Dulcy M. Abraham received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1990.

She is a Professor with the School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Her current research and teaching interests include infrastructure assessment and rehabilitation, value-added delivery of capital-intensive projects, project and program controls, innovative financing for infrastructure projects, mitigation and post-disaster recovery planning, construction safety and global issues in engineering and construction.

Prof. Abraham served on the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Construction Research Council (CRC) Executive Committee from 2005–2008 (secretary, vice-chair and chair).

Other national committee assignments include the ASCE Committee on Construction Equipment and Techniques Committee, the ASCE Water Infrastructure Security Enhancements (WISE) Committee, the ASTM Committee on Technology and Underground Utilities, and the WERF (Water Environment Research Foundation) Project Committee on the Examination of Innovative Methods Used in the Inspection of Wastewater Collection Systems.