December 2013 - Che-courtesy-list

ChE Director of Graduate Studies
by Varma, Arvind 28 May '14

28 May '14

Dear Colleagues, After serving since January, 2009 as our School's Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), Prof. Litster recently requested relief from this service, to devote more time to his teaching and research. Reluctantly, I accepted his request. On behalf of our School's faculty, staff and graduate students, I express deep gratitude to Jim for his outstanding service in this role. Simultaneously, I am pleased to inform that, effective July 1, Prof. Mike Harris has accepted to become our School's DGS. In this capacity, he will advise the graduate students and oversee the operations of the graduate office. I am grateful that Mike has accepted this position of leadership and service. Sincerely, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Cristina Farmus
by Varma, Arvind 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, With very mixed emotions, I am writing to inform that Cristina Farmus has accepted a position as Senior Policy Associate with the Office of Global Affairs. Her start date is November 14 - she'll be there most of November 14 and 15, but work half-time in ChE and OGA for the following two weeks, until November 27. Cristina joined our School in July 2004 as the Business Manager and served admirably in this role for four years. Since September 2008, she has served as the first Administrative Director for our School. This was a new position created to address a wide range of administrative needs in ChE. In this capacity, she has overseen essentially all non-academic aspects related to operating our School: finances, facilities, staff, computer network, corporate relations, marketing, and strategic plan implementation. She has defined the Administrative Director position and has performed in an exemplary manner in all her activities. In addition to her regular duties, Cristina undertook many other tasks. She was a member of the Centennial Planning Committee and helped to organize all the School Centennial activities in 2011. Among many tasks, she worked with co-authors Phil Wankat and Nicholas Peppas to issue a new edition of our School's history book, titled "100 Years of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911-2011." During this process, a new book project emerged, and thus a coffee table style book was published "A Pictorial History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911-2011" for which Cristina is a co-author along with Phil Wankat. Cristina was a member of ChE Strategic Planning Committee in 2009, whose charge was to define the 2010-2014 ChE Strategic Plan and assess its progress - she has led the latter process since its inception. She is also a member of the ChE Industrial Advisory Council (IAC), handles all communications related to the IAC and coordinates all the School's corporate relations. For her extraordinary work, she received the CoE New Employee Excellence Award in 2005. In addition, she received the 2012 CoE Leadership Award for staff members. Cristina has performed at a superb level in all her activities. She has been absolutely central for our School's operation for many years but is now interested in broadening her background, which is understandable. She has worked closely with me and helped me tremendously to do my own job. I know that I speak for all of us that her professionalism and positive attitude in all her activities will be sorely missed by all. Pl join me in wishing Cristina the very best for the future. Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Phishing emails
by Harrington, Michael P 25 Dec '13

25 Dec '13

Hi, Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday break! It appears those that try to steal account information are hard at work sending out phishing emails. I have received several emails in the last 24 hours from a couple different sources claiming that my account is being suspended and asking me to click on a link and enter my Purdue credentials so I am sure many of you have as well. These are phishing emails. Please DO NOT click on the links & fill out the information. Delete the emails. If by chance you have actually clicked on the links in these emails & supplied your information you should change your password immediately via a regular method such as going to itap.purdue.edu and selecting the option to change your password. Thanks and enjoy the remainder of your break! Mike Harrington Sent from my iPhone

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FW: Invitation to XPS Workshops
by Murray, Chris L 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

From: Zemlyanov, Dmitry Y Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 1:05 PM To: Starewich, Deborah S.; Salazar, Cynthia S; Blakey, Pamela S; Ferguson, Cynthia L; Elwell, Cathy L; Blue-Boyer, Rhonda E; Reece, Kellie A; Murray, Chris L Cc: Black, Nancy Lee Subject: Invitation to XPS Workshops Could I ask each of you to post this in your building and send out an announcement with the weblink and flyers to invite all to join us? Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! You are invited to join us at Birck Nanotechnology Center for some XPS Training. Sessions will be run by Dmitry Zemlyanov, Surface Science Application Scientist Intro to XPS - January 16-17, 2014 Registration at: http://bit.ly/1eqIM8U Intro to CasaXPS - January 20-21, 2014 Registration at: http://bit.ly/IYeOeu Do let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, ***************************************** Dmitry Zemlyanov, PhD Surface Science Application Scientist Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center, 1205 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Tel.: +1 (765) 496-2457 (office - BRK 1274) +1 (765) 496-6217 (lab - BRK 1077) Cell: +1 (765) 427-3813 Fax: +1 (765) 496-8299 mailto:dzemlian@purdue.edu web: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/facilities/XPS.php Surface Science Facility Schedule: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bircksurfaceanalysis%40gmail.com&…

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Season's Greetings!
by Varma, Arvind 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

