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FW: [Che-staff-list] Dr. Beth Holloway Lecture - all invited to attend
by Farmus, Cristina D 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

This is an important topic for our School, I hope you will all find the time to attend, even if we have to close the main office and the business office. You may be aware that this year our School launched the Purdue Pipeline Center, with the vision for all women in chemical engineering to reach and shape their full potential. This seminar is just the first step in a series of educational activities meant to raise awareness of issues faced in the workplace and improve the culture to ensure everyone can reach their full potential. I definitely hope to see all our staff and faculty attend this event. Cristina From: Che-staff-list [mailto:che-staff-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Druhan, Joy A Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:01 AM To: 'chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: [Che-staff-list] Dr. Beth Holloway Lecture Good Morning! Just a reminder of today's seminar at 3:00 p.m. in Room G140 FRNY. [cid:image003.png@01D21325.D41D3F90]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Beth Holloway Engineering for Undergrad Education, Assistant Dean Director of Women in Engineering Purdue University, College of Engineering "Implicit Bias - or - How Good Intentions Aren't Enough to Create an Equitable and Inclusive Environment" Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Implicit bias is a cognitive shortcut that all people can use when making judgments. This seminar will increase your awareness of what implicit bias is as it relates to gender, and how and when gender-based implicit bias is manifested, particularly in academic STEM environments. Research on the impacts on the target of bias will be presented, as well as strategies to become aware of our biases and reduce our use of them. Bio: Dr. Beth Holloway is the Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering at Purdue. Her research areas include differential retention issues for students across engineering disciplines; engineering admissions practices; and women and leadership, particularly in male dominated careers. She received the 2013 Purdue Helen B. Schleman Gold Medallion award for her work on behalf of undergraduate students, particularly women. Holloway received the 2015 ASEE William E. Wickenden Award for the best article in the Journal of Engineering Education for 2014. She has been the advisor for the Purdue section of the Society of Women Engineers since 2001, and received the 2012 Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. Holloway was president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) in 2006-07. She was the chair of the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE in 2014-16. Holloway received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. Joy Druhan Secretary/School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060A 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4365 [P bling]

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Dr. Beth Holloway Lecture
by Druhan, Joy A 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Good Morning! Just a reminder of today's seminar at 3:00 p.m. in Room G140 FRNY. [cid:image003.png@01D21325.D41D3F90]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Beth Holloway Engineering for Undergrad Education, Assistant Dean Director of Women in Engineering Purdue University, College of Engineering "Implicit Bias - or - How Good Intentions Aren't Enough to Create an Equitable and Inclusive Environment" Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Implicit bias is a cognitive shortcut that all people can use when making judgments. This seminar will increase your awareness of what implicit bias is as it relates to gender, and how and when gender-based implicit bias is manifested, particularly in academic STEM environments. Research on the impacts on the target of bias will be presented, as well as strategies to become aware of our biases and reduce our use of them. Bio: Dr. Beth Holloway is the Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering at Purdue. Her research areas include differential retention issues for students across engineering disciplines; engineering admissions practices; and women and leadership, particularly in male dominated careers. She received the 2013 Purdue Helen B. Schleman Gold Medallion award for her work on behalf of undergraduate students, particularly women. Holloway received the 2015 ASEE William E. Wickenden Award for the best article in the Journal of Engineering Education for 2014. She has been the advisor for the Purdue section of the Society of Women Engineers since 2001, and received the 2012 Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. Holloway was president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) in 2006-07. She was the chair of the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE in 2014-16. Holloway received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. Joy Druhan Secretary/School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060A 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4365 [P bling]

