April 2012 - Che-courtesy-list

Grad Seminar Announcement - Kelly Lectures
by Ewing, Virginia G 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. James A. Dumesic University of Wisconsin - Madison "Strategies for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Hydrogen and Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels" Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in FRNY Atrium Abstract: Environmental and political issues created by our dependence on fossil fuels, such as global warming and national security, combined with diminishing petroleum resources are causing our society to search for new renewable sources of energy and chemicals. We will introduce strategies for catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to produce H2 and CO2 for fuel cell applications, to generate H2 and CO for synthesis gas applications, or to produce liquid alkanes for transportation fuels. We will also present a cascade catalytic process for conversion of cellulose to gasoline or jet fuel, passing through the intermediate formation of levulinic acid and -valerolactone. Bio: James A. Dumesic earned his B.S. degree from UW-Madison and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, under the supervision of Professor Michel Boudart. Dumesic joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1976, and he is currently the Steenbock Chair in the College of Engineering and the Michel Boudart Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Throughout his career, Dumesic has used spectroscopic, microcalorimetric, and reaction kinetics techniques to study the surface and dynamic properties of heterogeneous catalysts. Dumesic pioneered the field of microkinetic analysis, in which diverse information from experimental and theoretical studies is combined to elucidate the essential surface chemistry that controls catalyst performance. He has recently studied how aqueous-phase reforming of biomass-derived carbohydrates can be tailored to selectively produce H2 or directed to produce liquid alkanes. Most recently, he has been studying the use of levulinic acid and -valerolactone as biomass-derived platform chemicals for the production of fuels and chemicals. Dumesic has published more than 370 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Various information about research conducted by the Dumesic group can be found at the following link: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/ * * * * * * * * * * RESEARCH LECTURE James A. Dumesic Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison "Catalytic Conversion of Hemi-Cellulose and Cellulose to Fuels and Chemicals" Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:30 am- 12:30 pm FRNY 3059 The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals requires the effective utilization of the C5 and C6 sugars present in hemi-cellulose and cellulose, respectively. We will address how the hemi-cellulose fraction of lignocellulosic biomass can be converted to furfural and levulinic acid using biphasic reactors with alkylphenol solvents, and we will address the conversion of levulinic acid to gamma-valerolactone (GVL) in these solvents. In addition, we will show how various biomass-derived solvents can be used to extract levulinic acid produced by deconstruction of the cellulose in aqueous solutions of mineral acids. Finally, we will address the decarboxylation of GVL to produce butene over solid acid catalysts, combined with the oligomerization of butene to produce liquid transportation fuels.

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New Server Install - Wednesday/Thursday of this week
by Harrington, Michael P 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Hi, Atom, the main file and mail server for ChE will be replaced this week with a new, faster machine and storage system. As a part of this process ECN will need to 'lock down' the file system while the changeover is made. As a result, no one will be able to make any changes to files located on Atom between 12am and 7:30am on Thursday, April 12th. I will also post a note in the undergrad computer labs and a note will be posted in the MOTD (message of the day), however faculty or TA's might want to mention this to their students since some like to work late at night in the labs. -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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BME Seminar announcement: April 11, 9:30AM, MJIS 1001 (teleconferenced to SL-220 at IUPUI)
by Murray, Chris L 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

