Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series: Ana P. Barros, panel discussion

Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series

Ana P. Barros is the Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She gave this lecture to the Purdue University College of Engineering on April 13, 2022, followed by a panel discussion with several Purdue faculty members to discuss the topic, “Resiliency for the Home Planet.”

Co-Moderators:
• Inez Hua, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering
• Panagiota Karava, Jack and Kay Hockema Professor in Civil Engineering

Panelists
• Ana P. Barros, Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• David Yu, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
• Ayman Habib, Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering, Co-Director of the Civil Engineering Center for Applications of UAS for a Sustainable Environment (CE-CAUSE), and Associate Director of the Joint Transportation Research Program
• Venkatesh Merwade, Professor of Civil Engineering with Courtesy Appointment in Agricultural and Biological Engineering

The largest engineering college ever in the top 5, Purdue Engineering anchors Purdue University as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” from College alumni Neil Armstrong to the first female commercial astronaut. Other trailblazers include Amelia Earhart, 7 National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipients, and 9 National Academy of Inventors Fellows. Our agricultural and biological engineering programs ranked No. 1 for more than a decade, and the College houses the world’s largest academic propulsion lab and the nation’s first all-digital nuclear reactor.

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