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Mellichamp Lecture Announcement
by Druhan, Joy A 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Good Afternoon! Purdue's School of Chemical Engineering is honored to host Dr. Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Minnesota on October 4, 2016. Please mark your calendars! [cid:image003.png@01D21021.1DC7BC40]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Mellichamp Lecture Dr. Paul J. Dauenhauer Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science University of Minnesota "New Approaches to Big Chemistry and Biomass" Tuesday, October 4, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass utilizes high temperature chemical decomposition to produce liquids via pyrolysis, solids via torrefaction, or gases via gasification which are subsequently converted to liquid biofuels or biochemicals. However, these systems are comprised of thousands of molecules and millions of chemical reactions within three phases, making them intractable by conventional research techniques. In this seminar, three new research techniques are introduced including PHASR (Pulse-Heated Analysis of Solid/Surface Reactions), the Universal Carbon Detector (UCD), and DRiSP (Diffuse Reflectance in situ Spectroscopy of Particles) which enable the first molecular-level measurements of the millisecond kinetics of complex reacting systems. Bio: Paul J. Dauenhauer is the DuPont Young Professor and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He serves as Co-Director of the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin Madison and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He worked for the Dow Chemical Company as a Senior Research Engineer in Midland, MI, and Freeport, TX. His work on catalysis and reaction engineering of renewable feedstocks has been highlighted by numerous awards including the DOE Early Career, NSF CAREER, the Rutherford Aris Excellence in Reaction Engineering Award, and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. His is the co-founder of Sironix Renewables and inventor of the flagship technology for Activated Research Company. Joy Druhan Secretary/School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060A 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4365 [P bling]

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Seminar Announcement
by Druhan, Joy A 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Joy Druhan Secretary/School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060A 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4365 [P bling]

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Seminar Announcement!
by Druhan, Joy A 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Joy Druhan Secretary/School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060A 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4365 [P bling]

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REMINDER! Grad. Seminar TODAY!
by Vigar, Jill K 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

[cid:image002.png@01D20DB2.2460F740]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Raul F. Lobo Center for Catalytic Science and Technology Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware “Valorization of Natural Gas and Biomass-Derived Compounds via Zeolite Catalysis” Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: My research group is interested in developing and understanding catalysis systems to enable the transformation abundant, inexpensive and—when possible—renewable carbon sources into feedstocks for the chemical industry. We combine expertise in materials synthesis, catalysis and kinetics, and reaction engineering to develop novel catalysts and catalytic processes that produce valuable products. In the first part of the talk I will discuss a number of alternative pathways to transform furans (typically produced from glucose or xylose by dehydration) into valuable commodity chemicals. To this end we have developed and optimized zeolite catalyst compositions to form aromatic species out of the furans via Diels-Alder chemistry. We will describe efforts to producing benzoic acid and -methylstyrene from furans in high selectivity and high yield, along with the elucidation of the reaction mechanisms of these reactions. In the second part I will discuss on-going research directed towards the development of catalysts for the selective oxidation of methane into methanol. We will show that zeolites can serve as hosts of transition metals oxide clusters (copper or iron) that are analogous to metal oxide clusters observed in a number of important enzymes such as particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). These clusters are capable of oxidizing methane to methanol, carbon monoxide and CO2. By selectively choosing materials that compartmentalize Cu-O clusters, we have identified zeolite structures that are able to selectively oxidize methane to methanol with very high selectivity in a three-step cyclic process. We will describe the potential and the drawbacks of transforming such cyclic process into a catalytic process for methanol production. Despite the maturity of the field of catalysis this talk will show that tantalizing new opportunities emerge from the discovery of new catalyst structures and compositions, and from improvements in our control of the composition of metal clusters in nanoscopic environments. Biography: Raul F. Lobo is the Claire D. LeClaire professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware and Director of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology. His research interests span the development of novel porous materials for catalysis and separations, the chemistry of zeolites, catalysis for energy and the environment, and the scientific aspects of catalyst synthesis. He has published over one hundred forty refereed reports and he is co-inventor in three US patents. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Costa Rica in 1989 and later moved to California to pursue graduate studies in Chemical Engineering at Caltech. He worked for one year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico as a postdoctoral fellow and he started his academic career at the University of Delaware in 1995. Jill K. Vigar Secretary Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Rm 2144 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 P. 765-494-7134 E. jvigar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jvigar@purdue.edu> [ENG_Chem]

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Purdue's United Way Campaign
by Vigar, Jill K 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