From: May, Sandra M [mailto:smmay@purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 2:12 PM To: May, Sandra M Subject: BME Seminar announcement: April 11, 9:30AM, MJIS 1001 (teleconferenced to SL-220 at IUPUI) BME Seminar Series Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:30-10:20am MJIS 1001 The seminar will be teleconferenced to SL-220 at IUPUI. Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Optical Diagnostics for Diseased and Engineered Tissues Irene Georgakoudi, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Tufts University Abstract: Development of functional engineered tissues has the potential to improve significantly current approaches aimed at repairing or replacing damaged tissues and organs. In addition, engineered tissues could serve as highly relevant and useful models for disease and for screening novel drugs and therapies. Methods to assess the development and function of these tissues are traditionally limited by their invasive and destructive nature. Our recent work demonstrates that optical spectroscopic imaging approaches can overcome these limitations and provide functional biochemical and organizational/structural information about tissues. We specifically aim to identify optical biomarkers associated with adipose and bone engineered tissue development and early cancer development using non-linear spectroscopic imaging methods that rely on endogenous fluorescence and scattering. Intrinsic two photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) has been used as the main platform to characterize tissue structure and function. Acquisition of emission spectra at multiple excitation wavelengths reveals that key aspects of the composition and organization of silk biomaterial scaffolds can be assessed using TPEF and second harmonic generation (SHG). Similar spectroscopic images also demonstrate that important biochemical and morphological parameters associated with stem cell differentiation can be extracted in two and three-dimensional cultures. Measurements performed on the same scaffolds over a period of six months illustrate that significant dynamic biochemical changes can be monitored to extract important insights in metabolic biochemical pathways. Biochemical and subtle, microscale organizational differences can also be detected as a function of depth within engineered normal and pre-cancerous epithelial tissues. Such non-invasive biomarkers could be ultimately used to develop improved diagnostics and to assess functional tissue development either in response to different stimuli or as quality controls prior to implantation. Bio: Irene Georgakoudi is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University. She has been working on the use of lasers for therapeutic and diagnostic applications since her undergraduate years. She started as a physicist at Dartmouth College and continued her graduate studies in Biophysics at the University of Rochester. Her interests in spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging using endogenous sources of contrast were founded during her postdoctoral years at the MIT Spectroscopy Lab. After working on the development of fluorescence-based in vivo flow cytometry while an Instructor at the Wellman Laboratories for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, she moved to Tufts in 2004. She is the author of several patents on the development and use of spectroscopy and imaging to characterize tissues or to detect specific populations of cells and has published numerous peer reviewed manuscripts, review articles and book chapters in these topics. She is the recipient of a Claflin Distinguished Scholar, an NSF Career, and an American Cancer Society Research Scholar award. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Optical Society of America ~BME Faculty Host: Young Kim~ ***Coffee and juice will be provided at West Lafayette***

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VPN connection now required for all off-campus remote desktop sessions.
by Harrington, Michael P 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Hi, Effective today you will need to run a VPN client in order to remotely connect to your office computer when off campus. This is a security measure that was announced last week by ITAP - not ECN. You will only be affected if you every connect to your office computer from home or elsewhere off campus to work on it remotely. This doesn't affect reading Purdue web pages, or using a web browser to read your email (like mymail or the exchange webmail reader). If you need to remotely connect and have not already installed the VPN client you will need to go to the following page and follow the directions: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/connections/vpn/index.cfm If you have issues with this I would suggest you first contact ITAP for help since they are the ones that supply and maintain the VPN software. They can be reached at itap(a)purdue.edu or by calling 494-4000. One note, if you have to manually install the VPN software like I did, you will need to supply the VPN connection information - you want to tell the program to connect to webvpn.purdue.edu -Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale through April 16
by Valley, Jeffrey L 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

FYI................. From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 1:22 PM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale through April 16 Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute and post) FR: Purdue University Warehouse and Surplus DA: Friday, April 6, 2012 RE: Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale through April 16 Warehouse and Surplus is now accepting sealed bids for over 20 vehicles from Transportation Services. Interested individuals are encouraged to inspect the vehicles during normal Surplus Store hours (Monday through Friday from 12 - 4 p.m.) or during Special Fleet Sale Hours on Tuesday, April 10 from 4 - 6 p.m., Thursday, April 12 from 4 - 6 p.m., and Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please note that the entire Surplus Store will not be open during the Special Fleet Sale Hours; customers will only be able to view and bid on the fleet sale vehicles. For more information on the vehicles or to obtain a bid form, visit https://www.purdue.edu/salvage/mustsee.aspx. Bids will be accepted until 8 a.m., Monday, April 16. Questions may be directed to Clyde at 765-742-4414.

