Indoor Environments, published by Elsevier.
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Venkatesh Merwade receives INAFSM Education and Outreach Award
Venkatesh Merwade, Professor of Civil Engineering, has been selected by the Indiana Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management (INAFSM) to receive the 2024 Education and Outreach Award.
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NASA visits Purdue to discuss extra-terrestrial habitats
Humans have always aspired to live among the stars — and Purdue University researchers are now working to make it happen. The Resilient Extra-Terrestrial Habitat institute (RETHi), a NASA-funded Space Technology
Research Institute, explores how to make future space habitats resilient to disruptions and able to deal with complex situations autonomously.
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Farewell, Bonnie!
Today, we bid farewell to LSCCE Administrative Assistant Bonnie Sondgeroth who is retiring after more than 27 years at Purdue. Bonnie has been a tremendous friend and colleague to us all throughout the years,
and we wish her the very best in all of her future endeavors.
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