March 2012 - Che-courtesy-list

Purchase Orders- PLEASE READ
by Madrid, Mary Anne 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

All, With the addition of our new staff member, Jennifer Olinger, all purchase orders will now need to have her inserted into the approval flow as the FIRST approver prior to myself and Jill Mears. You no longer need to put Amy Hayden in this position. Please note that if you do not do this, you run the risk of not having your orders placed in a timely manner or at all. Please pass this along to anyone who places orders and may not have received this email. Thank you, MaryAnne Madrid Business Manager School of Chemical Engineering PURDUE UNIVERSITY ph: 765-494-4071 fx: 765-494-4073

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Downtime for some ChE Servers tomorrow 6:30-8:30am
by Harrington, Michael P 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Good morning, This is a 'heads up' to let you know that some servers will be down from 6:30am to 8:30am Tomorrow (Tuesday 3/13/2012) so the machine room they are in (Civil B146) can have maintenance performed on the A/C unit. Machines affected are as follows: catalyst faucet gibbs0 gibbs1 gibbs2 ion tipstream -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Tree Removal Outside
by Valley, Jeffrey L 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

BE ADVISED - Purdue Grounds dept. is in the process of removing the trees and shrubs on the mall (south) side of the building so please enter and exit on the east and west side of the building until the work is completed. Thank you.

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Lights Surrounding Gatewood Addition Out of Service March 12-16
by Valley, Jeffrey L 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

FYI................ From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 9:04 AM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Lights Surrounding Gatewood Addition Out of Service March 12-16 Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute as appropriate) FR: Physical Facilities DA: Friday, March 9, 2012 RE: Lights Surrounding Gatewood Addition Out of Service March 12-16 The site light poles around the Gatewood Mechanical Engineering Addition will be out of service March 12-16. The lights will be removed beginning Monday, March 12, and they will be reinstalled by the end of the day Friday, March 16. Please use caution when in the area. For more information, contact Don Koning, General Construction Inspector, at 494-3238 or ddkoning(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ddkoning@purdue.edu>.

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Grad Office will be closed Monday March 12th and Friday March 16th
by Bowman, Debra J 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

The graduate office will be closed Monday, March 12th and Friday March 16th. I will be taking two vacation days next week. I will respond to emails while on vacation during the evening hours. Thanks, Deb

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March Newsletter
by Farmus, Cristina D 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Student Recognition * Graduate Student Katie Smith received an IBM PhD Fellowship award. Katie is advised by Professor Beaudoin and the announcement from IBM read "This award is highly competitive and recognizes your student as well as the quality of your institution." Staff Recognition * The ChE Business Office received the College of Engineering Account Management Star Award, as nominated by Tonya Yoder, Assistant Director of Financial Affairs in the College of Engineering Miscellaneous: * Professor Yue Wu and his wife Bo are the proud parents of Olivia Wu, born on March 2nd, 2012. Both mom and baby are doing great. Upcoming Events: * March 12-16 - Spring Break, no classes * March 13, 2.00 to 3.00 pm - ChE Staff Meeting, FRNY 3059 * March 30th - Deadline to submit nominations for the ChE Staff Awards (no nominations received yet) * April 14 - Women in Chemical Engineering Symposium * April 14 & 15 - Purdue Spring Fest * April 28 - EV Grand Prix New Employees: * Jennifer Olinger, Account Clerk IV, Business Office, email jolinger(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jolinger@purdue.edu>, phone 496-1094. [cid:image001.jpg@01CCFDE2.4E63A090] Employees leaving: * Jun Wang, Post Doctoral Research Associate in Professor's Ribeiro's group Best Regards, Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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Purchasing Training
by Madrid, Mary Anne 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