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April 2012 ChE Newsletter
by Farmus, Cristina D 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

Student Recognition - details are posted as spotlights on the ChE main page at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/index.html: * Caleb Miskin - NSF 2012 Graduate Research Fellowship * Lizbeth Rostro - NSF 2012 Graduate Research Fellowship * Aniruddha Kelkar and Anand Venkatesan won the Soybean Alliance Competition * Hoyoung Lee won the 2012 Purdue ChE Faculty Lectureship Award * Anand Venkatesan won a Hugh W. and Edna M. Donnan Dissertation Fellowship from the College of Engineering Faculty recognition: * Bryan Boudouris received an AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award Staff recognition: * Sandy Hendryx is a Rose Award recipient for the second year in a row. This is given by the Mortar Board to clerical and service staff workers nominated by faculty, staff, or students who know the work habits of the nominee. Miscellaneous: * Qijie Guo, Moiz Diwan and Arun Giridhar received the 2012 Research Publication Award of our School of Chemical Engineering * The School Spring 2012 Newsletter is posted online at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/index.html New Employees: * Ariel Muliadi - Changing from a Post Doctoral position to an Associate Research Scientist position in the same group, under the supervision of Professor Litster. Employees leaving: * Jun Wang, Post Doc, Fabio Ribeiro's group, leaving for an industry position * Mary Anne Madrid, Business Manager, moving to a Cash Analyst Position in the Purdue Treasury Office. Upcoming Events: * April 10-11 - Kelly Lecture * April 14 - Women in Chemical Engineering Seminar, 10.30 am - 2.30 pm * April 14 - FE Exam - many Chemical Engineering undergraduate students are registered for this exam. * April 14 & 15 - Purdue Spring Fest * April 26 - Senior Banquet, PMU, West Faculty Lounge, 6.00 pm * April 28 - EV Grand Prix * May 3 - End of the semester appreciation reception, Henson Atrium, 3.30 to 4.30 pm * May 11 - Graduation reception, Henson Atrium 4.30-6.30 pm. * May 11 - Commencement, Eliot Hall, 8.00 pm Best Regards, Cristina

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Grad Seminar Announcement - Kelly Lectures
by Ewing, Virginia G 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

#1. Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. James A. Dumesic University of Wisconsin - Madison "Strategies for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Hydrogen and Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels" Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in FRNY Atrium Abstract: Environmental and political issues created by our dependence on fossil fuels, such as global warming and national security, combined with diminishing petroleum resources are causing our society to search for new renewable sources of energy and chemicals. We will introduce strategies for catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to produce H2 and CO2 for fuel cell applications, to generate H2 and CO for synthesis gas applications, or to produce liquid alkanes for transportation fuels. We will also present a cascade catalytic process for conversion of cellulose to gasoline or jet fuel, passing through the intermediate formation of levulinic acid and -valerolactone. Bio: James A. Dumesic earned his B.S. degree from UW-Madison and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, under the supervision of Professor Michel Boudart. Dumesic joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1976, and he is currently the Steenbock Chair in the College of Engineering and the Michel Boudart Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Throughout his career, Dumesic has used spectroscopic, microcalorimetric, and reaction kinetics techniques to study the surface and dynamic properties of heterogeneous catalysts. Dumesic pioneered the field of microkinetic analysis, in which diverse information from experimental and theoretical studies is combined to elucidate the essential surface chemistry that controls catalyst performance. He has recently studied how aqueous-phase reforming of biomass-derived carbohydrates can be tailored to selectively produce H2 or directed to produce liquid alkanes. Most recently, he has been studying the use of levulinic acid and -valerolactone as biomass-derived platform chemicals for the production of fuels and chemicals. Dumesic has published more than 370 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Various information about research conducted by the Dumesic group can be found at the following link: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/ #2. Research Lecture James A. Dumesic Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison "Catalytic Conversion of Hemi-Cellulose and Cellulose to Fuels and Chemicals" Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:30 am- 12:30 pm FRNY 3059 The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals requires the effective utilization of the C5 and C6 sugars present in hemi-cellulose and cellulose, respectively. We will address how the hemi-cellulose fraction of lignocellulosic biomass can be converted to furfural and levulinic acid using biphasic reactors with alkylphenol solvents, and we will address the conversion of levulinic acid to gamma-valerolactone (GVL) in these solvents. In addition, we will show how various biomass-derived solvents can be used to extract levulinic acid produced by deconstruction of the cellulose in aqueous solutions of mineral acids. Finally, we will address the decarboxylation of GVL to produce butene over solid acid catalysts, combined with the oligomerization of butene to produce liquid transportation fuels.

