Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering

🏆 Congratulations to Our 2026 Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Award Recipients! 📸 Don’t miss the full album of photos from the evening — click the link to relive all the highlights and celebrate these incredible honorees! bit.ly/4mtV59y

In the 4/9 Issue of Purdue Today: ➡️ 12 @LifeAtPurdue graduate programs ranked in @usnews top 10 lists ➡️ Staff recognized for dedicated years of service ➡️ @AcadofInventors fellows feature: Masanobu Yamamoto These and more: purdue.university/4smFWrE

PhD student Rishika Tumula has been selected by the Indianapolis Chapter of the #WTS as the recipient of the Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship. This annual award inspires & support women who aspire to pursue a career path in transportation. 🔗 bit.ly/4sqSbDz

🏆 Big news — The Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering's Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Graduate Program in Civil Engineering has been ranked among the #TOP 10 graduate programs in the nation! 🎉 Learn more: bit.ly/48zANFA

#CCE undergrad Maeve Hegarty has been selected by the Indianapolis Chapter of the WTS as the recipient of the Sharon D. Banks Memorial Scholarship. The awarded is given annually to inspire & support women aspiring to pursue a career path in transportation. bit.ly/4cfIBxB

Introducing our 2026 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Timothy L. Jacobs, PhD, PE (BSCE '84, MSCE '85, PhD CE '88) is vice president of applied AI and machine learning at @Walmart. Learn more: bit.ly/4tyAp2r

Introducing our 2026 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Mark Donahue (BSCNE '94) is executive vice president of #Mortenson and a member of the board of directors for the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Learn more: bit.ly/4mfacDv

Introducing our 2026 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Timothy Jacobs, PhD, PE (BSCE '84, MSCE '85, PhD CE '88) is vice president of applied AI and machine learning at @Walmart. A 2021 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from @PurdueCCE, he continues to mentor the next generation of engineers, encouraging them to move beyond conventional methods to invent the solutions of tomorrow. The full list of honorees: bit.ly/4v3E1e8

🚀 We recently caught up with Purdue Civil Engineering alumnus Jason Williamson, one of the select crew chosen for the Purdue 1 x Virgin Galactic all-Boilermaker flight launching in 2027. Hear how his #Purdue civil engineering education launched more than just his career.

Ready to level up your engineering career — Purdue Indianapolis has two NEW master’s programs built for working professionals like you: 🏙️ MSCE Smart Cities & Urban Informatics & 🏗️ MSCE Construction Engineering & Business. Learn more 🔗bit.ly/4s6IGtn

We are honored to welcome our 2026 CEAAA recipients — Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Jeffrey Meredith, John Anthony Mundell, Julie Roehm, Jeffrey Russell, Myung Sagong, and Beena Sukumaran. Congratulations to these seven influential and visionary graduates. 🔗 bit.ly/3PQ2fIQ

Introducing our 2026 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Mark Donahue (BSCNE '94) is executive vice president of Mortenson and a member of the board of directors for the American Clean Power Association. The full list of honorees: bit.ly/4v3E1e8 @PurdueCCE

Riya Raj’s (BSCE ’25) curiosity led her to an undergraduate #research position with a group exploring whether structural materials can be 3D-printed underwater.💧Learn more about what’s beneath the surface 👉🏽🔗 bit.ly/413urKN

The Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering is celebrating 50 years of Construction Engineering in 2026-2027! As we reflect on five decades of excellence. Together, we will create lasting impact for the next 50 years and beyond. Learn more. bit.ly/CNE50th

Every Boilermaker victory starts somewhere—a scholarship, an opportunity, a breakthrough. This #PurdueDayOfGiving, the next victory starts with heroes like you. Join us on April 29 to make victories possible. Learn more at dayofgiving.purdue.edu.

.@PurdueCCE's Jinha Jung is featured in a blog post by @awscloud. The Data to Science Initiative was accepted into the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program, making a vast geospatial dataset available to researchers worldwide. What makes D2S unique: bit.ly/4bED17H

More than 16,000 U.S. dams are labeled high-hazard — and many are aging fast. NSF-funded researchers with the I-GUIDE initiative are using advanced modeling to help communities prepare before the next catastrophic failure strikes. Learn more: bit.ly/3PvoaVG

At the recent ASHRAE conference in Las Vegas, Purdue’s own Thanos Tzempelikos — Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering and Herrick Labs Faculty — was named ASHRAE Fellow. 🏆 Learn more. bit.ly/40Sv8Gz

Purdue-connected startup is leveraging AI to help public works departments across multiple Indiana cities automate road condition assessments and maintain local road infrastructure. Want to learn more? Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/41lWEwd.

A Purdue, @INDOT_WCentral and @Cummins project proves that a road can wirelessly charge a vehicle, similar to how charging pads top off the battery on your smart phone. The project will be discussed during the 2026 Purdue Road School, which starts today. Together, we're powering tomorrow: bit.ly/4cxQL6b #TogetherWeWin #VictoriesAndHeroes