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Spotlights
CE Engineering Impact Magazine - Summer 2008
"20/20 Foresight: Envisioning the Entrepreneurial Engineer"
C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture Series
On Oct. 21st, Prof. David M. Potts of the Imperial College London delivered the 7th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture entitled "Using Numerical Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering Practice." The lecture was followed by a symposium on "The Role of Numerical Analysis in Interdisciplinary Engineering Research."
Dedication of the Leonard E. & Margaret R. Wood Commons
The Wood Commons was formally opened on Saturday, October 27, 2007 on Homecoming Weekend. This area for students, faculty, staff and alumni to gather was made possible by a generous donation from Margaret Wood, widow of former faculty member and alumnus Leonard Wood.
Jean-Lou Chameau, President of Caltech, featured at 6th Leonards Lecture on Sustainability
On April 18, 2008 the Purdue Geotechnical Group hosted the 6th Leonards Lecture, offered by Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, President of the California Institute of Technology. The topic of the lecture: "Role of the University in Education for Sustainability."
Quiet highways research featured on History Channel program
Engineers at Purdue's Superpave Center are addressing the issue of highway noise by conducting research on quiet pavement. A 38,000-pound, 12-foot diameter circular machine designed at Purdue makes it possible to test numerous types of pavement surfaces and compositions in combination with various tire designs.
Tapping the Right Side of the Brain: What does Civil Engineering Look Like?
View CE290 students' entries from the Spring 2007 "Visualizing Civil Engineering Project"
Purdue Engineering Island on Google Earth
3-D modeling of Purdue's Engineering Island area presented in Google Earth
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News & Events
Faculty Positions in Civil Engineering
Purdue University has several openings for tenure-track faculty in the School of Civil Engineering.
Faculty Positions in Construction Engineering & Management
Purdue University has openings for multiple faculty positions in the College of Engineering/Division of Construction Engineering & Management.
New book on laser ranging & scanning co-edited by Prof. Shan
This volume provides the first systematic, in-depth introduction to the basic theories & principles of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology and data processing.
Gov. Daniels appoints Prof. Drnevich to State Board
Prof. Drnevich has been appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to represent the education position on the Indiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
CUTC Award Winner
Congratulations to Anuj Sharma for receiving the Council of University Transportation Center's Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science & Technology.
Ambassador attends EPICS forum in China
CE Senior David Truong represented Purdue & EPICS as an ambassador at the United Nations' 4th session of the World Urban Forum in Nanjing, China
Two new Architectural Engineering Courses for Spring '09
Two new courses will be offered in the spring that focus on Architectural Engineering: "Intro to Architectural Engineering," and "Architecture & Technology"
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