November 2014 - Che-courtesy-list

Kaiwalya Sabnis Dissertation Defense TOMORROW, 11/20 (Thursday) from 2:30 to 4:30 in FRNY 3062A
by Field, Catherine A 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

This e-mail is to announce that Kaiwalya Sabnis will be defending his dissertation, Structure-Activity Relationships for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Supported Metal Catalysts, on Thursday, 11/20, at 2:30 in FRNY 3062A. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Delgass and Dr. Ribeiro, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47906 E-mail: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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REM -Fume Hood Testing
by Valley, Jeffrey L 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

BE ADVISED - REM will start today to begin the annual testing of the fume hoods in the building. All they need is a clear access to the front of the hood for them to perform their tests. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thanks. Jeff

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Bindley Bioscience Center Seminar -Dec 3
by Ewing, Virginia G 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

[cid:image002.png@01D003D2.2841A2B0] Bindley Bioscience Center Invites You to a Presentation by Doraiswami Ramkrishna, Ph.D. H. C. Peffer Distinguished Professor School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Wednesday, December 3rd 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Burton Morgan Center, Room 121 Refreshments will be served Modeling Regulatory Processes in Cells: An Approach Based on Goal- Directedness Abstract Metabolism is subject to strict regulation by selective expression of genes. The modeling of gene expression involves regulation by signaling molecules and transcription factors which produce a cascade of intracellular reactions involving the different nucleic acids and lead eventually to the synthesis of an associated protein. The resulting model involves several coupled stochastic differential equations even for the expression of a single gene. As the nucleic acid infrastructure of a cell is fixed in its capacity, modeling regulatory processes through the action of the entire genome using the foregoing stochastic framework would necessarily involve several thousand stochastic differential equations and hence would be exceedingly difficult to solve. Understanding metabolism by comprehensive inclusion of regulatory processes is therefore not a workable proposition. Based on the idea that regulatory activity must occur towards satisfying some goal such as the survival of the cell or that of a multicellular organism to which it belongs, this talk will discuss the performance over the years of such models. The theory exploits an optimal control formulation of postulated dynamic objectives to make diverse predictions of a variety of metabolic phenomena including the behavior of mutant strains from a model of the wild-type organism. Experimental tracking of regulatory processes, generally accomplished by gene expression profiles, represents an interesting avenue, at least in trend, to compare with dynamic predictions of metabolic systems. That a theory without genes can address observed trends of gene expression profiles is a testimonial to teleology that has frequently served to explain biological phenomena in the past! From: Field, Wendy L Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:32 PM Subject: Seminar announcement Good afternoon, Would you please send this announcement to your faculty and grad student mailing lists, and post in your facilities. Thank you! Wendy Wendy Field Research Administrative Coordinator Bindley Bioscience Center 1203 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-0497 wfield(a)purdue.edu<mailto:wfield@purdue.edu>

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FW: Physical Facilities Connection Special Alert – November 17, 2014
by Valley, Jeffrey L 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

FYI……………………….. From: Terry, Rebecca L Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:16 PM Subject: Physical Facilities Connection Special Alert – November 17, 2014 [cid:image003.png@01CF655A.1BCC4E70]<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pfconnection/recent-news/index.ht…> Submit Information<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/communications/request/index.html> Contact Us<mailto:rmkiefer@purdue.edu;rlterry@purdue.edu> News from Physical Facilities for Building Deputies Special Alert – November 17, 2014 Recent News Steam interruption resolved; building temperatures to slowly rise<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pfconnection/recent-news/111714-u…>

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Campus wide Steam Loss
by Valley, Jeffrey L 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

BE ADVISED - The boilers at Wade Power plant have experienced a problem and currently there is no steam supply across campus. The air handlers in the building have automatically shut down so as to not be pulling in outside air due to the cold temperature which would be blowing nothing but the cold air into rooms. The building will be able to maintain its temperature for a while but it will gradually get cooler in the building until repairs are made, hopefully soon. Those of you working in the labs will notice the doors to the labs will be harder to open due to the fume hoods still exhausting air out and with no air being supplied in, the balance of the system is not as it should normally be. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you. Jeff

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LOCATION UPDATE: Scott Finefrock Dissertation Defense, Thursday, November 13th, at 10:00am in FRNY 3062B
by Maus, Amy M 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Please note that due to technical issues, Scott’s dissertation has been moved to FRNY 3062B. This e-mail is to announce that Scott Finefrock will be defending his dissertation, Solution Synthesized Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials, on Thursday, November 13th at 10:00AM in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is being co-directed by Dr. Morgan, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Kind Regards, Amy Maus Graduate Program Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-7343 Email: amaus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:amaus@purdue.edu>

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FW: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition
by Varma, Arvind 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