Dear Colleagues, In this festive season, I am writing to wish you happy holidays and a peaceful, healthy and prosperous 2014! Sincerely, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Please remind all students to make multiple copies of documents
by Harrington, Michael P 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Just a suggestion to remind all students to make copies of any important documents - and save them in more than one location - especially when final papers/projects are coming due. Hardly a semester goes by that a panicked student doesn't bring me a flash drive (used to be floppy drives) with a deleted or corrupted document and ask for help retrieving it. Files stored on Atom are backed up nightly (this is your 'My Documents' folder on most ECN windows machines)> Thanks and have a good week. -Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Note about booking 3062B: Priority given to Graduate Student Oral Exams/Presentations
by Field, Catherine A 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

Hello Everyone, I've been asked to send a note to let you all know that the department is going to be giving scheduling priority for conference room 3062B to graduate students who have to do their exams (Quals, Prelim, Defenses). This is because the room now has a new TV screen that works very well for power point presentations, and the administration would like graduate students who are doing their exams to have first priority when it comes to booking this room. The department will try to accommodate other requests, of course, but we just wanted to let you know that the grad students who are scheduling exams will be given first priority. Thank you. Best, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Fall Recognition Reception
by Heide, Karen Kay 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Dear All, The Fall Recognition Reception will be Thursday, December 12 from 3:30-4:30 in Henson Atrium. Please see invitation below. Karen [MC900104952[1]] School of Chemical Engineering Faculty, Staff & Graduate Students Fall Recognition Reception Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:30-4:30 p.m. Henson Atrium PLEASE R.S.V.P. BY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 Mrs. Karen Heide Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4050 Fax: 765-494-0805 [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~snpha/purdue_train3.gif]

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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Prof Cheng 12/5
by Ewing, Virginia G 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Stephen Z.D. Cheng College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering University of Akron "Giant Molecules Based on 'Nano-Atoms': A New Platform for Engineering Structures at Nanometer Feature Sizes" Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: To create new materials with multiple functionalities for advanced technologies, control over their hierarchical structures and orders is vital for obtaining the desired properties. Our research focuses on a new route to build up materials via giant molecules based on "nano-atoms". We utilize molecular nano-particles (MNPs) to be the basic unit for "nano-atoms" which are compact and rigid, possess precisely-defined symmetry and surface functionalities. These NMPs may be polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), [60]fullerene (C60), polyoxymatalates, and globular proteins. With the help of those accurately-defined surface functionalities to generate collective physical bonds to construct giant molecules which are precisely defined macromolecules. Giant moelcules include shape amphiphiles, giant polyhedra and giant surfactants etc. While these particles share some common features, they are intrinsically different in many ways, such as the overall shape, physical properties, and chemical composition. By diverse periphery functionalization, they serve as versatile "nano-atoms" for the construction of giant molecules with controlled hierarchical structures in multi-dimensions across different length scales. A large variety of thermodynamically stable and metastable hierarchal structures is observed in the bulk, thin-film, and solution states of these "giant molecules". All the results demonstrate that MNPs are unique elements for macromolecular science, providing a versatile platform for engineering nanostructures that are not only scientifically intriguing, but also technologically relevant. Bio: Stephen Z. D. Cheng received his Ph.D. degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York in 1985. His research interests are in the area of chemistry, physics and engineering of polymers and advanced functional materials including crystal structure, crystal morphology, transition thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular motions, liquid crystals, liquid crystalline polymers, hybrid materials and phase transitions of these materials with different shapes, chemical and physical architectures and interactions, as well as in nanoconfined environments. He is also in the developing researches in high performance polymers, conducting polymers, photovoltaics, and polymer photonics. He currently holds the Robert C. Musson and Trustees Professor and Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron. More than 73 Ph.D. students and 23 M.S. students have been graduated from his research group. He has published 440 articles and one book titled "Phase Transitions in Polymers: The Role of Metastable States" in 2008, and given over 650 invited talks and lectures. He has served as a senior editor of Polymer, and members of editorial and advisory boards of more than ten scientific journals. In 1991, he received The Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. He was also the recipient of the American Physical Society John H. Dillon Medal (1995), the North American Thermal Analysis Society Mettler-Toledo Award (1999), the Education Ministry of China Cheung-Kong Scholar (1999), the TA-Instrument Award of International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2004), the Cooperative Research Award of Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering of ACS (2005), the Polymer Physics Prize of American Physical Society (2013), and was elected to be a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994, a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), an Honorary Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society (2011), a Fellow of Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering of American Chemical Society(2012). In 2008, he was selected to be a member of the National Academic of Engineering of the USA.

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ITAP Career account drive issues causing login problems
by Harrington, Michael P 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

This morning ITAP is reporting problems with their 'career account' drives - this is being seen on the ECN network as a slowness on logins as the computers try to map the drives and are unable to (Your career account drive is usually mapped as your W drive or 'myhome.itap.purdue.edu\myhome' on some other letter). You also might see pop up messages from the computer about the inability to map certain drives. It appears now that things are running better. -Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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