For those of you interested in training on the purchasing system. __________________________________________________________________________________ Registration Available for 'Open Lab for SRM for Requisitioners' - 03/8/12 Two open labs for Purdue employees who purchase goods and services through SRM are being presented this month. The first "SRM 260-Open Lab for SRM Requisitioners" is scheduled for 3-5 p.m., Tuesday, March 13 in FREH 248, Freehafer's second-floor training room. "SRM 260" repeats 9-11 a.m., Wednesday, March 28 in FREH 104, the first-floor training room in Freehafer. Participants need attend only once. The labs give SRM requisitioners more experience creating the different types of shopping carts available in SRM, as well as hands-on practice. Employees new to the requisitioner role will receive practice in creating carts, and participants more experienced in SRM may bring actual orders (i.e., University Stores, Printing Services, Describe Requirement, BOILERMART) that they find difficult to place. Attendees are encouraged to bring their SRM 250 manual as a resource and for notekeeping. Cindi Stinebaugh, business analyst for Procurement Services, will be present during both labs. Staff planning to attend a lab will ensure a seat in the classroom by following these steps to enroll: 1. Click SRM 260-Open Lab for SRM Requisitioners<https://www.eventreg.purdue.edu/training/CourseListing.asp?master_id=3153&m…>. 2. Select the March 13 or March 28 section, and click "Add to Cart." 3. Click "Checkout." 4. Sign in with Purdue career account and password. 5. Confirm that the registration information that displays is correct and click "Submit." 6. Verify that the section that displays is correct and click "Process Registration" to complete the registration. Please direct questions about this class to a member of the BSTC team at BSTCHelp(a)purdue.edu<mailto:BSTCHelp@purdue.edu>. Thank you, MaryAnne Madrid Business Manager School of Chemical Engineering PURDUE UNIVERSITY ph: 765-494-4071 fx: 765-494-4073

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Out of the Office 3-15 thru 3-30
by Harrington, Michael P 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

I will be on vacation from Thursday, March 15th through Friday, March 30th. The student workers will be in most of those days for limited hours and will monitor the queue however please do not expect some tasks to be completed while I am away, they will mainly be addressing 'emergency' issues and simple software installs. Specifically on March 15th and 16th, the last two days of Spring Break, there will be neither myself nor the students here. If you have anything that you know you will want completed before April 1st I'd ask that you please send a request to cheq(a)ecn.purdue.edu as soon as possible so we might work on it before I am gone. A reminder again to not send computer related requests to my personal email - they should all go to the queue where the students can also see them and act on them if needed. If you have never filled out the "ECN Trouble Report" it is a handy way to generate a request to the queue and will supply some info we usually need - it can be found here: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/AboutUs/ContactUs - the link is also located on all Windows XP ECN deployed machines at Start, ECN Help, ECN Trouble Report. Be sure to select Chemical Engineering for your School/Department. Thanks, Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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REMINDER: Truth & Beauty Seminar, Prof. Agrawal, March 7-G124
by Ahmad Al-Kukhun 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Dear all, Just a reminder that we will have the first Truth & Beauty Seminar for this semester *tomorrow* - *Wednesday March 7, 2012* starting at *5:30 pm* in *FRNY G124*. We will have Prof. Rakesh Agrawal with the talk "Chemical Engineering in a Solar Energy Driven Sustainable Future". Cheers! Ahmad On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Ahmad Al-Kukhun <kukhun(a)purdue.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > The Truth & Beauty Seminar series will kick-off its activities on *Wednesday > March 7, 2012* starting at *5:30 pm* in *FRNY G124*. Our first seminar > speaker will be Prof. Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished > Professor of Chemical Engineering. Prof. Agrawal will kindly share with > us his vision of a future where the basic human needs of food, chemicals, > heat, electricity and transportation will generally be met by solar energy. > > The talk is titled "Chemical Engineering in a Solar Energy Driven > Sustainable Future". Please find the talk abstract attached. > > I hope to see you all next Wednesday. > > Cheers! > Ahmad > > P.S. - As usual, refreshments will be served. >

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Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
by Varma, Arvind 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to inform that Jay (BSChE '74) and Cindy Ihlenfeld have demonstrated tremendous generosity in endowing the School’s Headship - their gift will benefit the School in perpetuity. To name the headship, Jay and Cindy Ihlenfeld have signed an agreement to contribute $1.5 million over a three-year period, while the College of Engineering will provide $500,000 in matching funds. When matured, the total $2 million gift will provide approximately $100,000 annually “to be used for the benefit of the School of Chemical Engineering, as determined by the Head of the School with the approval of the Dean of the College of Engineering.” In collaboration with UDO and the Dean’s office, we are trying to determine the most appropriate way to honor Jay and Cindy on campus for their gift. I will inform you when the plans are certain. As you are aware, Jay has had an outstanding career with 3M, including service as the company’s CTO for many years before assuming his current position as Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific about four years ago. He received both the OChE and DEA awards in 2001. My first message with the new title was to Jay and Cindy – this is the second message. Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Tel: 765-494-4075; Fax: 765-494-0805; Email: avarma(a)purdue.edu<mailto:avarma@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/People/ptProfile?id=11068 ________________________________

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