All, We have a lot of fun and exciting events coming up this week and throughout the month of September. Please come out and participate or share with others and invite them to support United Way! Poverty Simulation - Sept. 15 Attached is the flyer about the poverty simulation. Register today and help promote the poverty simulation on Thurs, Sept. 15 from 9am - Noon at the Kurz Purdue Technology Center in Purdue Research Park. It is FREE but registration is required: http://www.uwlafayette.org/poverty-simulation-kurz Splash or Cash Challenge Event - Sept. 16 Friday, September 16 All Day, 8am - 5pm Loeb Fountain, in Founders Park near Beering Hall Make sure to "like" Purdue United Way on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so that you can follow us. A Facebook event has been created for the Splash or Cash Challenge. Use the hashtag #PurdueUWsplash on social media. Share the event with your friends! Volunteer - Pick a Project! This is the Month of Caring and we want to show the community that Purdue University cares! Have you considered doing a service project with your team or your unit? This is a great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others through service. Go to the United Way Volunteer website and click on "Month of Caring" to view available projects and to sign up: http://www.uwlafayette.org/volunteer-center Dine to Donate $1 - Sept. 19-30 Purdue Dining & Catering is partnering with Purdue United Way to ask customers to donate a $1 to "Fuel a Future Boiler" at select retail dining locations. Give to United Way and collect buttons! Thank you! [localized horizontal] Jill K. Vigar Secretary Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Rm 2144 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 P. 765-494-7134 E. jvigar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jvigar@purdue.edu> [ENG_Chem]

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Thesis Announcement for Yang Yang
by Johnson, Beverly J 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

This e-mail is to announce that Yang Yang will be defending his thesis: "DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL DESIGN AND CONTROL APPROACHES FOR INTEGRATED CRYSTALLIZATION OPERATION AND SYSTEMS" Monday, September 19, 2016 at 10:00 AM in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Nagy. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2043A Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Welcome Nicole Cox
by Johnson, Beverly J 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Good afternoon, Please join me in welcoming Nicole Cox as the new secretary in the Chemical Engineering grad office. Nicole comes to us from the Statistics department here at Purdue where she worked as a secretary in their main office, and was the main backup for their graduate program coordinator. Nicole received her Bachelor of Arts from Purdue in May of this year with a major in general communications. I think she is a great fit to our office, and we are so happy to have her with us! Thank you! Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2043A Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Seminar Announcement-Next Week!
by Vigar, Jill K 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

[cid:image002.png@01D20A78.5F45F820]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Raul F. Lobo Center for Catalytic Science and Technology Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware “Valorization of Natural Gas and Biomass-Derived Compounds via Zeolite Catalysis” Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: My research group is interested in developing and understanding catalysis systems to enable the transformation abundant, inexpensive and—when possible—renewable carbon sources into feedstocks for the chemical industry. We combine expertise in materials synthesis, catalysis and kinetics, and reaction engineering to develop novel catalysts and catalytic processes that produce valuable products. In the first part of the talk I will discuss a number of alternative pathways to transform furans (typically produced from glucose or xylose by dehydration) into valuable commodity chemicals. To this end we have developed and optimized zeolite catalyst compositions to form aromatic species out of the furans via Diels-Alder chemistry. We will describe efforts to producing benzoic acid and -methylstyrene from furans in high selectivity and high yield, along with the elucidation of the reaction mechanisms of these reactions. In the second part I will discuss on-going research directed towards the development of catalysts for the selective oxidation of methane into methanol. We will show that zeolites can serve as hosts of transition metals oxide clusters (copper or iron) that are analogous to metal oxide clusters observed in a number of important enzymes such as particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). These clusters are capable of oxidizing methane to methanol, carbon monoxide and CO2. By selectively choosing materials that compartmentalize Cu-O clusters, we have identified zeolite structures that are able to selectively oxidize methane to methanol with very high selectivity in a three-step cyclic process. We will describe the potential and the drawbacks of transforming such cyclic process into a catalytic process for methanol production. Despite the maturity of the field of catalysis this talk will show that tantalizing new opportunities emerge from the discovery of new catalyst structures and compositions, and from improvements in our control of the composition of metal clusters in nanoscopic environments. Biography: Raul F. Lobo is the Claire D. LeClaire professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware and Director of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology. His research interests span the development of novel porous materials for catalysis and separations, the chemistry of zeolites, catalysis for energy and the environment, and the scientific aspects of catalyst synthesis. He has published over one hundred forty refereed reports and he is co-inventor in three US patents. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Costa Rica in 1989 and later moved to California to pursue graduate studies in Chemical Engineering at Caltech. He worked for one year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico as a postdoctoral fellow and he started his academic career at the University of Delaware in 1995. Jill K. Vigar Secretary Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Rm 2144 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 P. 765-494-7134 E. jvigar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jvigar@purdue.edu> [ENG_Chem]

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