Yiwei Huang and David Barbarash attended the 2025 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) conference in Portland, Oregon to both serve in their Board of Directors positions and to present novel research. Yiwei served as Regional Director overseeing programs in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin while Dave served as the 2nd Vice President and Chair for…Read more about Yiwei Huang and David Barbarash Attended 2025 CELA Conference[Read More]
Last week, several Landscape Architecture faculty and students traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the American Society of Landscape Architecture’s annual conference. Purdue alumni gatherings were well attended, and undergraduate students had lots of opportunities to meet, talk, and receive career development guidance from alumni.
Hoagland Lab members Stephanie Castaño, Sandra (Naomy) Perez, Kathleen Zapf and Kayla Quintero attended the Urban Food Systems Symposium in Columbus, Ohio from June 11-13. They learned about urban farm and garden systems in the United States and toured Ohio urban farms and community gardens, while networking with other professionals.
The 2024 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference was successfully held at St. Louis, MO. Four landscape architecture faculty attended the conference, including Erin Percevault, Sean Rotar, David Barbarash, and Yiwei Huang. The featured presentations are: “Combining Cohorts: A case study of student integration and experiences” presented by Sean Rotar and Dave Barbarash “Simulating Sites: predictive human behavior in proposed designs” presented…Read more about LA Faculty Attend the Annual CELA conference[Read More]
Last week Drs. Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow attended the Global Conference on Sandy Soils in Madison Wisconsin. They presented their research paper titled: Sand Rootzone Water Repellence and Localized Dry Spot Recovery as Affected by Surfactant Chemistry, Seaweed Extract and Soluble Nitrogen.
David Barbarash, Yiwei Huang, and Sean Rotar attended the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference last week. All three presented recent research work. Yiwei presented a paper, joined a panel presentation, and collaborated on a research poster with recent graduate Yuan Zhang. David and Sean presented a paper, and David attended the meetings…Read more about LA Faculty Attended Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference.[Read More]
Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen attended and participated in the 2023 Sports Field Managers Association (SFMA) annual meeting last week in Salt Lake City, UT. They co-presented a seminar “What’s new in cultural practices for turf disease suppression” and Cale presented two seminars: Turfgrass nutrition 101 and co-presented Practical calculations for the sports field manager…Read more about Highlights from the 2023 Sports Field Managers Association Annual Meeting[Read More]
Liz Maynard attended the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo in Grand Rapids, MI, to present No-Till Sweet Corn after Winter Rye Cover Crop with Dan Quinn (Purdue Agronomy) on Dec. 6, and Selecting Growing Media for Organic Transplants on Dec. 8. Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven and Lori Hoagland contributed to the information…Read more about Liz Maynard Attended the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo[Read More]