All, Congratulations to Jim Litster and his team! Arvind From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H. Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:04 AM To: 'engfaculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu'; 'engap-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu'; 'engcs-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu'; 'Eac-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition Colleagues - I am pleased to announce the four teams selected in this year's College of Engineering Preeminent Teams competition: Team #3 Designer Particulate Products Lead: Jim Litster, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Members: Klein Ileleji, Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering Zoltan Nagy, Professor of Chemical Engineering Lynne Taylor, Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Carl Wassgren, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Team #5 Nanomanufacturing Lead: Ali Shakouri, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center Members: Jan Allebach, Hewlett Packard Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gary Cheng, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering George Chiu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joe Kokini, Professor of Food Science Kinam Park, Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rodo Pinal, Associate Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Arvind Raman, Associate Dean for Global Engineering Programs and Robert V Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alex Wei, Professor of Chemistry Jeff Youngblood, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering Babak Ziaie, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #7: Spintronics: Atoms to Systems Lead: Supriyo Datta, Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Members: Joerg Appenzeller, Barry M. and Patricia L. Epstein Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Scientific Director of Nanoelectronics in the Birck Nanotechnology Center Yong Chen, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering Zhihong Chen, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ernesto Marinero, Professor of Engineering Practice of Materials Engineering Anand Raghunathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #11: Cold Plasmas Lead: Sergey Macheret, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Members: Alina Alexeenko, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Sally Bane, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Allen Garner, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering Ahmed Hassanein, Paul L. Wattelet Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Head, School of Nuclear Engineering Kevin Keener, Professor of Food Science Robert Lucht, Ralph and Bettye Bailey Professor of Combustion in Mechanical Engineering Dimitrios Peroulis, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Please join me in congratulating the members of this year's Preeminent Teams. This year 27 teams, comprising of more than 150 faculty members, participated in the Preeminent Teams competition. The panelists were unanimous in their compliments to all of the teams for the evidence of strength, teamwork, and the impressive array of ideas. I extend my thanks and congratulations to all of the faculty who participated. Over the next couple of weeks, watch the College of Engineering homepage for a spotlight describing the selected teams' proposed research. Best, leah --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj>

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Scott Finefrock Dissertation Defense, Thursday, November 13th, at 10:00am in FRNY 2142
by Maus, Amy M 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Please note the correction to the room number: FRNY 2142 This e-mail is to announce that Scott Finefrock will be defending his dissertation, Solution Synthesized Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials, on Thursday, November 13th at 10:00AM in FRNY 2142. The dissertation is being co-directed by Dr. Morgan, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Kind Regards, Amy Maus Graduate Program Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-7343 Email: amaus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:amaus@purdue.edu>

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Lei Ling Dissertation Defense, Thursday, November 13th at 1:30PM in FRNY 3062A
by Maus, Amy M 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

This e-mail is to announce that Lei Ling will be defending his dissertation, Design of Liquid Chromatography Systems for Capture and Purification, on Thursday, November 13th at 1:30PM in FRNY 3062A. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Wang, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Kind Regards, Amy Maus Graduate Program Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-7343 Email: amaus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:amaus@purdue.edu>

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Haiyu Fang Dissertation Defense, Thursday, November 13th, at 1:30p.m. in FRNY 3062B
by Maus, Amy M 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

This e-mail is to announce that Haiyu Fang will be defending his dissertation, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion, on Thursday, November 13th at 1:30PM in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is being co-directed by Dr. Morgan, and the abstract is below. All are welcome to attend. Abstract: The rapid development of thermoelectric materials in the past decade has raised new hopes for the possibility of directly converting waste thermal energy back to electricity. However, the large scale deployment of thermoelectric devices is still limited by the mediocre conversion efficiency. Nanostructured materials have been proved to be able to significantly improve conversion efficiency. My research is devoted to developing efficient solution phase reactions to synthesize nanostructured thermoelectric materials in an economical and scalable way. Meanwhile, we also aim at exploring the unique applications of solution synthesized nanostructured materials, e.g. developing nanocrystal ink to coat on flexible substrates for applications in wearable thermoelectric devices. In this study, we developed a general method to synthesize a variety of telluride nanowires and binary phase heterostructures with solution phase reaction. To demonstrate the scalability of our solution phase synthesis, a 1 liter reactor is used to synthesize over 17 gram of Bi2Te3 nanowires at a yield of 94% with low reaction temperature of 120 °C and short reaction time of 70 minutes. Furthermore, we have taken advantage of the flexibility of our method and successfully synthesized different heterostructures with two tellurides in a single nanowire, e.g. Te-Bi2Te3, PbTe-Bi2Te3 and Ag2Te-Bi2Te3, which provide great platforms to study the electron and phonon transport through interfaces. Meanwhile, to investigate the applications of nanoparticles in flexible thermoelectrics, we also developed a method to synthesize extremely stable nanocrystal ink for coating on various substrates. In order to demonstrate the benefits of solution synthesized nanoparticles for thermoelectric applications, we applied hot press to consolidate the nanowires and heterostructures into nanocomposites which possess extremely low thermal conductivity, leading to enhanced ZT. Especially, the binary phase nanocomposites made from heterostructures show much lower thermal conductivity than single phase bulk and even nanocomposite. To further improve the thermoelectric performance, we also applied doping to tune the carrier concentration of our materials to gain more thermoelectric performance enhancement. For example, Se was used to dope Bi2Te3 nanocomposites, which leads to 60% of power factor enhancement. In addition to hot press, we also coated solution synthesized nanoparticles on different substrates, even flexible ones, to fabricate thin films. Particularly, the effects of size and iodine doping concentration on the thermoelectric properties on the PbTe nanocrystal thin films are investigated to enhance the understanding of using nanocrystal thin film for flexible thermoelectric applications. Kind Regards, Amy Maus Graduate Program Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-7343 Email: amaus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:amaus@purdue.edu>

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