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Updates on INDOT SR 26 Project and US 231 Project
by Valley, Jeffrey L 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

FYI...................... From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 4:38 PM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Updates on INDOT SR 26 Project and US 231 Project Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute as appropriate) FR: Physical Facilities DA: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 RE: Updates on INDOT SR 26 Project and US 231 Project Updates on INDOT SR 26 Project The INDOT project for the repair and repaving of SR 26 (from the Wabash River Bridge west to new US 231) has begun with concrete pavement repair near the bridge. There will be lane restrictions from the bottom of State Street Hill to the bridge all week. Upon completion of this area, repairs will move west through the village area and campus. Work will continue through the remainder of the academic year. Beginning May 14, some sidewalk ramps repairs will begin along SR 26 beginning at Airport Road and working east. Following this there will be lane restrictions as they resurface the roadway into the summer months. Updates on US 231 Project The US 231 project will close Lindberg Road on Monday, April 9 at 7 a.m. just west of the McCormick Road intersection for the installation of a pipe under the roadway. The roadway is scheduled to reopen by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10. Note that sometime in August, Lindberg Road west of McCormick Road will be close for up to 100 days for the construction of the new intersection at US 231. More details will be made available at a later date. Use extreme caution in the area of McCormick Road and Cherry Lane. There is increased construction traffic in the area due to several projects. The continued work on the NW Athletic Complex is adding workers and traffic as the project evolves. Additionally E & B Paving is constructing a concrete batch plant immediately south of the Grand Prix Track to provide concrete for the paving of US 231. Beginning April 23, there may be trucks entering and leaving the area at a rate of one every 5-10 minutes during the pouring of concrete along US 231. Beginning Monday April 9, there will be lane restrictions and modifications to the area around Yeager Road and Northwestern Ave as Milestone Contractors begin work on constructing a new roadbed from Sagamore Parkway south to Northwestern Ave where they will install a new roundabout intersection. Later this summer, Yeager will be closed for up to 45 days for completion of the intersection. More details will be made available at a later date. Questions on either project can be direct to Dan Pusey, Utilities Engineering, at dipusey(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dipusey@purdue.edu> or 494-3415.

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Congratulations to Bryan Boudouris!
by Varma, Arvind 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Dear Colleagues, I am absolutely delighted to inform that Bryan Boudouris has been selected to receive an AFOSR Young Investigator Research Award! His project, titled "Molecular Design and Device Application of Radical Polymers for Improved Charge Extraction in Organic Photovoltaic Cells," will receive $120K/year for 3 years. I should mention that reviewing the list of awardees (48 awardees from 220 applicants), I know a few ChEs from other institutions who are in their 3rd or 4th year - Bryan has received this award in his very first year of faculty appointment, with the proposal submitted a few months after he joined us in August 2011. This is a most impressive accomplishment. Pl join me in congratulating Bryan for this tremendous recognition in support of his research program! Best, Arvind

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Abstract & Bio for Dr. Warren Seider's Seminar on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
by Heide, Karen Kay 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Dear All, Attached is a copy of Dr. Seider's Abstract & Bio. Karen Mrs. Karen Heide, Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 765-494-4050 765-494-0805 (Fax)

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